OUR OCEANS - BP OIL SPILL

THE OCEANS DEPEND ON YOU NOW!

87 DAYS
OIL DUMPING INTO OUR OCEANS

FACTS

LIFE DEPENDS ON THE OCEANS!

Every second breath you take comes from the ocean!

Our ocean covers more than 70 percent of the earth!

The life cycle begins and ends in the oceans!

Our oceans regulate our climate and weather patterns!
Our oceans are natures farmers markets!

Our oceans control the air circulation of the planet!
Water sustains life on earth, beginning in the seas!

The ocean tides and moon work in harmony!

Our oceans feed millions of people!
The ocean currents regulate earths temperature!

The ocean sustains sea life that feed and entertain us!

The sea, waves and beaches are fun!

YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON THE OCEANS!

PLEASE JOIN THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY AND SAVE OUR OCEANS!

BBC Documentary on BP Oil Spill Disaster.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which claimed 11 lives, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed unabated for three months in 2010. The gushing wellhead was not capped until after 87 days, on 15 July 2010. The total discharge is estimated at 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m3).

A massive response ensued to protect beaches, wetlands, and estuaries from the spreading oil, using skimmer ships, floating boom, controlled burns, and 1.84 million US gallons (7,000 m3) of Corexit oil dispersant. After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well was capped and declared sealed on 19 September 2010. However, the months of spill, along with response and cleanup activities, caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats and the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries, as well as human health problems. Environmental and health consequences are continuing, with study and investigation ongoing. Some reports indicate the well site may be continuing to leak.

Numerous investigations have explored the causes of the explosion and spill. Notably, the U.S. government's September 2011 report pointed to defective cement work on the well, finding BP most at fault but also faulting Deepwater Horizon operator Transocean and contractor Halliburton. Earlier in 2011, a White House commission likewise blamed BP and its partners for making a series of cost-cutting decisions and not having a system sufficient to ensure well safety, but also concluded that the spill was not an isolated incident caused by "rogue industry or government officials," but resulted from "systemic" root causes and, "absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur."

The disaster spawned over 130 private lawsuits as well as civil and criminal federal prosecutions. In November 2012, BP settled the federal case by pleading guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter related to the explosion and fire, and agreeing to pay a record breaking $4.525 billion in fines and other payments. BP faces other potential enormous payouts to thousands of fishermen, businesses and others harmed by the spill. In November 2012 the EPA announced that BP will be temporarily banned from seeking new contracts with the US government because of the company's "lack of business integrity" during the disaster.

STOP DRILLING IN OUR OCEANS!
These accidents are taking a big toll on sea health!

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LYRICS

If you've ever wondered why
Disney's tales all end in lies
Here's what happened after all their dreams came true

Ariel
I loved being princess down in -- this beautiful ocean blue
But mermaids are going missing -- they end up in someone's stew
So just try to put yourself in -- to somebody else's gills
You're killing my ecosystem -- with fishing and oil spills
Thank you BP, thank you BP
The British are killing, oil is spilling
Now I can't see... MY EYES!
Chinamen feast on Flounder's fins
Plus the Japanese killed all my whale friends
Oceans are browning, I think I'm drowning
Thanks to BP
YOU SUCK!

Jasmine
Hey, I'm OK, but I'm slightly scared
My husband's a mark for the War on Terror
Aladdin was taken by the CIA
We're not Taliban
You've got the wrong man
In Guantanamo Bay
Prince Ali, where could he be, drowning in wawa
Interrogation from the nation of the "free"
Bin Laden's taken the fall
We're not trained pilots at all
Jafar went crazy and no one put up a fuss
We're for freedom, Genie can vouch for us
Bush was crazy, Obama's lazy, al-Qaeda's not in this country
Set free my Prince Ali

