Army of volunteers needed for Gulf oil spill cleanup

[diva77]

hard to sit still while this is happening...so here are some ways to attempt to help...

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/03/v-print/1919395/army-of-volunteers-needed-for.html

Posted on Mon, May. 03, 2010
Army of volunteers needed for Gulf oil spill cleanup
By STEPHANIE ROGERS
Mother Nature Network (mnn.com)

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Below are agencies in need of assistance and what steps you can take:

- The Deepwater Horizon response team (www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/) is working to contain the spill and has laid down 217,000 feet of barrier. The team is asking coastal residents to report areas where oil can be seen from shore or to leave contact information if they wish to volunteer by calling [phone]. Oiled animals should not be captured but should be reported at [phone].

- The National Audubon Society is coordinating its response with government officials to ensure a smooth process. Prospective volunteers who sign up through Audubon will be connected with state and federal agencies, Audubon leaders and other volunteer organizations that are in need of assistance. Visit www.audubon.org and click on the box linking you to the "Gulf Coast Disaster: How you can help."

- Many more organizations are not yet in action but are gathering information from volunteers. Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research (www.tristatebird.org/contact) is accepting volunteer signups by phone, mail or e-mail as the group prepares to rehabilitate affected animals. Call [phone] for more information.

- Anyone in the Mississippi area can contact the city of Biloxi (www.biloxi.ms.us/Volunteer.asp) and leave contact information through an online form. Volunteers will be notified as soon as opportunities to help have been organized.

- In Alabama, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (www.mobilebaynep.com) is collecting contact information from hopeful volunteers. Call [phone] to be added to their contact list, report oiled wildlife at [phone] and notify them of oiled shoreline at [phone]. (Note: These contact numbers are the same as the Deepwater Horizon numbers.)

- The Alabama Coastal Foundation is currently accepting donations for clean-up efforts at their website, JoinACF.org. Volunteers should send their contact information including name, e-mail address and phone number to [e-mail].

- Mobile Baykeeper (www.mobilebaykeeper.org) says the best way to help now - before the oil hits the shoreline - is by picking up litter and debris. "If you can get to your favorite shoreline today or tomorrow you can help speed up the clean up process," officials said. Volunteers will be trained and organized for the cleanup process in the days and weeks to follow; call [phone] to sign up.

- The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana has joined with partners on the local, state and federal level to start registering volunteers. Sign up at CRCL.org.

- Updates on cleanup efforts in Louisiana will be posted at the Louisiana Shore Cleanup Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Louisiana-Shore-Cleanup/121808751163925

- The Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida is also seeking donations and volunteers as it prepares for the arrival of affected birds and other animals. Learn more at PensacolaWildlife.com.

[jxnmsdemguy65]

1. Volunteer? I'd love to but I can't afford to...

I heard that Exxon paid people $45 an hour to scrub rocks after the Valdez disaster. Anybody know of any work like that available?

[diva77]

15. here's a link to an article about BP hiring people for cleanup

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/job_available_for_oil_spill_cl.html

[louis-t]

2. Donations? Volunteers? BP, Hell a burstin, et al should be

paying for this. The government should be forcing them to start cleanup at their own expense. Sheeesh! Donations!

[diva77]

4. what "should" happen is very different from what "actually" happens!

unfortunately!!:grr:

[gratuitous]

3. Thank you for this nice compendium of information

I wanted to say the nice thing first, so I put it in the subject line. Now for the snark:

"Volunteer", hell! Hell, I say. Make BP pay me if they want me to "help" clean up their mess. They said they were going to be responsible for the clean up, and I'm happy to pitch in. But I don't live on air, and I can't afford to take a week or two or more to leave my job, get myself down to the Gulf Coast, and offer my services. I need round trip transportation (first class would be preferable), top-flight housing, catered meals, and all equipment provided. I don't think I'm asking for anything that BP executives don't get when they're invited to Big Shot Conferences. Why would the people cleaning up their mess settle for anything less?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. Socializing the costs. Fuck BP. Pay to cleanup the mess, ffs.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Colonel Bat Guano]

6. Hazard pay!

Not only should BP pay handsomely for anyone to do cleanup work....it should be at the highest possible "hazard pay". This is some highly toxic shit. And BP needs to be on the hook for short term AND long term health problems that people on the frontlines experience, now or years down the line.

Do they have "volunteers" working the rigs? Fuck no. It shouldn't be volunteers on the front lines either.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. Absolutely!

There are so many people falling down on their asses with regard to this disaster that it makes my blood boil.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. good point

[madmax]

17. +100

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[librechik]

9. Why? It's not a hurricane or other natural disaster! Make the bastards who did this PAY

people who have to clean up their mess. Damn them!

[Catherina]

10. Volunteers? Whatever happened to all those JOBS Obama promised?

If this isn't the best time for it, I'd like to know whatever happened to all that stimulus money for those JOBS? If this isn't one of those "Green Jobs" Obama was touting to justify the Great Stimilus Heist, I don't know what is.

The first option should be for BP to pay for this upfront in money, time and blood but since that won't ever happen, the very least the government could do is generously pay the people who will risk their health to clean up the government's mess. They could always bill BP afterwards.

The government is responsible for allowing BP to drill. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

[ixion]

12. Uh, Volunteers? I don't think so. I think BP needs to be hiring

in a big, big way.

[Old Troop]

13. They should be paid by BP, not volunteers

[greencharlie]

16. +1 nt

[mmonk]

14. I volunteer BP, Transocean, and Halliburton.

[lib2DaBone]

18. Volunteer? Did BP or Exxon Mobil "Volunteer" to put gas in my car...

when I had to go to a job interview for a crappy minimum wage job?

NO THEY DIDN"T. As a matter of fact.. because they have not paid a penny of income taxes... I have to pay more taxes from my shitty $7 an hour job.

It's coming folks... it's coming.... keep poking the caged dog and see if he gets mad..?