Millions of gallons of oil released during the 2010 BP oil spill fell to the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study released last week.

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BP denounced the study in statements to the media. Spokesman Jason Ryan, director of media affairs for the Gulf Coast, told the Associated Press, “The authors failed to identify the source of the oil, leading them to grossly overstate the amount of residual Macondo oil on the sea floor and the geographic area in which it is found.” This is a sleight of hand, as a chemical analysis of the oil is now impossible, four and a half years after the initial spill.

The study cuts across ongoing attempts by BP to portray itself as a victim of ax-grinding special interest groups. Last week BP spokesman (and former press secretary for the US Department of Defense) Geoff Morrell penned an editorial in Politico titled “No, BP Didn’t Ruin the Gulf,” arguing that the Gulf of Mexico had already largely recovered from the oil spill. Citing the supposed “inherent resilience” of the Gulf’s ecosystem, he declared that most of the oil had already been broken down by microbes. He went on to blame “advocacy groups” for attempting to “cherry-pick evidence and promote studies that paint an incomplete and inaccurate picture.”

In fact, it is BP that has attempted to paint an “incomplete and inaccurate picture” of the oil spill since day one. With the help of the Obama administration, it deliberately concealed the true extent of the spill for weeks, prevented cleanup workers from speaking with the press, and harassed reporters attempting to cover the story.

BP is also attempting to extricate itself from its remaining liabilities from the spill. The company submitted evidence in federal court Wednesday as part of its effort to remove the claims a court-appointed settlement administrator had reached with individuals and businesses hurt financially by the oil spill.

The company is arguing that Patrick Juneau, the administrator, failed to disclose a conflict of interest before accepting the position, claiming that he had previously been involved in litigation against BP on behalf of oil spill claimants. Juneau denies the accusations, and insists that he was merely a liaison for the state of Louisiana.

The company has thus far met with limited success in the case, and the evidence submitted in court Wednesday is highly circumstantial. More fundamentally, the alleged conflict of interest of Juneau is merely the latest in a series of pretexts concocted by BP in order to back out of a settlement that it had fully agreed to in 2012. The company’s clear strategy is to use the complexity of the case to draw out the process as long as possible, in the hopes of eventually forcing a lesser settlement.

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And of course waiting for the claimants to die, many from effects of the spill.

Yet the envoronmentalists overwhelmingly support the DEmocratic Party which is complicant in this crime against humanity.

So I just heard on NPR that a billionaire environmentalist invested $73.3B in the current election cycle.

And this will accomplish what?

Nothing meaningful, blather, misdirection, precious time lost.

So I just heard on NPR that a billionaire environmentalist invested $73.3B in the current election cycle.

And this will accomplish what?

Nothing meaningful, blather, misdirection, precious time lost.

While the numbers are large, 73 Billion from one individual is certainly a misprint.

While the numbers are large, 73 Billion from one individual is certainly a misprint.

My fault, shudda been 73.3M. Still not chump change.