Journalists who buy into Big Oil’s talking points would have us believe BP-style spills are a thing of the past.
Tag: oil spill
Posted inOpinion
BP finds a friend in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — but look who gets screwed
Small businesses were encouraged to sign on to a settlement process that precluded filing separate lawsuits. After the deadline for filing such suits, BP has tried to change the rules.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Predicted exodus of offshore rigs turns out to have been mere Obama bashing
For all the dire warnings, the ‘Obamatorium’ on offshore drilling after the BP spill did not lead to economic calamity in Louisiana or anywhere else.
Posted inEnvironment
LSU study: Damaged minnow shows BP oil seeping into coastal food chain
The results are alarming but the levels of toxins detected are well below those considered hazardous for human seafood consumption.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Bermdoggle: The real barrier that Gov. Jindal will have to overcome
If you’re a tax-raising child molester who snorts bath salts, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is your worst nightmare. Otherwise, as the social network kids like to say, Jindal is pretty “meh.” (Translation: “not so much”.) For example, this Gambit story by Jeremy Alford on the evolution and cost of Jindal’s sand berm scheme is pretty […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Jindal to beef up berms
Standing on the second floor of the Acme Oyster House alongside BP America President Lamar McKay, Gov. Bobby Jindal today announced that the state will use $140 million from BP to transform sand berms into barrier islands to protect the coast.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
For Jindal, it’s better to be lucky than accountable
For a part-time governor, Bobby Jindal sure enjoys more than his share of luck. Not so much the “tipped-football-splits-the-uprights” lucky, more like a “self-serving-ambition-meets-opportunity” lucky. Jindal’s received high marks for his administration’s posturing response during the oil gusher disaster. Most Louisianans seem to agree with Times-Picayune columnist Stephanie Grace, who wrote back in May that […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Time to strike while the Bullock and wetlands are hot
In addition to The Times-Picayune’s story on FEMA’s massive lump sum compensation to battered New Orleans Schools, Bayou Buzz shared this good news: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will join Oscar-winning actress, Sandra Bullock, to announce the opening of the Warren Easton High School health clinic on Sunday, August 29. … The Warren Easton school-based health […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Don’t waste a good disaster: Spill could help The Hoff
Saints fans carefully appraised my suggestion to play “Glee” songs on game days, and they decided the idea had less merit than an unflushed toilet. After such a blogging debacle, you’d think I’d be disinclined to use my platform at The Lens to make additional pop culture proposals. But when I get into a hole, […]
Posted inEnvironment
Have you filed a claim with BP? If the answer is yes, please help us illuminate the process.
The Lens wants to hear from people who have filed a claim for damages related to BP’s oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.