Protect The Ocean has been providing essential information about BP’s Gulf Oil Spill since the very beginning. They were amongst the first to speak out against the use of dispersing agents, warning of both the horrific result and the dishonest intent of BP in deploying the solvents. They also brought up the point that the EPA is specifically prohibited from issuing a BP permission to employ Corexit in the untested realm of subsurface application. For over a month now, PTO has been sounding the alarm, yet the destructive use of Corexit continues.
Even when the EPA finally demanded that other less toxic agents be employed, BP gave them lip service before flipping them off and continuing as they please. How is it that this private, foreign company continues to operate in defiance of the EPA and continues to do so with impunity?
The most reliable means of determining the cause is to follow the money. Sure enough, a former BP board member is now on the board of Nalco. Sharing that commonality is the President of Exxon, who originally developed the toxic product and continues to have interest in Nalco. The reason BP uses Corexit is plain enough to see.
Go a bit further into the rabbit hole, and one finds that Blackstone is also in the fray. Why do we care? Blackstone owns Seaword, Six Flags, and a score of other related investments. Moreover, they are beholding for about 20% from Japanese investors — the very same people who capture and keep dophins and whales rounded up in places like The Cove’s Taiji.
Point? These giants are acting with impunity. Yet today President Obama claimed responsibility, said that the White House was in charge of all decisions. Does that mean that he will be going to jail too?
