massive pick ray explosion that happen on april twentieth
in the gulf of mexico
uh... it is uh... at every debt was owned by transit lucien limited and operated by
bps
it is now spilling oil
all over the gulf of mexico uh... in overwhelming amounts
uh... forty to ballston dellums
of oil is being
i've spelled right now from the drilling platform
of the uh... spill area covers
eighteen
hundred square miles
we have some pictures from nasa from popped up to you can see
of how large that although slick is
uh... it is forty eight miles long thirty nine miles wide
and it is
larger than the state
of rhode island
uh... apparently some at people that went above a pasar it has already covering some
of the
uh... marine life in area including a whale that was covered in oil and it is heading
towards of some of the pristine beaches in america including florida
louisiana uh... mississippi etcetera
and now uh...
the governance of florida and louisiana try to do something about the government's ability
of the barber says
there isn't much that could be done
sad day for you
oil spills happen
uh... so
now that is not
well first of all its disastrous and not only visited environmental catastrophe but it appears
that eleven out of a hundred twenty six workers on that
rague uh...
our debt that they're missing and they can't be found and an air at this point presumed
dead
and so it is that of course a gigantic
uh... accident
catastrophe etcetera
now of course the question is could it have been avoided or will they give you that centerline
no one
could have seen it coming
and of course we now have documents from exclusive on having them post a very good job on this
story
uh... that in fact
uh... regulators didn't see it coming
and the industry fought them as much as they possibly could to make sure that they would
not pay the extra safety precautions
remind you of anything
just like to call my name is that
in fact between or one of those seven
there were forty one that's threaded into injuries
and one thousand four hundred and forty-three incidents already
getting worse and worse and so the government wants to say hey listen
we need you take some more precautions
because this thing can blow quite literally it'll kill you workers anil cause terrible
damage to the environment and what did uh...
industry say welby people as president
uh... ps of
gulf of mexico production
as in his richard morris and said that we quote we are not supportive of the expensive
prescriptive regulations
has proposed in this role
he thought that voluntary programs for the better way to go
house volunteer program for gottfried
business partner programs quartered have been and continue to be very successful
the data will spell an explosion look very successful for you
you know their ideas now only the top us will regulate ourselves of course we care deeply
about our workers and their environment
and present it a little bit more about their bottom line which now of course because of
their grade
they've also hurts ignorant lee
and they even put together presentations that said
what do the proteins and the new rules have in common
they said both are disruptive to operations
and are costly to recover from
they're quitting safety regulations with hurricane
these regulations they're terrible they cost us money we can't have it
about translucent outdoor frazier
is what he had to write i strongly disagree that mandated program as proposes needed
surprising that you would think that is their account
he again like the people voluntary programs or the way to go
and he said the proposed action is quote
manger paperwork intensive rulemaking
pelosi daily impact our business
on operationally and financially and it's a quote
unnecessary burden
does all that paperwork that bothered you so much
if that's still seem to be an unnecessary burden
as we have eleven dead bodies of water
and its fill the size of rhode island's only getting bigger about to head out of shores
as a steel c-myc all hello
the government shunned burden you
but this is free market apples and what about
we're supposed to have a wraps the government's pose a step in and say look do you think the
safety precautions you need to protect their workers you need to protect the environment
his environment
that's not bps problem that's not transition from
that's our problem
the governor's look out for us
because of this poem in the water does it cost them some money yes
but overall apparently they think it's not worth the money potatoes safety precautions
because it's not devolution it's not bad gulf of mexico it's all ours
and so of course they want you to get rid of the wraps now it is a lawsuit
from some of the people summer families who've lost loved ones on the reading
they say that they had
gotten warnings from the workers already saying
this thing is dangerous
and and we're considered
concerned about it and they are not by there following i think you'll see it
and health administration
statutes and regulations
and then you have this disaster
anti-gang to you after things cool down and probably in the middle of it just like to
mining industry did these guys will come out and say oh aud nunno
this was a fluke event it was the perfect storm
uh... overall we have a lovely and fantastic record ignore all those forty one that's probaly
residents and thousands of i defer dissidents we had ignore all the oil spills
ignore the giant earning review see before you can go on
don't worry let's regulate ourselves voluntary matt
now do you still think that's a good idea
but do you think
that are elected representatives should represent pots
to make sure that or interest
are protected not just the multinational corporations