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May 2010
In run-up to BP spill, media touted offshore safety
Media AdvisoryDrilling Disasters Can't Happen HereIn run-up to BP spill, media touted offshore safety5/25/10As the United States examines the origins of the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, one factor that should not be overlooked is media coverage that served to cover up dangers rather than expose them.
Life in the Gulf is Draining
Three US transnational companies are sucking the life out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico due to negligence in operating the Deepwater Horizon Platform which caused a catastrophe that is threatening several states in the region.There are three to blame for the explosion that has provoked the oil spill in the Gulf: BP (former British Petroleum) owner of the oil deposit; Transocean, a firm that has the rights over the deep water platform where the accident took place; and Halliburton, which has a sub-contract to operate the complex installation.AFP reported that the one mile long pipeline is extracting a fifth of the oil that emanates, but the report does not mention the damages inflicted by the other four-fifths of the oil on the Gulf of Mexico´s flora and fauna whose extension is still unknown.The three firms, summoned by the US Congress, evaded their individual responsibilities blaming each other for the disaster.
