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Showing posts with label british petroleum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label british petroleum. Show all posts
30 May 2010
There is Beauty, even in a Natural Disaster
It may be perverse, but I think there may even be some beauty to be found in nightmare horror that is the terror of the multi-national corporation quest to find the environmental bottom. hahaha! not REALLY - except perhaps in limited circumstances like the one seen below in a photo by Richard Perry of the New York Times, who photographed this stunning image of the red crude fossil fuel petroleum as it has reached the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the recent Deep Water Horizon major industrial disaster.
What a sad state of affairs. I think it is just plain wrong for anyone to profit from environmentally destructive activities.
update: p.s. NOT that this man-made volcano is a natural disaster... But it is a disaster, and this image is somewhat beautiful. Though there are plenty of disturbing and alarming images that are not beautiful. I have been impressed with ongoing coverage of this issue in the New York Times. Although I think that the paper, and the mainstream media in general, are not doing anywhere near enough to question the underlying root-causes of this disaster. I think questions need to be asked about industrialization and technology, and about how people are profiting from the most destructive, abusive and violent endeavors.
photo by Richard Perry, The New York Times
What a sad state of affairs. I think it is just plain wrong for anyone to profit from environmentally destructive activities.
update: p.s. NOT that this man-made volcano is a natural disaster... But it is a disaster, and this image is somewhat beautiful. Though there are plenty of disturbing and alarming images that are not beautiful. I have been impressed with ongoing coverage of this issue in the New York Times. Although I think that the paper, and the mainstream media in general, are not doing anywhere near enough to question the underlying root-causes of this disaster. I think questions need to be asked about industrialization and technology, and about how people are profiting from the most destructive, abusive and violent endeavors.
photo by Richard Perry, The New York Times
28 May 2010
Following BP (it's a disaster - a volcano - not a "spill" nor a "leak" - a major man-made volcano!)
What a mess. At least now there is more information coming out about the lead up to the disaster, and how BP has a record of operating out of compliance with safety regulations.
So we can see how a corporation puts profit before the precautionary principle, and before the interests of life and health.
I am going to drop a few links here to articles that I think are important in terms of developing a more full understanding of the background and full scope of this disaster.
From Truthout.org: Ex-EPA officials ask why isn't BP under criminal investigation
Greg Palast: BP's other oil mess this week
NYT: Photo gallery
Video: what BP does not want you to see
Democracy Now! Oil disaster responders being hospitalized due to toxic exposure
Could the problem have been avoided?
NYT: Panel finds BP had evidence of problem with oil well long before disaster
NYT: Documents show earlier worries about safety of rig
What if BP let the disaster happen intentionally...
Does it make sense for people to profit from environmentally destructive activities?
So we can see how a corporation puts profit before the precautionary principle, and before the interests of life and health.
I am going to drop a few links here to articles that I think are important in terms of developing a more full understanding of the background and full scope of this disaster.
From Truthout.org: Ex-EPA officials ask why isn't BP under criminal investigation
Greg Palast: BP's other oil mess this week
NYT: Photo gallery
Video: what BP does not want you to see
Democracy Now! Oil disaster responders being hospitalized due to toxic exposure
Could the problem have been avoided?
NYT: Panel finds BP had evidence of problem with oil well long before disaster
NYT: Documents show earlier worries about safety of rig
What if BP let the disaster happen intentionally...
Does it make sense for people to profit from environmentally destructive activities?
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