Unless you meant, like "BP is off the hook, yo!"

lol

BBC News
11/15/12

BP to get record US criminal fine over Deepwater disaster

The noose is getting tighter... using BP's $ pocketbook

Reuters
Roberta Rampton and Timothy Gardner
11/27/12

U.S. bans BP from new government contracts after oil spill deal

The suspension is "standard practice"
suspensions generally don't exceed 18 months

Yup. It won't be a big issue for BP.

"The EPA acted hours before a government auction of offshore tracts in the Gulf of Mexico, a region where BP is the largest investor and lease-holder of deep-water tracts and hopes for further growth. BP is also the top fuel supplier to the U.S. military, the largest single buyer of oil in the world."

"In a statement, BP said it has been in "regular dialogue" with the EPA, and that the agency has informed BP that it is preparing an agreement that "would effectively resolve and lift this temporary suspension." The EPA has notified BP that the draft agreement will be available soon, BP said."

We will soon be coming to the 5th anniversary of the Macondo (Deep Water Horizon) well blowout.

Attachment 51128

I have come across a very good (lengthy) description of the time between
the blowout (4/20/10) and the well being capped and "dead" (9/19/10)

Probably not many will want to read it all (or even at all), but I found this discussion readable and interesting... HERE

Protesting in here in Portland to prevent drilling in the arctic...


Protesters at St. Johns Bridge ready for showdown with Shell Oil; icebreaker sits high and dry
The Oregonian/OregonLive - 7/29/15 - Stuart Tomlinson

That shouldn't be hard.

6:45 am 7/30/15 - Confrontation is imminent !

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The icebreaker USS Fennica is on the move in the Columbia River, with Coast Guard escort.
A movable railroad bridge has been raised. The St John's bridge was open, but now has been closed to traffic.

The Greenpeace protestors have lowered themselves closer to the river.


7:00 am:
The Fennica has stopped short of the St Johns bridge and is in a holding in place
The Coast Guard is trying to clear the kayakers out of the way - but new boaters are taking their place

7:45 am:
The Fennica appears to be turning around to go back up river.
The railroad bridge has been raised agin.
... but no one is reporting if it is defeat or a ploy.

8:00 am:
The Fennica has gone back past the railroad bridge
The St Johns bridge is back open to traffic
... so it appears one battle has been won by Greenpeace and PDX protestors.
... but it's still not the war

5:30 pm 7/30/15

The move is on again...

The Greenpeace protestors hanging from St Johns bridge have been
removed by Fire Department Emergency and Rescue cTechnicians.

The kayakers under the St Johns bridge were swept downstream by the Coast Guard.

And the USS Fennica is moving again, downstream towards the railroad bridge.

Unless more boaters come from the shore again, it looks as though Shell Corp will get it's ice breaker.

5:45 pm

The kayakers along the banks sprung into action after the Coast Guard boats went by,
and rather than grouping in the middle of the river, they spread out widely so the
CG boats could not "herd" them away.

One man ended up in the water after losing his kayak, and there was turmoil around him
as the CG tried to forcibly "save" him, but he did not want to be "saved"
and other boaters came to "help him in his distress"... another Keystone Cop situation.

BUT, the USS Fennica did make it's way under the St Johns bridge.
So it only has about 70 miles to go from the Willamette River to the Columbia River,
and then westward to Astoria and the Pacific Ocean.

Greenpeace can fuck with Jap whalers, but the US Coast Guard (government), who are charged with keep navigable waters open, is another matter.

Not USS Fennica, it's Finnish owned, hired by the US arm of Royal Dutch Shell.