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Arrogance, Thy Name Is BP — Why Now?
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Arrogance, Thy Name Is BP

by Bryan

Gulf Gusher symbolJonathan Tilove, a business reporter for the Times-Picayune lets the world know that BP is sticking with its dispersant choice

BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe, effective and available dispersant to use instead of Corexit, and will continue to use that chemical application to help break up the growing spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP was responding to an EPA directive Thursday that gave BP 24 hours to identify a less toxic alternative to Corexit — and 72 hours to start using it — or provide the Coast Guard and EPA with a “detailed description of the alternative dispersants investigated, and the reason they believe those products did not meet the required standards.”

The real reason is that BP already bought a warehouse full of Corexit, which got dirt cheap after several countries banned it for toxicity, so, they have no interest in buying or using anything else, no matter who tells them to do it.

8 comments

1 oldwhitelady { 05.23.10 at 11:15 am }

I am not shocked. Disgusted, yes. Shocked, no.

2 Bryan { 05.23.10 at 11:28 am }

Now they will stall until nothing can be done and it will end up in a court case which will never be resolved. This is how the “system” works.

3 jams O'Donnell { 05.23.10 at 12:14 pm }

BP are big business. NO surprise that they show breathtaking arrogance sadly
.-= last blog ..And now the frog, sorry Dong, with the inflatable, err luminous, nose =-.

4 Bryan { 05.23.10 at 4:31 pm }

Even if you aren’t going to comply, Jams, you should at least pretend and not issue press releases proclaiming your outlawry.

5 Badtux { 05.24.10 at 11:06 am }

Y’know, I remember a time when the Federal Government would send in troops to deal with this sort of outlawery. 101st Airborne. Little Rock. Yo. Deport BP officials to Bagram until someone gets promoted who’s going to obey the law. What’s the use of having a “black” prison if you aren’t going to use it on terrorists who deserve it? 👿

6 Bryan { 05.24.10 at 11:53 am }

Damn straight. Throw BP officials into a cell and fine them millions per day for not stopping the leak, and something might get done, but with no real downside they are going to ignore the rules.

7 hipparchia { 05.24.10 at 2:59 pm }

Deport BP officials to Bagram until someone gets promoted who’s going to obey the law.

i’d go out and buy a tv if the evening news regularly ran this announcement: ‘today federal officials captured the number 2 leader of al qaeda bp…’

8 Bryan { 05.24.10 at 3:56 pm }

We should go after their sources of funding … and invade the Cayman Islands.