BP's disgusting disregard for anything but profit is beyond description

[BrklynLiberal]

SIGN THE PETITION!

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bp_endangered_turtles/?r=5664&id=9693-512768-Lu_PxPx

News has just emerged from the Gulf Coast that BP is burning endangered sea turtles alive. 1

A boat captain who has been leading efforts to rescue the endangered turtles says BP has blocked his crews from entering the areas where the animals are trapped, effectively shutting down the rescue operation.

BP is using "controlled burns" to contain the oil spill. Shrimp boats create a corral of oil by dragging together fire-resistant booms and then lighting the enclosed "burn box" on fire. If turtles are not removed from the area before the fire is lit, they are literally burned alive.

The sea turtle most affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the Kemp's Ridley2 which is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Parties responsible for killing the endangered turtles are liable for criminal penalties that include prison and civil fines of up to $25,000 per violation.

As a result, BP perversely has a financial incentive to allow the endangered turtles to burn rather than allow rescue crews to cull them from the burn boxes before the containment fires are lit.

"They ran us out of there and then they shut us down, they would not let us get back in there," said turtle rescuer Mike Ellis in an interview with conservation biologist Catherine Craig that was posted on YouTube.com. 3

Tell BP: Stop burning endangered sea turtles alive

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[AnArmyVeteran]

1. OUR government needs to take over this disaster cleanup. Every BPer needs to be watched constantly.

[notesdev]

2. It's the entirely predictable result

of the lawless culture we've created, where getting ahead is primarily done by lying, cheating, and stealing.

People who do business honestly have largely been put out of business by those who don't.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

3. BP should be DISMISSED and someone with brains & compassion should take over

this is unbearable and nobody cares enough to do anything about it.
This became known last week. I posted an article about it and hardly anybody responded or even read it...
These CRIMINAL burns are carried out by a BP subcontracted company called O’Brien’s Response Management out of Houston

[damntexdem]

4. It's not even total dedication to profit --

it's total dedication to profit in the short term. The bottom line today trumps thoughts for the future of BP. And that attitude has thrown the future of BP into considerable doubt.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Shortsightedness is so very, very typical of the decisions being made by those greedy thugs...

and all their minions.