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 [...]
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 [...]
Yes, Senator. It’s “too soon.”
~Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images (Vigil for the BP disaster, Florida) Here on the last frontier, like in all other states, we’ve got two Senators – Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich. One of them is an unapologetic Republican oil shill, and one of them is a Democrat. The Republican thinks we ought to cap damages for oil [...]
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 [...]
Mudflats Chats: Meet Scott McAdams, Alaska Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate
I had the opportunity to share some time with newly declared Democratic candidate for United States Senate, Scott McAdams. McAdams, the current mayor of Sitka, Alaska declared his candidacy on Tuesday, June 1 for the seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski. Today, ex-governor Sarah Palin formally endorsed Murkowski’s opponent in the GOP primary, right [...]
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 [...]
Voices from the Flats – Gulf Geyser: A Quick Reference Sheet for Reporters
~A dead sea turtle washed ashore on the Gulf of Mexico Tar balls from the Gulf Oil Spill are washing ashore on Key West. As of a few hours ago, 19% of the federal waters in the Gulf are closed to fishing, affecting an area of 46,000 square miles. The tourism based economy has already [...]
Keith Olbermann Calls Lisa Murkowski a Slick Operator
A great segment from Keith Olbermann featuring Alaska’s own Senator Lisa Murkowski getting dressed down by Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey. Also featured is Mike Mason, BP whistleblower who revealed that tests of blowout preventers have been routinely falsified for years. Mike Mason will also appear on this week’s Moore Up North as the featured [...]
Tweet of the Day from Sarah Palin
Yes, I follow Sarah Palin on Twitter. It’s my guilty secret. Most of the time I can ignore it, because gone are the days of the three-part tweets about grizzly mamas and fireweed, and hockey scores, and misattributed quotes from Roman philosophers. I used to love that. But here’s one that floated by in [...]
