Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
I heard on the news yesterday that the head of BP described the effect of the oil spillage on the Louisiana environment as "minimal". From other stories I've heard and seen on the news, it sounds like it has already gotten worse than "minimal". And not only for the environment, but also for tourism and fishing as a commercial industry.

BP lies. They have lied from the beginning of this spill. They under reported the amount of the oil gushing out of the well, when they knew better.

It seems like they are more concerned with recovering oil for resale, then
stopping the oil from gushing into the gulf waters.