Well I have been reading on gas companies on which ones are good for us and which ones take advantage of our administration. I watched a documentary on Shell oil on how they decided to stay in New Orleans, help rebuild the city and how they gave interest free loans to their employee's to rebuild their homes. What a great company I was thinking and always tried to fill up at their stations, since they stood by a ravaged city and help rebuild.
Well, I was just reading through my Sierra club newsletter and I find out that the big three (BP, ExxonMobil and Shell) companies are taking advantage of or administrations lax restrictions for oil companies. I will try to summarize the article by Cory Jones, Political Chair for the Sierra Club.
ExxonMobil: In a report 5 years ago, ExxonMobil releases 20.3 billion tons of carbon into our atmosphere. They have paid $1.9 million to 26 organizations to fight the studies of global warming and they have yet to pay a penny punitive damages from the 1989 Valdez spill. The people around Prince William Sound still wait to be paid since their livelihood depends on the Eco-system.
BP: They dump dump over 1,000 pounds of ammonia and 3,600 pounds of sludge into Lake Michigan every day.They are fighting for Indiana to allow them to increase their dumping by 54% and 35% respectively each day. And they have never announced a plan to reduce their dumping in the future.
Shell: They have been given permission to drill outside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge knowing that an oil spill can not be cleaned up because there is no proven method to clean up oil in icy water.
If you want to read the full article, goto Illinois.sierraclub.org and click on the right side column under Fall 2007 Lake & Prairie.
Lets try to make our world a better place for future generations. Lets make these big companies pay for not taking care of our planet and health.