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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:54 PM Original message |
Why can't the Obama adminstration order BP to stop using dispersant? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. EPA could sanction. They seem to be taking their time mulling. ProPublica |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. They ordered it to stop using the coex-whatever |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Did they stop using it? I heard that they hadn't. and that using the stuff |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. good question -- they are still using it |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I don't think it's a question of vacations and naps |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. My mistake |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. BP wants to sink the oil ASAP. Since there is no way to actually clean up |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. There is no "protocol" for a massive on going deep water oil gusher! |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not sure, but I think they're using Air National Guard C-130s to |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Are you serious? Then why not user the right stuff and just charge them for it. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That was my understanding as well about the C-130s |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. 86 Air Force dispersant spraying missions & counting |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here's Ms Lisa Jackson, tap-dancing all over the place. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. They did order BP to do so, but BP said no |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I don't think they should be using them at all. Adding more toxins |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. they profit from corexit...Are you fucking kidding me? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yup |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. not kidding. They own a piece of the manufacturer |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why aren't Navy and AF fighters on station to shoot down any plane trying to further poisin the gulf |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I wouldn't go that far but I'd sure go for forced landings. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yeah, only shoot them down if they refuse to cease and desist. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. The EPA said "find something less toxic" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually, the Microbes that convery oil into another more beinign form requires a breakdown using |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Not if you actually remove the oil from the ocean's surface they don't. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Was the rig located in waters under the jurisdiction of the U.S.? I have to assume |
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Dems to Win (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. They damn well should be. Use whatever force necessary. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. Obama obviously wants to bury the evidence at the bottom of the ocean's food chain as well. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. They could but they don't want to make BP angry |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. after 1 month of scientists' howls, the EPA asked BP to stop, and BP said NO, and CONTINUES using it |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Obama has been in office for only a little over a year. |
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