Today, a law was quietly passed that anyone getting within 65 feet of oil spill waste could be charged with a civil penalty fine of up to $40,000. A violation may even be regarded as a Class D felony. This will make it hard to document and report on the aftereffects of the BP Oil Disaster.
The news release states that “”The safety zone has been put in place to protect members of the response effort, the installation and maintenance of oil containment boom, the operation of response equipment and protection of the environment by limiting access to and through deployed protective boom”.
Reporters have asked if the law could be amended to allow them to report on the oil spill but as of the end of today, they still have not received responses.
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Obama told America that if we can win WWII and put a man on the moon, we can plug this leak and solve our dependency on fossil fuels.
But there’s a missing piece: the soldiers in WWII had the Pentagon and Neil Armstrong had NASA. What’s the man on the street supposed to do to solve the fossil fuel problem? Is it time for an organized, funded effort?
The following link is to a satirical video, but it underscores this issue in real terms.
Link: You’re Soaking In It