An Explosive Solution: Nuking the Oil Spill
“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” –Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Aliens, 1986 Well, the BP’s top kill failed. The attempt to slice through the riser pipe failed. So, what’s the next logical solution to clean up the

Kevin Costner to Clean Up Oil Spill. Really.
BP is looking to actor Kevin Costner to help clean up the oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. I was going to make a Waterworld joke. Or make some snarky comment, like, “If he cleans it, the fish will come.” Yup. This guy. But no. I can’t do that. And do you know why? Because Kevin [...]

Oil Spills in Nigeria: Where’s the Concern?
By now we’ve heard a ton about the BP Deepwater oil spill. How the Deepwater spill is a huge environmental disaster. How the US government is stepping in. How it’s the biggest oil spill since the Exxon Valdez. Nigeria But what we don’t hear about, especially in the United States, is about

Is BP planning a massive cover up?
Uh oh. Are we headed for an “oil-gate”? BP is not permitting scientists to get an accurate calculation of the oil that has spilled into the ocean. According to an article in The New York Times, oceanographers are putting pressure on the Obama administration to force BP. What’s with the

How do we recoup from the biggest oil spill in US history?
According to an article on cnn.com, the BP oil spill is, so far,  responsible for 260,000-540,000 barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. The ‘89 Exxon Valdez leaked about 250,000 barrels. So, even if the proposed kill stop works, the BP oil spill is still the biggest oil spill in US history.

BP Oil Spill: Marketing Opportunity?
So far, only 27 birds have been brought to wildlife centers to be cleaned up from the BP oil spill, according to an article in the NY Daily News. The article also claims that three oily turtles have been taken to wildlife centers for cleaning. However, other estimates in the article say that 25,000 animals

The BP Spill and Job Creation
Wildlife. Fish. Tourism. Real estate prices. As if all that wasn’t bad enough, now jobs are going to be affected by the BP oil spill. In fact, it is estimated that because of the oil spill, 1 million jobs could be lost in the next five years. As if we all didn’t have enough to worry about in

Spirit Airlines Mocks the Spill: Tasteless, or Brilliant Marketing Strategy?
Crisp sand. Gorgeous men and women lying out in the beach wearing next to nothing. Slimy oil coming in with the tide… Who’s ready for vacation in Florida? Obviously, after the BP oil spill, tourism was somewhat lacking in the Ft. Lauderdale. Spirit Airlines is hoping to change this. In a recent