Government puts pressure on BP to stop Gulf spill

[ProSense]

Source: USA Today

GALLIANO, La. — Federal officials and lawmakers on Monday cranked up the pressure on British energy giant BP PLC to stop its gushing underwater well and step up efforts to contain the widening spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

After touring impacted areas and meeting with local fishermen, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and five U.S. senators at a podium in this southern Louisiana fishing town, about an hour's drive north from where oil was lapping up on beaches and pushing into fragile marshes.

The message rang clear: No more excuses.

"They will be held accountable," Salazar said of BP executives. "We will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done."



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-24-BP-oil-spill_N.htm

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Harshly worded letters again?

Here is what I want from my government:

1. Tell BP to allow government/academia to the area to test whatever it is they test and to measure the flow rate so that we know what we are collectively dealing with from an environmental impact standpoint.

2. Tell them not to drop another eyedropper-full of Corexit into the water to attempt to hide the oil. People, animals and marine life are more important.

[thereismore]

2. Boot on the neck? Sounds like somebody is mocking Ayn Rand Paul. nt