Papantonio: Gulf Coast Still Poisoned, Drill Baby Drill!

[GoLeft TV]

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Schultz Show to discuss the continuing afflictions that BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still giving to the Gulf Coast, as well as how the Obama administration is doing nothing to help the problem of oil dependency.

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1. Thank you for reminding us of Papantonio

He really works on getting us to take notice of the truth surrounding the BP coverup.

[DeSwiss]

2. K&R

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. VICE* did a segment last Friday on the toxic effects on people in the area.

Those who live in and near the area, and complained about the Corexit hurting people, were pretty much ignored beyong the local level.
They are still suffering from the toxicity today.

*--Vice is an excellent show, comes on right after Real Time on HBO, is produced by Bill Maher.
Think of it as 60 minutes for intelligent people.

[DeSwiss]

4. Yep, they do good work.

VICE on YouTube

[KoKo]

5. Recommend..

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6. Kickety Kick!

Wish I could rec this another 20 billion times

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7. Abandoned oil wells make Gulf of Mexico 'environmental minefield' AP investigation finds ....

BP was responsible for 600 of more than 27,000 abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico.



Detail of a map showing geology, oil (in red) and gas (green) fields, in the Gulf of Mexico Region Illustration: U.S. Geological Survey US Geological Survey

The Gulf of Mexico is packed with abandoned oil wells from a host of companies including BP, according to an investigation by Associated Press, which describes the area as "an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades".

While the explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig has thrown the spotlight sharply on BP's activities in the Gulf of Mexico, environmental safety in the area has been neglected for decades.

There are more than 27,000 abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico, according to AP, of which 600 belonged to BP.

The oldest of these abandoned wells dates back to the late 1940s and the investigation highlights concerns about the way in which some of them have been plugged, especially the 3,500 neglected wells that are catalogued by the government as "temporarily abandoned". The rules for shutting off temporarily closed wells are not as strict as for completely abandoned wells.

Regulations for temporarily abandoned wells require oil companies to present plans to reuse or permanently plug such wells within a year, but AP found that the rule is routinely circumvented, and that more than 1,000 wells have lingered in that unfinished condition for more than a decade. About three-quarters of temporarily abandoned wells have been left in that status for more than a year, and many since the 1950s and 1960s.

Much more at http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jul/07/abandoned-oil-wells-gulf-mexico