Obama Plans Tax Hike on BP to Pay for Oil Spill
Offshore Oil Drilling Will Continue During Moratorium Appeal
BP Oil Spill Changes Lives of Gulf Residents
Shell Oil Company Sues BP For Loss of Production/Profit due to Oil Spill
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster Worsens
Gulf Oil Spill Disaster May Save the Arctic - For Awhile
Obama to pressure BP on Oil Clean-Up Financial Responsibility
BP Oil Spill Shaping Up to be U.S. Worst Environmental Disaster
BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
Gulf Oil Spill causes Political Changes of Heart about Offshore Drilling
BP VP Pleased at Latest Containment Success, Alabama Mayor is Not
Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
BP Bottom-Kill Procedure May Not Be Necessary
Oil Spill Disaster means big bills for BP
As the environmental and social impact of the disastrous U.S. Gulf Shore oil spill continues to intensify, BP is rushing to seal the well head leak and to address cleanup and compensation claims. For President Obama and the U.S. public, it’s not fast enough.
The noisome slick is threatening wildlife, shoreline environments, and one of the United States’ most productive commercial fishing areas. It has already reached the Mississippi-Louisiana shoreline and beyond and is now slipping inexorably towards Alabama and Florida.
BP CEO Tony Hayward readily admits that it is the London-based company’s responsibility to shoulder all costs associated with the spill and to do what is necessary to rectify an increasingly horrifying situation. This includes compensation claims for immediate needs and longer-term claims and for cleanup. Some estimate the final cost will be in excess of $1billion.
There is an even higher social cost as the Gulf provides the only means of economic sustenance to thousands of shrimpers and fishermen. Some are from families that have depended on the Gulf’s bounty for generations. As late as Friday, area residents were quickly buying up whatever catches of seafood they could – for their own tables. Some fear the Gulf will be poisoned beyond repair.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Obama Plans Tax Hike on BP to Pay for Oil Spill
- Offshore Oil Drilling Will Continue During Moratorium Appeal
- BP Oil Spill Changes Lives of Gulf Residents
- Shell Oil Company Sues BP For Loss of Production/Profit due to Oil Spill
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster Worsens
- Gulf Oil Spill Disaster May Save the Arctic - For Awhile
- Obama to pressure BP on Oil Clean-Up Financial Responsibility
- BP Oil Spill Shaping Up to be U.S. Worst Environmental Disaster
- BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
- Gulf Oil Spill causes Political Changes of Heart about Offshore Drilling
- BP VP Pleased at Latest Containment Success, Alabama Mayor is Not
- Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
- Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
- Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
- BP Bottom-Kill Procedure May Not Be Necessary
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