tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693000669302917676.post5125608819449656032..comments2023-05-29T01:50:54.507-07:00Comments on eco sustain green Sustainability Blog: One Year After BP, One Month After Fukushima --PacifiCAD Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781034573529104451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693000669302917676.post-15237405599349483762011-05-10T19:07:32.119-07:002011-05-10T19:07:32.119-07:00Wow this article was shocking to me to say the lea...Wow this article was shocking to me to say the least. The rising of BP stock after last years incident that has destroyed and continues to destroy the ocean and ocean wild life??? How does a company make more money and gain more stock after this is hard for me to understand? Maybe more stockholders and stock buyers should be more educated on BP, be less self interest oriented and realize the effect BP had on the ocean and wild life. Im not big environmentalist but I do believe BP got away with too much here. People should read this article and do some research of what happened and maybe just maybe they will take notice..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693000669302917676.post-37183672452522115222011-04-29T21:23:23.584-07:002011-04-29T21:23:23.584-07:00This Earth Day, I don’t even know if I saw a singl...This Earth Day, I don’t even know if I saw a single person wish this Earth a happy day. It is incredibly shocking to see the effects humans have had on this planet. In the years past, I have found myself snickering at the idea that Man is the most intelligent life on this planet. We’ve managed to destroy so many of our resources and pollute the very air that we breathe. We’ve killed of numerous amounts of life. And now we seem to be destroying the ocean, its magnificent roaring waves becoming choked up with debris, toxins, and oil.<br /> This article is shocking and sad and it just proves more the fact that man is sick and wrong. How can BP make money with the disaster that has caused so many pain and sickness? It’s sickening to know the truths of the amounts of toxic dispersants. It’s perhaps even more sickening to think of the fact that many have tried to cover up the truth to make it comfortable for Americans. That’s a huge problems that Americans have. Getting home from the 9 to 5 shift, tuning the television to channel 2 for the 6’o’clock news, and then drinking in what the reporters say. Not many strive to find out the truth for themselves, and if they do, they are more likely than not to be shot down. It’s a sad-sad-world. A very sad, sickening and toxic world where the good people die young and penniless and the malicious, lying (expletive) make it to the top with money in their pockets. (Part 1)<br />“It’s a brew of chemicals kept secret by Nalco, which harms red blood cells, kidneys, and the liver”…” Many of the chemicals present in oil and dispersants cause headaches; nausea; vomiting; kidney damage; altered renal functions; irritation of the digestive tract; lung damage; burning pain in the nose and throat; coughing; pulmonary edema; cancer; lack of muscle coordination; dizziness; confusion; irritation of the skin, eyes, nose, and throat; difficulty breathing; delayed reaction time; memory difficulties; stomach discomfort; liver and kidney damage; unconsciousness; tiredness/lethargy; irritation of the upper respiratory tract; and hematological disorders”…<br /> I open up a newspaper or read a news article on the internet. Short paragraphs tell of the thousands of deaths due to some disaster or another. Articles of old women finding that they have receive cancer from their own water, stories of children dying of leukemia, and just stories of death due to cancer. How did the cancer get there though? I feel so unsafe even taking a shower in my own apartment. Will the water give me some sort of toe disease? <br /> How can one human being knowingly disperse harmful chemicals into an ocean, which, undoubtedly, will be in contact with other human beings? How can human beings knowingly give other human beings illnesses which can be life threatening, life debilitating, and just painful? This world that we live in in full of lies and cover ups, and to read a story such as this makes me think of the meaning of it all. Why? How? And will there ever be a change? I don’t think there will be a day of peace and truth in the world we live in now. I hope for a better day, but I believe that day will come after my death. Still, the world we live in now is haunting. People question why there are such things as depression and anxiety. And yet we dump chemicals into the Earth and expect no consequences. Worse yet is that people assume that the effects will not happen to them. “It ain’t my problem now…” Wake up and smell the smog. The world we are living in now is not a place I want to raise my daughter. I don’t have a choice. So what can I do? What can any of us do? Fight for a better cause. What is the “better cause”? How do we reach this “better cause”? And who am I to say what that “better cause” is? I just don’t know. (Part 2)<br />-Josie Mc.josielynne92https://www.blogger.com/profile/16372820709162309744noreply@blogger.com