Voices from the Flats – Credibility of Oil Spill Commission Seriously in Doubt
BP didn’t cut safety corners to save money in Gulf – Say what? By Rick Steiner, professor, marine consultant With the ludicrous assertion this week by the presidential Oil Spill Commission that BP did not cut corners on safety to save money on their failed Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, the credibility of [...]
Open Thread – Mark Your Calendar for Rick Steiner
Frequent Mudflats contributor Rick Steiner will be speaking on November 7 in Anchorage. Mark your calendar now. The first time I heard Rick Steiner speak, I was blown away. It wasn’t an anomaly. This is an event you will not want to miss. Steiner is incredibly knowledgeable and conveys even the most complex subjects in [...]
Footprints
As a psychology major, this one fascinates me. My neighbor and fellow blogger Craig has written a commentary in the Alaska Dispatch on my recent post about Prince William Sound. He not only didn’t like the essay it seems, he also didn’t even like the fact that I took the trip at all. Let’s check [...]
Voices from the Flats – Brace Yourselves.
Welcome to our newest Voices from the Flats contributor, Mississippi Fisherman. Deep thanks to him for sharing his story, which is the story of so many others who are out there not knowing what to do, as they watch this tragedy unfold in front of their eyes. Yesterday at the Oil Palace in Texas, on [...]
Voices from the Flats – Deepwater Horizon Update
Day 60 — Deepwater Horizon June 18, 2010 Rick Steiner, Professor Marine conservation biologist, Anchorage Alaska (Advising in the Gulf much of the past 2 months) ———————- As the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico approaches it’s 2-month mark, there are a few points that deserve to be made, as update. The world [...]
Palin Humiliated by Bill O’Reilly. “What Would YOU Do?”
OK, Mudflatters… It’s been a little while since we’ve gone on a group foray into Palin World, but this one I couldn’t resist. This interview was quite something. The “naughty librarian” is nowhere in sight. Palin’s latest incarnation is more like the mean librarian. The one who slams a giant book on the table next to you when [...]
Voices from the Flats – Lessons of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster (Updated)
UPDATE: Tune in tonight to Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. Rick Steiner will be Keith’s guest during the first hour. Lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster By Professor Rick Steiner, Conservation and Sustainability Consultant, Anchorage Alaska Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy If one of the hallmarks of intelligence is the [...]