Belle
A whore! A whore!
A whore, a whore, a whore!
This town's gone wild since I married Adam
They think I'm going straight to hell
But the charges laid on me
Of bestiality
Could wind up getting me thrown in a cell
No, I'm overrun by mad men
I hear they plan to burn me at the stake
They legit believe I'm Satan
And now I hear that PETA's gonna take my beast away

Pocahontas
After John Smith traveled back to England
I helped my people cultivate the fields
More English, French, and Spaniards came to visit
And they greeted us with guns and germs and steel
They forced us into unknown lands of exile
They pillaged, raped, and left us all for dead
So now I'm far more liberal with a weapon
When I separate their bodies from their heads
Have you ever held the entrails of an English guy?
Or bit the beating hearts of Spanish men?
Can you shoot an arrow in some French guy's eyeball?
Can you paint with the red colors in these men
I can murder if I please
Cause I'm dying of disease
I can paint with the red colors in these men

Thanks to BPWhere's Prince Ali?
Bestiality
I've got STDs

Talking Clean Acting Dirty

in a new TV commercial, BP CEO Tony Hayward is offering atonement to those affected by the oil spill.
As Tony Guida reports, his apology isn't winning hearts and minds on the Gulf coast.

Deepwater Disaster - BP Oil Spill (Documentary)

BBC Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster.

Engineers and oil men at the heart of the operation talk for the first time about the colossal engineering challenges they faced and how they had to improvise under extreme pressure.

They tell of how they used household junk, discarded steel boxes and giant underwater cutting shears to stop the oil.

It's an operation that one insider likens to the rescue of Apollo 13.

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By Deja Dragovic

The Green Mag.com 

With the BP Oil Spill trial starting, here is a recap of the environmental impact caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill in April 2010.

Due to a delicate ecosystem that exists in the Gulf, of the many different species of flora and fauna interacting perfectly in their natural environment, the disruption of their regimen brought many disruptions to the entire chain of species.

These types of disasters limit the growth principle of ecological and environmental systems, restraining the species in their natural habitat, their supply of food, water and other essentials for their survival. This way the supply of resources changes and causes major drawbacks to the already established patterns in the area.

The damages may include direct impact on food stocks and fisheries, their economic and tourism losses due to environmental constraints such as contamination and pollution of waterways and land.

The habitat, already fragile and subject to varying climate change forces has been hit with unexpected sludge of oil – a substance that is poisonous, hard to sponge, and which leaves physical residue on the surrounding ecosystem.

The marine ecosystem, the coastal territory, the conditions of the physical and inbred activities—are all at stake following such a disaster. Oftentimes the media and the industry are quick to analyze only the tangible effects such as the oil smudges in the sea and their washing up along the coast. However, the cleanup is only an immediate resolution, the true impact is seen and felt only after the emergency steps have been implemented. In the long run, the spilled oil may produce oxidized compounds which exposure the ecosystem to high levels of toxicity. MORE

Question

SHALL WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE OIL COMPANIES TO DRILL ALL OVER THE

 FACE OF THE PLANET, IN OUR SEAS, OUR FORESTS, OUR WILD LANDS?

Race to save Ecuador's Yasuní national park from
oil lobby

Green groups campaign for a petition to force a national referendum to block president's unilateral sanction for drilling. MORE

Frackademia: The People & Money
Behind the EDF Methane Emissions

A peek behind the curtain show the study's results - described as "unprecedented" by EDF - may have something to do with the broad spectrum of industry-friendly backers of the report which include several major oil and gas companies, individuals and foundations fully committed to promoting the production and use of fracked gas in the U.S. One of the report's co-authors currently works as a consultant for the oil and gas industry, while another formerly worked as a petroleum engineer before entering academia. The study will likely be paraded as "definitive" by Big Oil, its front groups and the media in the days and weeks to come. A DeSmogBlog exclusive investigation reveals the study actually stands to make its pro-gas funders a fortune in what amounts to industry-favorable data meant to justify shale gas in the public mind as a "bridge fuel" - EDF's stance on gas - now and into the future. MORE