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07.05.10

The Right Kind of Reaction to Ecological Disasters

By John F. Wasik

Like most of the civilized world, I was troubled to see oil gushing out of an exploded oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and threatening to become yet another catastrophe for beleaguered gulf residents. It’s just too much.

The knee jerk reaction was to condemn BP, formerly known as British Petroleum. BP sports green and yellow gas stations that give the impression they are on the side of nature somehow. As many sources have discovered, BP has not only used its incredible economic power to soften safety regulations, it can pay for lots of lobbyists to make Congress look the other way. The recent wretched Supreme Court decision opening up the spigot for campaign contributions from corporations didn’t help.

While BP deserved public revulsion for its safety and environmental practices, excoriating the company is a bit like shooting the messengers. It brings to mind that lyric in the Rolling Stones’s “Sympathy for the Devil.” Who shot the Kennedys? It was you and me.

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