Gulf Shrimpers Find Oil In Reopened Areas. Government Says Shut Up
Areas Were Solely Reopened To Limit BP's Liability
"While the government says that the oil is gone, shrimpers say its still there.
The Press-Register reports:
Opening state offshore waters to fishing and winding down the cleanup effort on the coast is premature, said Louie Miller, state director of the Mississippi Sierra Club.
"We've got shrimpers out there saying there is oil out there," Miller said. "We had a meeting Wednesday night where we had over 150 shrimpers... who are saying there is oil out there and these underwater plumes are varying in size and shape. This stuff is obviously moving around out there."
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[William Walker, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources] "If you are not going to validate what you are saying through accepted scientific protocol and approaches, then quit talking about it without any evidence what you are saying is true," Walker said.
In other words, shut up.
Obviously, gulf shrimpers have a strong motivation to have everyone think that the shrimp is safe and the oil is all gone. They wouldn't be speaking out unless the problem was fairly bad."
"Everything is Dead Out There": Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil
The check is not in the mail.
BP sends letters with no checks to hundreds of oil spill claimants
"ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- On Thursday, Wayne Riser received a letter from BP PLC.The four-paragraph letter twice referred to an enclosed check to compensate him for income that he lost when the Gulf oil spill all but sunk his boat painting and fiberglass repair business.
"By cashing this check," the letter said, "you acknowledge that BP has paid this amount as compensation for your claimed losses."
All well, Riser said, except there was no check in the envelope."I said, 'These hammerheads are holding these checks to where they can draw the interest on the money,'" Riser recalled.
Riser was one of hundreds of claimants who received such letters in recent days."It's cruel," said Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon. "It shows just how dysfunctional (BP's) whole process is, and it again counters everything they say about the job they're doing."BP spokesman Ray Melick said that Worley Catastrophe Response, which the oil giant has hired to write claims checks, described the omissions as the "result of systems issues."
"While the government says that the oil is gone, shrimpers say its still there.
The Press-Register reports:
Opening state offshore waters to fishing and winding down the cleanup effort on the coast is premature, said Louie Miller, state director of the Mississippi Sierra Club.
"We've got shrimpers out there saying there is oil out there," Miller said. "We had a meeting Wednesday night where we had over 150 shrimpers... who are saying there is oil out there and these underwater plumes are varying in size and shape. This stuff is obviously moving around out there."
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[William Walker, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources] "If you are not going to validate what you are saying through accepted scientific protocol and approaches, then quit talking about it without any evidence what you are saying is true," Walker said.
In other words, shut up.
Obviously, gulf shrimpers have a strong motivation to have everyone think that the shrimp is safe and the oil is all gone. They wouldn't be speaking out unless the problem was fairly bad."
"Everything is Dead Out There": Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil
The check is not in the mail.
BP sends letters with no checks to hundreds of oil spill claimants
"ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- On Thursday, Wayne Riser received a letter from BP PLC.The four-paragraph letter twice referred to an enclosed check to compensate him for income that he lost when the Gulf oil spill all but sunk his boat painting and fiberglass repair business.
"By cashing this check," the letter said, "you acknowledge that BP has paid this amount as compensation for your claimed losses."
All well, Riser said, except there was no check in the envelope."I said, 'These hammerheads are holding these checks to where they can draw the interest on the money,'" Riser recalled.
Riser was one of hundreds of claimants who received such letters in recent days."It's cruel," said Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon. "It shows just how dysfunctional (BP's) whole process is, and it again counters everything they say about the job they're doing."BP spokesman Ray Melick said that Worley Catastrophe Response, which the oil giant has hired to write claims checks, described the omissions as the "result of systems issues."
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