Employees Say BP’s Ombudsman’s Office Neglected Their Safety, Retaliation Concerns
By Jason Leopold [Jason Leopold is the Deputy Managing Editor at Truthout where this article is cross-posted. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, News Junkie, a memoir. Visit newsjunkiebook.com for a preview. ] Over the past year, BP’s office of the ombudsman has been presented with dozens of safety concerns and evidence that would [...]
Voices from the Flats – Feds Probe Alyeska Oil Spill Cover-Up
Alyeska, Federal Regulators Probing Employee’s Cover-Up Claims Related to May Oil Spill By Jason Leopold, truthout.org ~Tank 190 is surrounded by a containment area that has an impermeable liner. (Photo: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company) An Alyeska Pipeline Service Company employee who has an engineering background filed complaints with federal regulators and BP’s Office of the [...]
BP Executive Turned Alyeska Pipeline Into “Deeply Distressed” Company
By Jason Leopold - Investigative Reporter, Truthout Jason will be a guest on today’s Shannyn Moore Show. Stream here. Alyeska Pipeline, the BP-led consortium that operates the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), has implemented deep budget cuts, deferred work on a number of important maintenance and upgrade projects, failed to study how relocating engineers [...]
Jeanne Devon on The Nicole Sandler Show – Radio Or Not!
I had a great time today talking to Nicole Sandler of Radio Or Not on the occasion of the one year anniversary of Sarah Palin’s abdication from the governorship of Alaska. We talked about why Palin got elected, and where she’s headed now. The segment is about 20 minutes long. Other great interviews are also [...]
Alyeska Pipeline CEO Resigns to “Spend Time With His Family”
Sorry, no creativity points for Kevin Hostler. At the wee hours of the morning, on a Wednesday, for no particular reason, the CEO of Alyeska Pipeline decided he needed to return to Houston to ”spend more time with his family.” Houston… now he’s your problem. Of course, it’s an absolute coincidence that Jason Leopold of Truthout [...]
BREAKING – Alyeska CEO Kevin Hostler to Resign
**UPDATE – Jason Leopold will appear today at 11:30am Alaska time (12:30pm Pacific 3:30pm Eastern) on The Shannyn Moore Show on KUDO 1080am to discuss these developments. You can live stream the broadcast HERE. By Jason Leopold According to employees, Kevin Hostler, the chief executive officer of Alyeska Pipeline, informed staff of his resignation Wednesday [...]
Voices from the Flats – Dangerous Cost Cuts at Alyeska Pipeline
Alyeska Pipeline CEO Kevin Hostler. (Photo: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company) Dangerous Cost Cuts at Alyeska Pipeline – “Just Another Example of How BP Runs Things” By Jason Leopold originally published at Truthout.org Over the past several months, Alyeska Pipeline and the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Hostler, have been under intense scrutiny by a Congressional [...]
Documents, Employees Reveal BP’s Alaska Oilfield Plagued By Major Safety Issues
Jason Leopold has written an amazing piece on BP and how they handle safety in Alaska. Here is the article in full, which is cross-posted from Truthout. By Jason Leopold Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess. According to [...]
60 Minutes Reports on the Deep Water Horizon
If you missed it, 60 Minutes had an excellent report of the causes of the Deep Water Horizon explosion, and a very compelling interview with one of the survivors. In addition, significant concerns were raised about other drilling platforms, namely The Atlantis and the even greater threats they pose than the Horizon did. See HERE [...]
