BP Forced Clean-Up Workers To Sign Contract Forbidding Them From Talking With Media

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/03/bp-contract-media/

The contract included a clause prohibiting them and their deckhands from making “news releases, marketing presentation, or any other public statements” while working on the clean-up. It also included an additional section titled “Agreement Regarding Proprietary and Confidential Information,” which states that workers cannot disclose “Data” gathered while on the job, including “plans,” “reports,” “information” and “etc.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/02/...animals-death/

In recent weeks, reporters and photographers for major news organizations around the country have been speaking out about the attempts by BP to prevent them from getting a first-hand look at the Gulf Coast oil spill. A CBS News crew was threatened with arrest when it tried to photograph the spill, and a BP representative in Louisiana told a Mother Jones reporter that she couldn’t visit the Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge without a BP escort.

On Monday, journalists from the New York Daily News were also “escorted away from a public beach on Elmer’s Island bycops who said they were taking orders from BP.” However, they managed to get a covert tour of the Queen Bess barrier island from a BP contractor who is fed up with the oil company’s attempt to cover up the disaster:

“There is a lot of coverup for BP. They specifically informed us that they don’t want these pictures of the dead animals. They know the ocean will wipe away most of the evidence. It’s important to me that people know the truth about what’s going on here,” the contractor said.

The grasses by the shore were littered with tarred marine life, some dead and others struggling under a thick coating of crude.

“When you see some of the things I’ve seen, it would make you sick,” the contractor said. “No living creature should endure that kind of suffering.”

“BP is going to say the deaths of these animals wasn’t oil-related,” the contractor added. “We know the truth. I hope these pictures get to the right people — to someone who can do something.”

Today, the International Bird Rescue Research Center released new figures on the number of animals that have been reported to the Unified Area Command from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the affected region. The numbers include 779 dead birds, sea turtles, or mammals (not all showed visible oil signs), and another 108 that were “visibly oiled” but still alive.

A new CNN report shows some disgusting images of the oil on the shore of the Gulf Coast, and notes that some people — including children — are still unaware of the dangers of the oil and are swimming in the polluted water.

[Dick Buffman]

I would do the same thing if I hired manual labor to do work. If they don't like it, they can go work somewhere else.

I hired you to clean up a spill, not to be a reporter.

[Freedom.]

Originally Posted by Jack Burton

I would do the same thing if I hired manual labor to do work. If they don't like it, they can go work somewhere else.

I hired you to clean up a spill, not to be a reporter.

But this is a situation where the public wants to know what's happened.

What do you think about BP barring reporters from the areas where there are hundreds of oil-coated animal carcasses?

In recent weeks, reporters and photographers for major news organizations around the country have been speaking out about the attempts by BP to prevent them from getting a first-hand look at the Gulf Coast oil spill. A CBS News crew was threatened with arrest when it tried to photograph the spill, and a BP representative in Louisiana told a Mother Jones reporter that she couldn’t visit the Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge without a BP escort.

[Dick Buffman]

Originally Posted by Freedom Fighter

But this is a situation where the public wants to know what's happened.

What do you think about BP barring reporters from the areas wher there are hundreds of oil-coated animal carcasses?

I don't care tbh. That oil is biodegradable. People might miss vacation season this year down there, but by next year it will be fine.

[MARKBNLV]

This **** is killing the fishing industry along the coasts,and the tourism to those places will take a big hit,very sad in an already ****ty economy,more of my country men will go without.

[Freedom.]

Originally Posted by Jack Burton

I don't care tbh. That oil is biodegradable. People might miss vacation season this year down there, but by next year it will be fine.

The wildlife populations were already stressed by the ever-increasing number of recreation boats, construction of new oil platforms, new residences along the shores and other factors. It will take a long time for the wildlife populations to recover. Most species of seabirds have only one young per pair (one egg) per year, so it will be a long time before they recover. The area has a number of unique and fascinating species of birds not found elsewhere in North America.

[THE REED™]

Originally Posted by Freedom Fighter

The wildlife populations were already stressed by the ever-increasing number of recreation boats, construction of new oil platforms, new residences along the shores and other factors. It will take a long time for the wildlife populations to recover. Most species of seabirds have only one young per pair (one egg) per year, so it will be a long time before they recover. The area has a number of unique and fascinating species of birds not found elsewhere in North America.

Any in particular?

What kind of birds, specifically?

[Freedom.]

Originally Posted by reedickyaluss

Any in particular?

What kind of birds, specifically?

Roseate Spoonbill - was nearly extinct at one time
Magnificant Frigatebird
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Purple Gallinule
Reddish Egret
King Rail
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mangrove Cuckoo

A few of those are found on the Atlantic coast and one is also found rarely in extreme southern California, but the most significant number in North America are along the Gulf Coast.

Others like American Oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Wilson's Plover and Laughing Gull are found up the Atlantic coast, but the Gulf coast is the most essential part of their US range.

The Gulf Coast is also an essential stop in migration for over a hundred other species. Shorebirds such as Red Knot and Sanderling will be begin to arrive there in their southbound migration in a few weeks, and will no doubt be caught in the oil along the shores.

It's also a vital wintering area for dozens more species such as the Glossy Ibis, Tricoloured Heron, Marbled Gotwit, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, and the nearly-extinct Piping Plover.

[THE REED™]

Originally Posted by Freedom Fighter

Roseate Spoonbill - was nearly extinct at one time
Magnificant Frigatebird
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Purple Gallinule
Reddish Egret
King Rail
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mangrove Cuckoo

A few of those are found on the Atlantic coast and one is also found rarely in extreme southern California, but the most significant number in North America are along the Gulf Coast.

Others like American Oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Wilson's Plover and Laughing Gull are found up the Atlantic coast, but the Gulf coast is the most essential part of their US range.

The Gulf Coast is also an essential stop in migration for over a hundred other species. Shorebirds such as Red Knot and Sanderling will be begin to arrive there in their southbound migration in a few weeks, and will no doubt be caught in the oil along the shores.

It's also a vital wintering area for dozens more species such as the Glossy Ibis, Tricoloured Heron, Marbled Gotwit, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, and the nearly-extinct Piping Plover.

Went and did your research huh Tunney lol...

[Freedom.]

Originally Posted by reedickyaluss

Went and did your research huh Tunney lol...

I love birds, both the wild ones with feathers and the human female kind.