New York Times: In BP’s Record, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders

"Despite a catalog of crises and near misses in recent years, BP has been chronically unable or unwilling to learn from its mistakes, an examination of its record shows."

WDSU: Congressman: BP Plans Lacked Hurricane Consideration

BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response plans have no provisions for the possibility of hurricanes or tropical storms.

(I guess they consider it much less likely than Gulf of Mexico tropical walruses.)

Newsweek reviews BP's disaster plan documents for the Gulf. Why Wasn’t There A Better Plan?“My jaw dropped when I read it,” says longtime critic of the oil industry ( Read more... )

A couple days ago I wrote, "News of the "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill just keeps getting worse." That continues to be the case.

Will it be a bigger spill than Exxon Valdez? Maybe is already, and still growing steadily. "It is so big and expanding so fast that it's pretty much beyond human response that can be effective. ... You're looking at a ( Read more... )

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still trying to get the US government to focus on the real cause of the disaster

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Today's installment in the unending "Heck of a Job" sitcom series:

FEMA held on to 85 million dollars worth of relief supplies for Katrina victims for over 2 years after the disaster, paying rent to store the supplies in warehouses.

Salon.com article "How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned"Lots of confirmation of stuff those of us who've kept a close eye things already knew, but some new details ( Read more... )

In Katrina's Wake: Where Is the Money?

Speaking of which, Da Po' Blog on Bush's dubious $ claim

Former FEMA hack Michael D. "Heck of a job" Brown reveals yet more dirt that many suspected: A chance to screw over Democrats was a higher priority in Bushco's Katrina response than was saving American lives. Brown: Party politics played role in Katrina response. Nice to have this on the record, but as I've said before, sorry Brownie, you still ( Read more... )

Monday I had leftover MRE stuff for breakfast before doing a commemorative radio show ( Read more... )