Most of the criticism and bad feelings have so far been aimed at BP which is understandable because they erred on the side of profit instead of safety. Several warning signs that started hours before the explosion and fire were ignored by the rig bosses despite warnings from various members of the crew. This should [...]
A Firefox plug-in has been developed that blacks out BP letters on the web with black animated dripping oil. To cool! Creative agency Jess3 coded the plugin with the intent of screwing up BP on the web in the way they are screwing up the Gulf of Mexico. I found the plugin, installed it and [...]
In Grand Isle Louisiana until today there were maybe 20 or so people working at cleaning up the oil and scum on the beach with rakes and shovels. UNTIL TODAY. Hmmm, what was different about today? The president was coming of course. Today there were hundreds of people working on beach clean up all dressed [...]
A BOP (Blow Out Preventer) back up system is required in every country except the United States. Why not here? Because it was recommended but left it up to the industry to do the right thing. Big Mistake! Has nobody in Washington got it? You never leave anything up to big business and corporations, they [...]
With the feds approval of the nations first offshore wind energy project in Massachusetts Nantucket Sound, the jobs will be coming soon. There are already wind energy businesses that have started construction in the state. A federally funded facility where workers will test wind turbine blades is under construction in Charlestown. Vestas Wind Systems, based [...]
Wave goodbye to more money headed for China. We are sure that you and probably everyone in the U.S. has heard about green jobs that are going to play a large part in bringing our economy back. Remember when Bush in his earlier years as president said yeah we will lose some lo tech manufacturing [...]
Fairfax County Virginia authorities are suing a large employer in the county, Krispy Kreme. The authorities say that the waste from the plant has fouled the county’s sewer system. It seems the excess oils, fats and lets not forget grease have been building up and destroyed iron pipes, pumps and other equipment also causing leaks. [...]
President Obama was elected on the promise of change, but his new auto emission standards are the same tired strategy that has failed before. He could have asked Congress to raise gasoline taxes to create demand for fuel efficient cars, as other countries have done successfully. Instead, the president imposed new requirements on auto companies [...]
We have got are eye on you Chevron. This little tidbit just goes to show how greedy an Oil company can be. Instead of disposing of huge amounts of toxic waste in a way that was environmentally sound they decided to dump it in Ecuador’s rain forest. This process went on for 26 years folks. [...]
Homes being rebuilt in New Orleans are using defective Chinese made drywall. Guess what folks the same thing happened in Florida as early as 2005. There is NO excuse for that crap to be installed now (as this thread is being written} in New Orleans. Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. said it has identified about 80 [...]
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says that wind turbines placed off the east coast could replace most of the coal fired power plants in the USA. Ocean winds could generate 1 million megawatts which is about equal to 3,000 medium sized coal fired power plants. We already have the technology to build the wind turbines and [...]
