{"id":3027,"date":"2013-04-18T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2013-04-18T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:41:22","slug":"bp-the-beaches-are-open-for-everyone-to-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/bp-the-beaches-are-open-for-everyone-to-enjoy.html","title":{"rendered":"BP: the beaches are open for everyone to enjoy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\nBP must be getting desperate about people catching onto what they did to the Gulf.
\nA BP video ad has been replaying itself every few minutes beside various
\nnews stories since yesterday, claiming two years after the oil disaster
\n(“spill” doesn’t describe it) “the beaches are open for everyone to enjoy!”
\n
\nBP’s website<\/a>
\nsays “We are helping economic and environmental restoration efforts in the Gulf Coast as part of our ongoing commitment to the region following the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010”.
\nNeither the ad nor the website says BP actually cleaned up the oil.
\nBecause they didn’t.
\nIt’s still there, as is the even more toxic “dispersant” Corexit BP
\ndumped on top of the oil to make it sink.
\nBoth are busily poisoning dolphins, fish, birds, and humans.\n<\/p>\n

\nAntonia Juhasz wrote for The Nation 7 May 2012,
\n
\nInvestigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\nBP released one Exxon Valdez\u2013sized oil spill every three to four days
\nfor the eighty-seven days it took to cap the well, for an estimated total
\nof 210 million gallons, plus 500,000 tons of natural gas. It applied
\nsome 2 million gallons of Corexit from the air and water. It also
\nconducted about 410 \u201ccontrolled burns\u201d of the oil on the surface
\nof the water. The spill polluted the air with particulate matter and a
\nvisible haze, and polluted the water, exposing Gulf seafood to a host
\nof harmful toxins….\n<\/p>\n

\nWriting in the American Journal of Disaster Medicine, Dr. Diaz
\nobserved that the ailments appearing among Gulf response workers and
\nresidents mirrored those reported after previous oil spills,
\nincluding the Exxon Valdez spill, and warned that chronic adverse
\nhealth effects, including cancers, liver and kidney disease, mental
\nhealth disorders, birth defects and developmental disorders—a
\nlist that is repeated by several of the NIEHS study
\nphysicians—should be anticipated among sensitive populations
\nand those most heavily exposed. In an interview, Diaz added that
\nneurological disorders should also be anticipated.\n<\/p>\n

\nMoreover, John Howard, director of the National Institute for
\nOccupational Safety and Health, told Congress, “Previous oil
\nspill response efforts have reported acute and chronic health
\neffects in response workers. These studies may underestimate the
\nhealth effects associated with oil response work since the magnitude
\nand duration of the Deepwater Horizon response is
\nunprecedented.”\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nSpeaking of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker rupture of 1989 in Alaska,
\nExxon put off paying damages for that for 20 years, until,
\nas the
\n
\nHouston Chronicle wrote 4 April 2013<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\nExxon Mobil Corp. was ordered Monday June 15, 2009 to pay about $500
\nmillion in interest on punitive damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill
\noff Alaska, nearly doubling the payout to Alaska Natives, fishermen,
\nbusiness owners and others harmed by the 1989 disaster. The ruling was
\nissued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe same Exxon that
\n
\njust spilled oil in wetlands and neighborhoods in Arkansas<\/a>.
\nThe same oil industry that just
\n
\nhad 13 spills in 30 days<\/a>.
\nAll 13 of which<\/em> probably don’t add up to anywhere near
\nthe amount of oil BP spewed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nIs this an industry we want to trust to build a pipeline from Canada to
\nthe same Gulf of Mexico BP already poisoned?
\nIs this an industry we want to trust to
\n
\nfrack for natural gas in north Georgia<\/a>?
\nWhy exactly are we paying
\n
\nfar more in federal subsidies to fossil fuel companies<\/a>
\nthan for clean renewable solar and wind power and energy efficiency
\nthat produce more jobs and promote far more energy independence?\n<\/p>\n

\nLet’s stop subsidizing poison and get on with clean energy.
\nEven
\n
\nelectric utilities know it’s going to happen<\/a>.
\nEven
\nMoody’s says the carbon bubble will pop<\/a>.
\nLet’s stop pouring more money into poisoning the Gulf and our wetlands
\nand neighborhoods and air and water.
\n<\/P><\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\n
\nNukes are dead<\/a>, coal is crashing, and
\n
\nrenewables are winning.<\/a>
\nLet’s get on with
\n
\nclean green jobs for community and profit<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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