On day three of the second phase of a federal trial in New Orleans over the accident in the Gulf of Mexico, BP’s James Dupree also said “yes” when asked if the company was “starting from scratch” when it scrambled to stop the leak. BP lawyer Mike Brock sought to show the company was as well-prepared for the leak as any other firm. more@reuters 10:40
NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?
While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here
So Obama wants to grid off the Ocean to open opportunities to lease large Areas and take away our fishing rights to gamble on the outcome of WELL planned projects that risk the Planet like BP.
Not to mention Government solutions like Jane Lubcenco PhD’s Head of NOAA’s decision to allow BP to use COREXIT. That move earned her the title of “Most Dangerous Woman on the Planet”.
Out of sight out of MIND this isn’t over Agent Orange will look like the common Cold when all is said and DEAD.