“BP told many of its cleanup workers that they did not need to wear breathing protection because the toxic components of the oil had evaporated or were broken down in the waves, according to the company’s safety briefings. Despite receiving advice from the federal government to conduct biological monitoring by measuring toxins in the cleanup workers’ blood, skin or urine, BP didn’t collect evidence that could have shown whether toxins contained in the oil had entered workers’ bloodstreams, according to plaintiffs’ attorneys.
In 2010, BP ran a huge PR campaign to convince the public that the Gulf would recover. While the smell of oil and Corexit was still in the air, BP was already building its legal defense against the very workers it claimed were repairing the spill’s environmental damage, according to new evidence reported for the first time by the Guardian.
There is no class-action settlement for the cleanup workers and coastal residents who fell ill years after the spill. Due to the terms of an earlier settlement, they must sue BP individually to be compensated for their chronic injuries, and many of the cases are under a court order that prevents them from seeking punitive damages.”
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Valentine´s Day Card I made. (It is an inside joke with my roommate)
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helica - Lstar (claystar mix) (2021)
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Golfo de México. Impactante, desafiante y el comienzo de una vida
Golfo de México. Impactante, desafiante y el comienzo de una vida
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23 DE ENERO DE 2024 Golfo de México. Impactante, desafiante y el comienzo de una vida
POR: VÍCTOR MANUEL REYES FERRIZ
La gran mayoría de nosotros hemos escuchado o aprendido que la era de los dinosaurios culminó gracias al impacto de un meteorito en lo que hoy conocemos como la península de Yucatán en México, y que gracias a aquel suceso comenzó una nueva forma de vida que muchos años después…
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i need to share this information but idk who to share it with. i’m an ecology major in the gulf south and one of my wildlife professors whose specialty is waterfowl said that there were no studies approved for the effect the deep water horizon spill had on waterfowl bc he applied to do one but they said one was already being done, but it was actually a fish study and the researchers lied bc there was already a fish study being done.
Thanks for sharing! As someone who specialized in ecology as well, I’ve heard similar stories. When conservation comes into conflict with capitalism, capitalism almost always wins. Additionally, grant allocation and research approval is absolutely wild, and it’s amazing how many truly useless studies get funded while important research is left to fall by the wayside. But hey, as long as there are people who have a will to change the system, there’s always hope!
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Poem in text form under the cut
Oil Rig
Drill the wells, keep the oil flowing
Earn your bonus if you stick to the itinerary
Expect a reprimand when you tarry
Profit is the drive of our operation
Welcome to the state of the art.
All is well - until it blows,
The pressure was too much to contain.
Emergencies cost millions, so be wary
Remember your bonus before you sound the alarm.
Hardware is failing, the engines have blown,
Outside, the very air is burning
Rainbowy oil slicks spread their harm.
Inhale the smoke, the air is flammable
Zephyr skies give way to toxic brine
Oil still leaving the well, grimy waves are churning
None of this will ever be the same.
Now go back and read the first letter of each line.
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Deepwater Horizon (2016)
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