Deadly oil killers
by digby
I normally take this space to show you some cute animals to make you feel better after a long week. Unfortunately, I can't do it this week because this is happening right up the coast from where I live and it's breaking my heart:
That is a beautiful pelican drowning in fucking oil!!!
I won't show you the pics of the sea lions. It's too much. This part of the California coast is like the northern galapagos, tons of unusual species all living together usually pretty undisturbed.
This oil company undoubtedly figures this is the cost of doing business:
Plains All American Pipeline LP Chairman and CEO Greg L. Armstrong apologized at a news conference, according to the Associated Press: "We deeply, deeply regret that this incident has occured at all. We apologize for the damage that it's done to the wildlife and to the environment and we're very sorry for the disruption and inconvenience that it's caused on the citizens and the visitors to this area."
The L.A. Times went through federal records and found that Plains Pipeline, which is responsible for the oil spill and is the company that is part of the Plains All American Pipeline LP, has had a bad track record with safety. The records show that they've had 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006.
How's BP doing these days guys? Are their executives and shareholders ok? I worry.
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