Dear Representative Markey,
I am neither your constituent nor a resident of the areas devastated by the Deep Water Horizon disaster but I write, nevertheless, the express gratitude for your persistence in questioning government scientists who claim that the oil has mostly evaporated from the Gulf and poses little risk of reaching shore.
I have listened with dismay as BP representatives, government scientists and the Obama administration have claimed that the oil leaked is suddenly much less dangerous than anyone had thought. BP will doubtlessly devote the next 20 years and millions of dollars worth of legal muscle skirting financial responsibility for this disaster. It is very, very distressing to see that my government is so quick to issue preliminary reports that essentially enable this dereliction of responsibility.
I hope you will continue to sound the alarm about these reports and demand that government scientist “show their work”, as you said, before giving the results of their studies. I will write my own representative, Jan Schakowsky, and ask her to join in demanding better work by government scientists and more pressure on BP.
Thank you for your service,
-HW
I am neither your constituent nor a resident of the areas devastated by the Deep Water Horizon disaster but I write, nevertheless, the express gratitude for your persistence in questioning government scientists who claim that the oil has mostly evaporated from the Gulf and poses little risk of reaching shore.
I have listened with dismay as BP representatives, government scientists and the Obama administration have claimed that the oil leaked is suddenly much less dangerous than anyone had thought. BP will doubtlessly devote the next 20 years and millions of dollars worth of legal muscle skirting financial responsibility for this disaster. It is very, very distressing to see that my government is so quick to issue preliminary reports that essentially enable this dereliction of responsibility.
I hope you will continue to sound the alarm about these reports and demand that government scientist “show their work”, as you said, before giving the results of their studies. I will write my own representative, Jan Schakowsky, and ask her to join in demanding better work by government scientists and more pressure on BP.
Thank you for your service,
-HW
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