Avertible catastrophe

financialpost.com, National Post by Lawrence Solomon | Jun. 26, 2010 (News Analysis)

A catastrophe that could have been averted is now playing out. With oil increasingly reaching the Gulf coast, the emergency construction of sand berns to minimize the damage is imperative. Again, the U.S. government priority is on U.S. jobs, with the Dutch asked to train American workers rather than to build the berns. According to Floris Van Hovell, a spokesman for the Dutch embassy in Washington, Dutch dredging ships could complete the berms in Louisiana ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Roland F. Hirsch - Jun 29, 2010 - 4:53 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Roland F. Hirsch (review), Bill Hibbard (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Alejandro Ramos (review), Barry Grossheim (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jul 1, 2010 - 7:59 AM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
3.5
 by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 1, 2010

Decent piece that's missing a critical element -- a statement or explanation from the U.S. Government on this matter. There may be other issues involved that we're not aware of.

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Bill Hibbard
4.7
 by Bill Hibbard - Jun. 29, 2010

Illuminating article on how the US and BP is turning down help from the multinational community to create US jobs in a world failing economy…dumb laws be dammed…STOP THE LEAK!!! Emergency world...all hands on deck!

My sagacity on the oil spill since April 21st 2010 has been that BP will stop the leak when they want and that no one will compromise their activity…

The Netherlands government, which owns its own ships and high-tech skimmers, gives an oil company 12 hours to demonstrate it has the spill in hand. If the company shows ... More »

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Barry Grossheim
NO RATING
by Barry Grossheim - Jul. 2, 2010

A very distrusting look at how, once again, the US failed to accept best practices disaster response assistance from abroad. Will we ever learn??????

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Roland F. Hirsch
4.4
 by Roland F. Hirsch - Jul. 8, 2010

This news analysis is excellent journalism. The author has carefully researched the situation with the Dutch ships and experienced crews and explained why they still are not allowed to help with the BP oil. The author names the U.S. agencies and people who are to blame in a factual way.

Roland posted this story.
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Alejandro Ramos
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 by Alejandro Ramos - Jul. 1, 2010
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