‘Big oil” took a bit of a beating in last week’s unscientific
“Question of the Week” poll at www.helenair.com. It will likely be a
while before the Yellowstone River is completely cleaned up after
the July 1 oil spill near Billings, but so far the majority of
those who voted don’t think the firm responsible is doing a good
job.
We asked, “Has ExxonMobil done enough thus far to clean up and mitigate the damage caused by the oil spill in the Yellowstone River?”
As of late Friday afternoon, 110 voters said the company hasn’t done enough, while 64 said ExxonMobil is doing everything it should.
Here are some of the responses we got to the question, as well as some of the reader comments that have been posted online at www.helenair.com on stories about the spill:
- “In a word, No! ExxonMobil is greedy for profits; the Yellowstone River is certainly of no concern. Pipelines will be considered a scandal of huge proportions by the generations as yet unborn.”
- “This disaster is the responsibility of the big oil company and they need to get a bunch of help on the way to clean it up. The Yellowstone River is a precious resource that needs protecting from this kind of mishap. Enviros everywhere lose sleep at night over this sort of thing. That should make us all enviros, whether its fishing or watering your livestock or drinking clean water.”
- “Seems that the oil company is already working to clean it up. The first step in the process has to be to find and seal the leak and then begin cleanup.”
- “This is just another example of how the enviro-wackos have taken an accident and made it into something its not. If you have seen the work effort, it’s made up of government workers driving around with their flashers on while wearing white gloves and a small, yet effective private workforce doing all the work.”
- “The state workers aren’t helping because 1) Exxon, with the proper equipment and know-how is cleaning it up, and 2) Exxon spilled the oil and it’s their responsibility to clean it up. Not the taxpayers of Montana.”
- “ExxonMobil has said that air and water monitoring had not revealed any health risks. Yet there is already a documented case where someone was diagnosed on Monday with acute hydrocarbon exposure after she experienced dizziness, nausea and trouble breathing.”
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We asked, “Has ExxonMobil done enough thus far to clean up and mitigate the damage caused by the oil spill in the Yellowstone River?”
As of late Friday afternoon, 110 voters said the company hasn’t done enough, while 64 said ExxonMobil is doing everything it should.
Here are some of the responses we got to the question, as well as some of the reader comments that have been posted online at www.helenair.com on stories about the spill:
- “In a word, No! ExxonMobil is greedy for profits; the Yellowstone River is certainly of no concern. Pipelines will be considered a scandal of huge proportions by the generations as yet unborn.”
- “This disaster is the responsibility of the big oil company and they need to get a bunch of help on the way to clean it up. The Yellowstone River is a precious resource that needs protecting from this kind of mishap. Enviros everywhere lose sleep at night over this sort of thing. That should make us all enviros, whether its fishing or watering your livestock or drinking clean water.”
- “Seems that the oil company is already working to clean it up. The first step in the process has to be to find and seal the leak and then begin cleanup.”
- “This is just another example of how the enviro-wackos have taken an accident and made it into something its not. If you have seen the work effort, it’s made up of government workers driving around with their flashers on while wearing white gloves and a small, yet effective private workforce doing all the work.”
- “The state workers aren’t helping because 1) Exxon, with the proper equipment and know-how is cleaning it up, and 2) Exxon spilled the oil and it’s their responsibility to clean it up. Not the taxpayers of Montana.”
- “ExxonMobil has said that air and water monitoring had not revealed any health risks. Yet there is already a documented case where someone was diagnosed on Monday with acute hydrocarbon exposure after she experienced dizziness, nausea and trouble breathing.”
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