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It sounds like BP is trying to play it off - Page 8 - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 20th Jul, 2010 - 8:48am
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And now BP is shafting the fishing community again ...
QUOTE BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Fishermen in Mississippi say they are angry that under the terms of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund, money they earn doing clean-up will be subtracted from their claim against the company.
The fishermen reacted after Kenneth Feinberg, the federal official in charge of administering the compensation fund, announced the decision at a town hall meeting in Biloxi on Friday.
Some walked out of the meeting in protest, arguing it was pointless to work under the Vessels of Opportunity program, set up by BP to help clean up the damage from the deepwater leak that started in April.
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"This (Feinberg's ruling) means I am actually losing money because I have to pay my crew out of the money BP is paying me to clean up this oil," Larry Dossett from Biloxi said.
"If he only pays me the difference, I am in the hole. We are financially dead already."
The fishermen reacted after Kenneth Feinberg, the federal official in charge of administering the compensation fund, announced the decision at a town hall meeting in Biloxi on Friday.
Some walked out of the meeting in protest, arguing it was pointless to work under the Vessels of Opportunity program, set up by BP to help clean up the damage from the deepwater leak that started in April.
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"This (Feinberg's ruling) means I am actually losing money because I have to pay my crew out of the money BP is paying me to clean up this oil," Larry Dossett from Biloxi said.
"If he only pays me the difference, I am in the hole. We are financially dead already."
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This is a hard subject to cope with. I can understand that BP does not want to pay a person twice for the same thing. While the fishermen are losing a lot of money sitting idle or even when they are helping to clean up some of the oil. Either way I think there are going to be unhappy people on both sides of this issue as the clean up continues.
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I don't think the oil spill is a good thing but I think it is good in the way that it is forcing people to pay attention to things they otherwise might ignore.
I don't feel sorry for enron or bp. They are supposed to keep track of this stuff and it's their fault they failed. The people are the ones that really suffer from this blindness.
Rather off topic, but...
This reminds me of the vietnam war and now the iraq war. To me there are many similarities. Yet we seem to never be able to break ourselves free from the same cycles. Obviously it is not the same war but I think many of the parameters are the same.
This reminds me of the vietnam war and now the iraq war. To me there are many similarities. Yet we seem to never be able to break ourselves free from the same cycles. Obviously it is not the same war but I think many of the parameters are the same.
I just hope once this is all over more regulations are set and things are not forgotten.
Edited: Oliron on 18th Jul, 2010 - 12:58amInternational Level: Junior Politician / Political Participation: 70 7%
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BP oil leak threatens to bust bedrock:
The US government has ordered oil giant BP to offer a plan for opening the capped oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, after a seep was found threatening to leak into the bedrock. Ref. Source 3
Concern raised about methane at oil spill site:
There are signs of continuing tension between the government and BP executives amid concerns about a seep and possible methane near the busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Ref. Source 5
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It sounds like BP is trying to play it off like the oil that is leaking fro the ocean floor is a natural leak and nothing to do with their capping efforts. I just have to laugh when I heard this. Like we are just supposed to take their word for anything, please!
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