Majority of Americans Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling, according to Poll
Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
Compromise Climate Change Bill Delayed – Again
7-Year Offshore Drilling Ban for BP?
Senator Reid Searches for Consensus on Stalled Climate Bill
US Oil Spill Commission: Government and Industry Share Blame for BP Disaster
Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
White House Defends Offshore Drilling Plan even after oil spill disaster
U.S. Climate Bill Moving Forward with EPA Analysis
Rapidly Disappearing Gulf Surface Oil from BP Oil Spill Raises Scientists’ Concern
Obama huge recipient of BP Funding - Will it Affect his Offshore Drilling Policy?
Weak Eco-Legislation Finds Support Among Major Green Organizations
Despite BP Oil Spill Disaster, Federal Appeals Court Says ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
US Oil Companies As Unprepared as BP for Offshore Oil Spill Disaster
While BP continues to ably perform its role as the corporate villain in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, a new Congressional panel is saying that U.S. oil firms are equally unprepared to address a similar catastrophe.
Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) informed the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Energy and Commerce that the top four U.S. oil firms have disaster response plans that are identical to BP’s. Henry Waxman, joint chairman of the main House energy committee also put it bluntly when he said that the major U.S. oil firms were “no better prepared to deal with a major oil spill than BP.” Waxman took it a step further when he said, “This addiction is fouling our beaches, polluting our atmosphere and undermining our national security.”
Of course, the ‘Big Four’ (Conoco-Philips, Shell, Exxon-Mobil, and Chevron) and BP America no less, denied that they would move forward on an offshore oil project unless they could do it “safely”. Also predictably, Texas Republican lawmaker Michael Burgess quickly accused Democrats of trying to sneak in climate change and energy legislation by playing up the oil spill hysteria.
With the Gulf fishing grounds closed until further notice and oil slithering into every previously pristine portion of the Gulf coast, the oil companies’ insistence on their commitment to drilling safety would be laughable except for the wrenching sight of dead sea animals and dying Delta wetlands.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Majority of Americans Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling, according to Poll
- Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
- BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
- Gulf Oil Spill Threatens East Coast Shoreline
- Compromise Climate Change Bill Delayed – Again
- 7-Year Offshore Drilling Ban for BP?
- Senator Reid Searches for Consensus on Stalled Climate Bill
- US Oil Spill Commission: Government and Industry Share Blame for BP Disaster
- Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
- White House Defends Offshore Drilling Plan even after oil spill disaster
- U.S. Climate Bill Moving Forward with EPA Analysis
- Rapidly Disappearing Gulf Surface Oil from BP Oil Spill Raises Scientists’ Concern
- Obama huge recipient of BP Funding - Will it Affect his Offshore Drilling Policy?
- Weak Eco-Legislation Finds Support Among Major Green Organizations
- Despite BP Oil Spill Disaster, Federal Appeals Court Says ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
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