A few days ago, President Obama boldly called for a “commission report” to find out what went wrong in the Gulf, while yesterday Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) apologized to BP for their rough treatment.
Then, when pressed this week, the other leading oil companies gave their emergency plans for a disaster in the Gulf to Congress. The plans were nearly identical, and included efforts to save walruses and recommended calling on a marine biologist who is five years dead.
Meanwhile, this Saturday, while you and I are mowing our lawns or sipping on a mimosa at brunch, the BP well will be pumping out its 150,000,000th gallon of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
I set up a counter on our site so you can track how many gallons are being pumped into the gulf. On this page, you can also send Secretary of the Interior Salazar a message that you support a ban on new offshore drilling: http://www.environmental-action.org/gulf-spill-counter?id4=ES
Dan Stafford
Environmental Action Organizer
action@environmental-action.org
http://www.environmental-action.org
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