Gulf oil spill effects to reach Arctic and Europe, expert says
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[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/21/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1"]Source[/URL]
[QUOTE][B]Washington (CNN)[/B] -- The damaging effects of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be felt all the way to Europe and the Arctic, a top scientist told a congressional panel Friday.
"This is not just a regional issue for the wildlife," said Carl Safina, the president of the Blue Ocean Institute. Safina, who recently returned from the Gulf Coast region, presented several photographs, including one of an oil-covered bird.
"There will be a nest empty in Newfoundland," Safina said, noting common migratory patterns. Safina warned that multiple forms of marine life in the Atlantic Ocean "come into the Gulf to breed."
Safina's briefing to representatives of the House Energy and Commerce Committee was scheduled as part of an ongoing effort to draw on a broad range of expertise for cleanup efforts.
"We have to use science to find solutions," said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts. Markey has been strongly critical of the current cleanup effort, calling it ineffective.
Meanwhile, another congressman, concerned about people who are working to clean up the spill, has asked the White House to set up temporary health care centers along the Gulf Coast to serve volunteers and workers.
Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Louisiana, envisions such clinics as providing "medical checkups to people who have come in contact with the oil and assist in monitoring the health effects of the oil leak on south Louisianians."
He sent the request Wednesday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. There was no immediate response from the agency.
"Many residents and volunteers are being exposed to hazardous materials on a daily basis, and some will have to travel hours to get treatment at the nearest health care facility. It is imperative that temporary health care clinics be established to provide basic health care services in this geographic area," he said.
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The execs in charge of BP need to be crucified.
I don't mean that figuratively, I mean literally [B][I]nailed to a cross and left to die[/I][/B].
dunt worry ill drink all da oyl befor it can reech da arctic and hert dem penguins.
Spill, baby, spill!
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;22086771]Spill, baby, spill![/QUOTE]
Who's the new guy in your Avatar?
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;22086791]Who's the new guy in your Avatar?[/QUOTE]
Everybody's favorite Argentine Marxist revolutionary.
A bunch of fucking idiots has been given responsibility to fix a problem they don't want to spend money on.
Called it.
This is bad as fuck
everything is connected
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seriously, we're like all fucked in some form
[QUOTE=OvB;22087243]Called it.[/QUOTE]
You heard it from OvB first guys.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;22086685]The execs in charge of BP need to be crucified.
I don't mean that figuratively, I mean literally [B][I]nailed to a cross and left to die[/I][/B].[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22087408]You heard it from OvB first guys.[/QUOTE]
I've been pretty pissed about the lack of... haste, in this whole ordeal. It really shouldn't have been dragged out as far as it did. To many companies have their head up their ass and now the world is going to pay. This could have been avoided.
It's what you get when you let a Petroleum Engineer do a Marine Scientists' Job.
[QUOTE=OvB;22087507]I've been pretty pissed about the lack of... haste, in this whole ordeal. It really shouldn't have been dragged out as far as it did. To many companies have their head up their ass and now the world is going to pay. This could have been avoided.[/QUOTE]
They probably "Oh let's see, bad publicity or 'wasting' money on that... Nah nobody can stop us bad publicity won't do much this far into the game."
Fuck corporations, they make Capitalism look bad.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22087557]They probably "Oh let's see, bad publicity or 'wasting' money on that... Nah nobody can stop us bad publicity won't do much this far into the game."
Fuck corporations, they make Capitalism look bad.[/QUOTE]
CEO should be fired, company should be heavily sued. To the ground preferably.
[QUOTE=OvB;22087630]CEO should be fired, company should be heavily sued. To the ground preferably.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, in an idealized world.
Oil companies = Too powerful.
Just like the pharmaceuticals Michael Moore rants about :ninja:
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22087557]They probably "Oh let's see, bad publicity or 'wasting' money on that... Nah nobody can stop us bad publicity won't do much this far into the game."
Fuck corporations, they make Capitalism look bad.[/QUOTE]
Capitalism is just bad, at least when companies have nothing to fear.
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;22087687]Capitalism is just bad, at least when companies have nothing to fear.[/QUOTE]
I suppose it works for a while for economic growth and to speed up advancement by competition, but after a while you have to put some limits, or change the system.
Yes, well, fox news and Glenn Beck will make sure that will never happen.
And with uneducated idiots like Rand Paul making accusations, people will never get behind government regulations.
What a shitty year so far.
I swear to christ, if the fucking narwhals, giant squids or whales are hurt I will drown the exec's in some Louisiana crude.
The ocean is filled with oil, the sky is full of ash.
Fuck.
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;22088916]The ocean is filled with oil, the sky is full of ash.
Fuck.[/QUOTE]
If the ground fills with something I hope it's marshmallows.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22089137]If the ground fills with something I hope it's marshmallows.[/QUOTE]
Actually it's going to get full of cyanide and caustic soda.
Welp, there's goes my summer if this hits the Gulf Stream.
I hope several things happen, in the following order..
1) Congress approves the litigation money so they can sue the piss out of BP.
2) Once they've developed a case (and hopefully, real goddamn quick), they get it on trial asap (none of this, 2 years shit. More like 2 months.)
3) U.S Government wins, set an example for big businesses (more or less oil companies).
[url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-13-2010/there-will-be-blame]Oh, and this pretty much sums up my feelings.[/url]
Yay, now the whole world can suffer with us! :buddy:
:saddowns:
[QUOTE=The golden;22089907]Problem is that large corporations have more power than entire governments.[/QUOTE]
Can the UN issue sanctions against a company?
:psyboom:
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