The People Must Act to Stop Gulf Oil Catastrophe

 

Her group is providing respirators to clean up workers, etc., but she says that very little protection is generally offered, or information shared, and that many of the people hired to do clean up are willing to risk their health because they are so desperate for work, and that there are reports of BP actually telling people not to wear protective equipment (Orr says this is likely done because they worry about the public relations effect of armies of people wearing all this gear–and the fear this might induce about safety). She says that some local health agencies are reporting increasing instances of respiratory problems.
 
We also hear reports that BP is controlling access to public beach property, keeping news media from talking to clean up workers.
 
Obama’s speech Tuesday night was an insult towards suffering people and the planet. We watched it in a bar in the French Quarter. Essentially, people should pray for help, and this is a great "opportunity" for the country to work for green energy! Platitudes about God watching over the fleet delivered from a leader who acts to protect profit.  17 countries have offered help; all have been denied.  Where are the ships to siphon up the oil?  they have not been brought to the Gulf, right now, where they could make a difference.