Community | November 04, 2010 | 29 comments

Photos show BP ecocide far from cleaned up

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/gulf-oil-spill-recent-pho_n_777894.html

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With over six months having passed since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, tragically taking the lives of 11 men and leading to an estimated 205 million gallons or more spewing into the ocean and onto nearby coasts, it would seem that much of the mainstream media has moved on from the plight caused by America's worst environmental disaster in history.

Although BP plugged the well and it was declared "effectively dead" in mid-September, even having scaled back their clean-up efforts prior to that, the catastrophe is far from over for the Gulf residents impacted from the spill and the natural environment likewise devastated in the aftermath.

Recent reports that surfaced alongside images of dark streaks in Gulf waters have been discounted by some scientists as a common algae outbreak, The New York Times reports. But they also report that -- despite 11,000 people still at work cleaning up the crude mess -- delicate marshlands remain coated and tarballs continue to wash up on beaches that have been previously cleaned. Additionally, a CNN reporter recently discovered that thick layers of tar linger underneath the sand, well below the level at which beaches are being cleaned.

Below are new photos from the Gulf of Mexico -- some as recent as last Friday -- confirming that BP's disaster is far from cleaned up. Although the media may have moved on, things aren't so easy for the Gulf residents and wildlife adversely affected as oil continues to wash ashore for an unforeseeable time to come.
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29 comments // Photos show BP ecocide far from cleaned up

  • xxMidnightThunderstormxx
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      xxMidnightThunderstormxx  

    • I think that this whole disaster was horrible and the fact that they still haven't cleaned it all up? This reminds me of small children who say the cleaned their room when in fact all they have done was shoved everything under the bed, and eventually, mom finds out. Well, they have cleaned what was saw on the surface, but they did not clean where the eyes cannot see. This is just wrong. Do they know how much damage they can cause by not cleaning it up properly and leaving it there?

    • 1 year ago
  • EthicalVegan
  • xxMidnightThunderstormxx
  • EthicalVegan
  • JanforGore
  • EthicalVegan
  • samantha420
  • EthicalVegan
  • addie340
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      addie340  

    • I find that hard to believe Obama himself took full responsibility for the clean up of the spill. But then again BP was one of Obama's biggest donors to his Presidential Campaign. Think he might let them off and leave us on the hook. I thought so.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • Prijedor
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • well like I said before they would be in and out in six months. They didn't clean anything they cleaned at it. B.P. just screwed us all and the goverment help hold us down while they did it.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • I wish this wouldn't be seen as just a contest between what Obama has or has not done and what Bush has or has not done. NEITHER of them has really dealt with these catastrophes adequately and the agencies responsible for handling this were corrupted under BOTH of them. Government bought and sold by oil companies in general is the crime here, and also the devastation to this area of the world that surpasses political partisanship.

      And to piggy back onto something else regarding oil that is important, the Obama administration is about to more than likely approve the Keystone XL pipeline which will be built from Alberta into this country to pipe in dirty toxic bitumen oil sands crude from the Alberta tarsands. So again, this is about the sustainability of the planet and the fact that regardless of party this oil soaked government needs an intervention!

    • 1 year ago
  • bailey78
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Saw this coming , from day one . There was no emergency procedure in place , no significant consequences for outrageous negligence . This , is a massive human failure . We failed to acknowledge what we knew was obviously apparent . The costs outweigh the benefits . If it is too expensive to do safely , it is too expensive a power source . Time to turn elsewhere for energy . Adapt , or get left behind .

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
    • artemis6:

      There was collusion in this as well as far as I am concerned all the way from the cement. BP wanted a disaster to test their new "GM algae" for geoengineeering purposes. They used the Gulf and the ecosystems there as a petrie dish just like biotech companies are using this planet as one through GM crops, animals, etc. It isn't the first time though. The US government has been doing it to us since the 1930s.

    • 1 year ago
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  
    • JanforGore:

      I remember back in 1970 they seeded hurricane celia with dry ice to get it to drop all the moisture (AKA rain) thats just what it did then the winds had nothing to slow them down it was the worst storm to hit this area sense the the storm of 1912.

    • 1 year ago
  • hunzedog
  • ras_menelik
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      ras_menelik  
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    • Toxic Chemicals Deep at BP Spill Site Raise Warning Flags [AOL] http://aol.it/9KmkK5

      While the most immediate damage from the spill -- as evidenced by tar balls, oiled birds and widespread oil sheen -- may have subsided, it's those persistent pollutants that have some researchers worried -- and stumped.

    • 1 year ago
  • EthicalVegan
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      EthicalVegan  

    • Added to "BP Catastrophe," as this is more catastrophic news that's being kept from us.

      Thank you so much for posting this!!! But sorry you HAVE to post such bad news.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • EthicalVegan
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      EthicalVegan  
    • JanforGore:

      You and I get so caught up in this stuff, that it's expected to forget/miss certain categories, to be sure.

      And as always, thank you for posting this in the first place. I'd sure like to see Current back to being about actual NEWS.

    • 1 year ago
  • Proud_Progressive
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  
    • Proud_Progressive:

      Bush did worse when Katrina hit . He did not respond for weeks . He ignored it , and he could have helped . Do you expect Obama to clean these waters with superpowers ? What is your plan ? What should be done NOW ?

    • 1 year ago
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  
    • artemis6:

      I say stop B.P. from ever drilling another well in US waters till they clean this mess up. Then and only then let them drill after all those folks that are getting sick from the clean up are taken care of.

    • 1 year ago
  • EthicalVegan
  • bailey78
  • EthicalVegan
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