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The EPA allowed BP to use 650,000 gallons of Corexit,
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:07 pm
even when it knew the stuff was banned in Britain, before deciding they should use something less toxic?
The head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, is from Louisiana but Obama should fire her incompetent arse this minute.
The head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, is from Louisiana but Obama should fire her incompetent arse this minute.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:08 pm to Rex
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is from Louisiana but Obama should fire her incompetent arse this minute.
how can he do that? is he her boss?
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:12 pm to Rex
And for some reason they will not approve a sand barrier to stop the oil from getting in the marsh.
Let's see Corexit vs. Sand. hmmmmmmmmmm
frickers
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:25 pm to FriscoKid
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how can he do that? is he her boss?
The Head of EPA? Yes, she serves at the discretion of the President.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:27 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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The Head of EPA? Yes, she serves at the discretion of the President.
oh, so then he should be ultimately responsible
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:28 pm to Rex
Jindal and his crew had the extreme reds over this
Posted on 5/21/10 at 5:31 pm to FriscoKid
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so then he should be ultimately responsible
Only if we hold ALL presidents to the same standard.
ETA: Poli Board, Douchebag.
This post was edited on 5/21/10 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 5/21/10 at 6:20 pm to Rex
It's nice to have highly place politicians in your pocket.
Signed
Tony Hayward
Signed
Tony Hayward
Posted on 5/21/10 at 6:32 pm to Oyster
this pisses me off almost as much as the damn oil spill itself...
Posted on 5/21/10 at 7:38 pm to CoonassatTEXAS
that stuff won't degrade like the crude would have, should have left it alone. no telling what will happen now.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 9:43 pm to Rex
quote:
The EPA allowed BP to use 650,000 gallons of Corexit,
even when it knew the stuff was banned in Britain, before deciding they should use something less toxic?
The head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, is from Louisiana but Obama should fire her incompetent arse this minute.
Your the one that was saying this wasn't Obama's mess.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 10:12 pm to Rex
Anybody wanna bet the some high ranking BP official has stock or ties to Corexit???
Posted on 5/22/10 at 6:41 am to Rex
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The head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, is from Louisiana but Obama should fire her incompetent arse this minute
:racist:
Although if he would fire that crazy b*&^ch it would be the first thing he has done that I approve of
Posted on 5/22/10 at 6:44 am to tgrgrd00
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And for some reason they will not approve a sand barrier to stop the oil from getting in the marsh
The COE moves at the speed of glacial shift. They are probably doing calculations to ensure the barrier is sufficient to handle storm surge-they did such a great job with the New Orleans levees.
Posted on 5/22/10 at 7:04 am to Icansee4miles
I heard that the COE is demanding an environmental study. So no permit is what I take that to mean. By the time you wait on an environmental study to come out the marsh will be long gone.
Posted on 5/22/10 at 7:49 am to Rex
And so the procession continues....
Do you know if Corexit is the only dispersant they had available in volume that could respond the quickest?
Do you know anything at all about the overall thought process of the choice?
Just asking.
Wanted to make sure this wasn't more of the kneejerk response calling someone else ignorant/incompetent when you don't even have a full picture of what is happening. If it is not...I apologize.
Do you know if Corexit is the only dispersant they had available in volume that could respond the quickest?
Do you know anything at all about the overall thought process of the choice?
Just asking.
Wanted to make sure this wasn't more of the kneejerk response calling someone else ignorant/incompetent when you don't even have a full picture of what is happening. If it is not...I apologize.
Posted on 5/22/10 at 7:57 am to Volvagia
He did not directly address widely broadcast news reports that more than 100,000 gallons of an alternative dispersant chemical call Sea-Brat 4 was stockpiled near Houston and available for application.
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quoted from my post BP tells EPA to stick it
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quoted from my post BP tells EPA to stick it
Posted on 5/22/10 at 9:56 am to Oyster
Then that answers my question of th0ere not being enough of an alternative.
Now, BP is clearly in the wrong if the company can dramatically increase their stocks and they still don't utilize it though.
(All I am arguing is that there may be something behind the scenes as to why BP is doing this. I realize that some of you want to vilify BP and are looking to extremes to do it, but that is no excuse. They didn't tell BP to stop using it as much as they strongly suggested other alternatives. If BP doesn't switch, the EPA wants a detailed explaination of why all the alternatives were not viable)
Now, BP is clearly in the wrong if the company can dramatically increase their stocks and they still don't utilize it though.
(All I am arguing is that there may be something behind the scenes as to why BP is doing this. I realize that some of you want to vilify BP and are looking to extremes to do it, but that is no excuse. They didn't tell BP to stop using it as much as they strongly suggested other alternatives. If BP doesn't switch, the EPA wants a detailed explaination of why all the alternatives were not viable)
Posted on 5/22/10 at 10:08 am to Volvagia
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may be something behind the scenes as to why BP is doing this
I understand that completely. But it seems as if their attitude about it is one of "we're going to do what we want, how we want it."
That goes from them not allowing people other than what BP has on payroll to have any sort of insight into how much they are spilling, what the adverse side effects of corexit is, and why they are not looking harder at the alternative.
If corexit is banned overseas, and they do drilling over there, obviously they have some other alternative for cleaning up spills that is safer than what is being used. There is nothing wrong with wanting explanations about what is being used in the GOM, or for that matter, not used.
Posted on 5/22/10 at 11:44 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
can anyone confirm yes or no if BP has financial ties with the dispersant company?
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