It might be lesson one of putting together any ad spot: scrub away anything that might make your company look bad. Especially if your company already looks bad.
Forget the ‘static kill.’ A new study shows that bacteria, not brains, are helping accelerate the oil spill recovery.
For weeks, there’s been talk about BP finally completing the relief well at the bottom of the ocean. But now there’s news that the final stages of the relief effort may not happen until September. So why the multi-month delay? (via Ecocentric)
Maybe the biggest lesson to be learned from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is that things like these almost always have an anti-climactic ending.
“There is a tremendous sense of urgency.” – THAD ALLEN, Oil Spill National Incident Commander, on the testing of a new cap over the leak in the Gulf of Mexico (Via the Associated Press)
Could the Gulf of Mexico oil spill finally end weeks ahead of the time BP officials say they expect to end it?
At this point, BP’s oil spill PR nightmare can’t even be called ‘damage control.’ In fact, it’s a better idea to call it ‘damage management’ because they are going to be handling it for years. But that makes it a good idea to make appearances on very important news shows to actually answer questions regarding [...]
Millions of dollars spent in conservation efforts could seem like nothing compared to the punishment one New York man has planned for BP. Revenge is a dish best heard buzzing.
The video says it all: A tideline of tar balls, off Horn Island Pass south of Pascagoula, Mississippi – blobs stretching as far as the eye can see.
The storm is centered on the other end of the Gulf of Mexico, but the turbulent seas it will stir will certainly hamper the oil spill fight. (via LA Times)
