US sets deadline (72 Hours) for BP as mistrust grows

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story/Agence France-Presse

US sets deadline for BP as mistrust grows
AFP
Published: Wednesday June 9, 2010


The US tightened pressure Wednesday on BP, setting a 72-hour deadline for the battered British energy titan to present updated plans for battling the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, charged with leading the government's response to the nation's worst environmental disaster, demanded BP produce records of compensation claims filed by individuals and businesses.

The orders in official letters betrayed a sense of growing mistrust between BP and President Barack Obama's administration more than seven weeks after a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig sparked the disaster.

Fueled by 24/7 media coverage of oiled birds and tides of toxic crude washing up on US shores, Obama's administration is under increasing pressure to hold BP accountable.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_sets_deadline_for_BP_as_mistrust_06092010.html

[Oceansaway]

1. deadline schmedline...haha...nt

[Lerkfish]

2. its a deadline for updated plans

not really a deadline for action itself.

[gateley]

3. I'm just watching last night's broadcast of AC 360. Apparently, the HD camera/video

that shows a much clearer shot of the BOP not only wasn't made available by BP to the reporters and the public, but to the very researchers who are working diligently to combat this! Rep Markey was unaware of it, too!

I am repeatedly gobsmacked at the hubris exhibited by BP. Every time they get busted lying or being "less than transparent", I figure they'll mind their p's and q's since they know they'll be under tighter scrutiny. But no, they just keep skipping along as though they hadn't done anything wrong, totally doing what they want to do regardless of what they've been ordered and agreed to.

[gratuitous]

4. An updated plan in 72 hours . . . or else!

Or else what?

Er, another 72 hours?

[bergie321]

5. Is this like their deadline to stop spraying dispersants?

What happens after 72 hours? Strongly worded letter? Another PG-13 interview by Obama?

[notesdev]

6. additional demands

for campaign donations

[tomm2thumbs]

7. 'or I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll.... I'll....'

'...send you a letter saying you better do it.'

[paparush]

8. Danger, Will Robinson! Inbound Strongly Worded Letters Detected!

[GeorgeGist]

9. Rather like waiting until Halloween ...

to demand that Bin Laden update his plans for cleaning up after 9/11.

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. "mistrust GROWS"?!? Could it grow any more? Receivership for BP now!

That'll get their attention.

http://robertreich.org/post/650145579/why-obama-should-put-bp-under-temporary-receivership

[alstephenson]

11. BP is just stalling.

While their armies of attorneys prepare for battle.

[CountAllVotes]

12. time for another BBC press release

all about BP and how the problem is almost solved. :puke:

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