Environmental Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico: The Escalation of BP’s Liability � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Environmental Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico: The Escalation of BP’s Liability � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

“If you got caught humping another woman – [if] you’re both naked and caught in the act – you’d want BP to explain to your wife how it didn’t happen.”

This colorful analogy was proposed by Dean Blanchard, a seafood distributor on Grand Isle, Louisiana, to explain oil giant BP’s continuing machinations to evade liability in the aftermath of the April 2010 disaster.

During a recent discussion in his office, Blanchard told Al Jazeera that the fishing waters off Louisiana are only producing one per cent of the shrimp they formerly produced. “Half of the local fishermen have shut down,” he stated. “They are dying. And [as] for the fishing, every day they are hauling dead porpoises in front of my place. I have a claim filed with BP, but none of us in the seafood business are being paid.”
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