Comments on: Is BP burning turtles alive? https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Ivor Biggun https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519059 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:41:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519059 11 – People killed in accident on oil rig leased by British company BP, resulting in four presidential visits, a $1.6bn clean-up and the establishment of $20bn compensation fund in two months

15,000 – People killed in accident at Bhopal plant owned by American company Union Carbide, resulting in 0 presidential visits, no clean-up and $470m compensation in 25 years

]]> By: Lori https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519058 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:12:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519058 Yeesh… who is in charge of their treatment of these poor creatures – HITLER?

]]> By: Ecology Project International https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519057 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:45:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519057 What a mess. Not only endangered sea turtles, but the MOST endangered sea turtles, the Kemp’s Ridleys. We posted a note about it on our blog as weel:

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and a Lesson in Sea Turtle Population Ecology

]]> By: jefu https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519056 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:50:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519056 I just reread The Sheep Look Up and it is amazing (and a bit depressing) how much Brunner managed to get right.

]]> By: Alex.Besogonov https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519055 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:46:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519055 Do they also kick puppies and steal candy from children?

]]> By: Pinky https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519054 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:25:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/06/26/is-bp-burning-turtles-alive/#comment-519054 How much longer will it be before the novel: “The Sheep Look Up” by John Brunner (published in 1972) becomes a history instead of a cautionary tale?

How much longer before Rapa Nui (Easter Island) becomes a museum of the future?

Time and hope are evaporating, all we will have left is the bitter taste of despair and only tears to quench our thirst.

Politicians, our so-called leaders, need to stop arguing like a bunch of children who missed their naps and find solutions.

I apologize for stating the obvious.

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