Most people know of the Exxon Valdez. What is forgotton is that after 20 years Exxon Mobile paid a total in the neighborhood of $300 million. The 5 Billion they were found liable to pay in a court of law was whittled down to nothing after 20 years of appeals.
So I find it very disingenuous of BP to say they are going to pay for the spill. Can you really pay for the damage to the ecosystem?
And this is even more interesting:
"Oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. said in a statement Friday that workers had finished cementing the well's pipes 20 hours before the rig went up in flames. Halliburton is named as a defendant in most of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed by Gulf Coast people and businesses".
This just smells of the Exxon Valdez all over again. Big corporate oil companies... we'll see how they "pay" for this one.
it's not a good feeling, that's certain. the other day when the winds were coming from the gulf, we could smell it. much bigger than we can estimate at this time.
by Victoria Dubois 13 years ago
We humans do not own this Earth, but we sure act as if we do! We were put here to share & co-exist with all of the beautiful creatures, not destroy their environment to suit our needs. After all, aren't we the one's with the brains & reasoning power?
by Research Analyst 13 years ago
How will the price of seafood be affected by the gulf oil spill?
by MikeNV 13 years ago
People blame BP because they run the operation... but Haliburton actually cased the rupture.Why no anger towards Haliburton? Gee... I wonder if it has anything to do with all the Haliburton Employees who move in and out of Government...
by KFlippin 13 years ago
"Red tape keeps prized oil-fighting skimmers from Gulf, coastline"Published: Monday, June 28, 2010, 10:29 PM Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune Excerpts from the Article (Link to full article below):"As oil oozes inland, tainting marshes and fouling beaches, local...
by juniorsbook 13 years ago
What was the name of the famous tanker that caused a oil spill?It was a famous tanker belonging to the Exxon Oil company.
by tobey100 13 years ago
The Gulf oil spill is bad. For that matter any oil spill is bad. I am not a rabid environmentalist but I do believe we need to protect the wildlife we have left as well as our beaches and wetlands. To a point. Let's not get carried away. Chris Matthews actually called...
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