Tag Archives: environment

Self-serve wine fill-up stations have arrived in France’s supermarkets. BYOB.

After a few days of seeming success, the capping attempt appears to be failing. The federal government Monday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking at the top and something is seeping from the sea floor nearby. The Obama administration’s point man …

The ostensible purpose of this post is to pimp my beloved Father Tony’s South Florida Gay News profile of the good Mark Foley, who is a Fort Lauderdale park ranger and environmentalist and should not be confused with disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley, who also lives in South Florida. But to be truthful, I just wanted to post this photo …

A simulation by the University of Hawaii.

I have a feeling the Talking Heads didn’t approve this, but you’ve got to admit it’s well done.

The pesky Gulf oil spill wasn’t caused by a Republican deregulated oil industry free to pursue profits over safety. According to the Concerned Women for America, it was caused by immoral government employees who were surfing for porn instead of doing their jobs. President Reagan reduced government regulations that were choking the life out of business in our nation. He …

Log Cabin Republicans gave these out at Twin Cites Pride, telling the Advocate: “This one was such a no-brainer. With all the national attention with BP and the Gulf of Mexico and the suspension of any deep-water drilling, and Sarah Palin saying those words, it was like the planets coming into conjunction. What a great way to be in the …

Concerned about his state’s plummeting tourism, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says that there’s no need to be concerned about “the toxic nature” of swimming in the Gulf waters. “It’s not detrimental to anybody. It’s much more of a nuisance than anything else at this point. It is safe.” Anybody buying that? (Tipped by JMG reader David)

If you can stand it, click over for more depressing photos. And it’s not just the surface of the beach that is ruined: “A trench dug by a group of USF geologists shows a continuous layer of oil approximately six inches beneath.”

It won’t be so funny if the oil does reach Fort Lauderdale. Pretty fucking tasteless. (Via – Gothamist)

Only Rep. Crazy Eyes can make O’Reilly seem reasonable.

Now that BP CEO Tony Heyward has rightfully become the punching bag of the worldwide press, the oil giant is booting him out of their cleanup operation. And very interestingly, the new guy is an American. A day after Tony Hayward, the chief executive of BP, was pummeled by members of a House committee over the company’s role in the …

An interactive map lets you compare the size of the Gulf oil spill to your part of the country. (I think the spill is actually bigger than this map shows.)

You have got to be fucking kidding me. At the congressional hearing today, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) actually apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward, saying that BP was being victimized by the White House. Barton made the remarks at a House Energy and Commerce committee hearing that is ongoing. Hayward is before the committee to testify about his company’s handling …