Monday, June 14, 2010 at 10:29PM | by Otter Well, yeah. (Thanks, Michelle, for the link...)
BP, Environment, Oil Spill in Environment Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 1:13PM | by Otter 
And let's keep perspective: the fact that BP has killed eleven humans is morally significant. The fact that they're about to kill off whole species and an entire rich and amazing ecosystem is also morally significant.
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 10:39AM | by Otter 
Pass á Loutre: Otter PassWhat is certain is that we have told the River her business and done it long enough that the coastline of Louisiana is profitable, stable, and dying.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 5:38PM | by Otter
Updated on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 11:58AM by
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I've been asked lately in the mailbag (and Twitter) why I haven't responded to the BP hostile takeover of the Gulf of Mexico.
Really, it's because I can't write about BP without profanity.
BP, Environment, Louisiana, Oil Spill in Environment Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 7:18AM | by Otter
Updated on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 8:25AM by
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The New Orleans Times Picayune (which is becoming the nation's expert at crisis reporting) lays out the case against BP in sum.
BP, Environment, Oil Spill, Times Picayune in Environment Friday, April 30, 2010 at 10:24PM | by Otter Somebody set the Gulf on fire. It makes pretty lights.
I mean, really. Let's just throw a match on that baby and watch it burn.
Bill it as the BP Southern Lights Show.
BP, Environment, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill in Environment Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 1:05PM | by Otter 
Manufacturing petroleum is a long and difficult process. First you have to have a lot of biomass, a slow-cooker, and lots of time.
So roughly how much biomass does it take to make a slick eighty by forty miles?
BP, Environment, Oil Spill in Environment 
