Part of the drilling company's response to mishandling operations on the Deepwater Horizon is to hire more lobbyists. The Hill reports that Transocean, Ltd. recently hired Capitol Hill Consulting Group, a lobbying firm that includes a former Democratic congressman and an advisor to former Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX). It also hired FD Public Affairs to manage the media. That firm's energy and environment business is run by a former aide to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH). British Petroleum has hired the public relations firm of Brunswick Group. Prior to the catastrophe, Transocean had a limited political profile in Washington. The "ridiculous spectacle" of American government dysfunction and cronyism continues as the oil spill is now positioned to enter the loop current of the Gulf of Mexico according to a NOAA marine ecologist. The current circles the Gulf in a counterclockwise fashion before flowing into the Gulf Stream through the Florida Straits. The current could carry the oil to the Florida Keys. NOAA is closing 19% of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing in response to the spreading slick.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Transocean Hires More Flacks
Part of the drilling company's response to mishandling operations on the Deepwater Horizon is to hire more lobbyists. The Hill reports that Transocean, Ltd. recently hired Capitol Hill Consulting Group, a lobbying firm that includes a former Democratic congressman and an advisor to former Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX). It also hired FD Public Affairs to manage the media. That firm's energy and environment business is run by a former aide to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH). British Petroleum has hired the public relations firm of Brunswick Group. Prior to the catastrophe, Transocean had a limited political profile in Washington. The "ridiculous spectacle" of American government dysfunction and cronyism continues as the oil spill is now positioned to enter the loop current of the Gulf of Mexico according to a NOAA marine ecologist. The current circles the Gulf in a counterclockwise fashion before flowing into the Gulf Stream through the Florida Straits. The current could carry the oil to the Florida Keys. NOAA is closing 19% of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing in response to the spreading slick.