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Taylor Energy Site - Leaking Oil Continuously Since 2004
SkyTruth
Jan 9, 2015
Site is just off the tip of the Mississippi Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
"...oil is continuing to flow unabated, as shown by the 13-mile-long slick in this Landsat-7 satellite image that was taken Wednesday [1/7] morning"
As far as we can determine, there is no plan by the responsible party, the oil and gas industry, the US Coast Guard or the EPA to permanently fix this leak and stop this ongoing pollution of public waters.
This is not a big leak: it seems to be somewhat larger than the most productive natural oil seeps that are scattered in deep water throughout the central and western Gulf. So maybe "no action" is a practical decision to make. But shouldn't the public get to participate in making that decision?
http://tinyurl.com/mlakorq
This is not a big leak: it seems to be somewhat larger than the most productive natural oil seeps that are scattered in deep water throughout the central and western Gulf. So maybe "no action" is a practical decision to make. But shouldn't the public get to participate in making that decision?
http://tinyurl.com/mlakorq
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... the wankers around there will just blame it on "BP" and try to gouge some more money
from the only company that's even making an attempt (mediocre though it is) at sorting
out their shit ...
Hell, if this gets any traction then people might start asking Chevron or Exxon to pay for
their damage and that just wouldn't do would it?
