The British government has decided to continue to grant licenses for deep water offshore drilling before the causes of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been determined. Lawyers for Greenpeace have written to Chris Huhne, energy and climate change secretary, asking the British government to follow the US and delay any deep water drilling. Greenpeace asks that they stop the licensing process for any current offshore drilling and look into the investigation of the areas.
Greenpeace is upset that the UK government is allowing the deep sea drilling to continue as if the BP spill didn't happen; because no one has figured out what the exact problem is, all licenses need to be suspended. The US has delayed the building of any new wells until all investigations are clear, the European energy commissioner issued a similar demand. Greenpeace has requested a response within 14 days; if not given response then they will claim for a judicial review in order to pursue the lawsuit.
-Kelsey Tomlinson
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ReplyDeleteClearly BP has to focus on what's best for their industry and they need to continue doing whatever they can to make money after they lost a significant amount of money due to the oil spill. The exact cause of the oil spill is unknown and it is somewhat unfair to completely blame BP because the spill could have been caused by something uncontrollable and BP was the unlucky company the accident happened to. However, even during this difficult time for BP, the company should be more aware and sensitive to the damage that has been caused because their actions now could ultimately determine other opinions of the company forever.
ReplyDelete-Ashley Luddy