herzundseele:newfilosofee:brettjohn:BP’s stellar safety recordUS based on EPA toxic release data. BP
herzundseele:newfilosofee:brettjohn:BP’s stellar safety recordUS based on EPA toxic release data. BP has been charged with burning polluted gases at its Ohio refinery (for which it was fined $1.7 million), and in July 2000 BP paid a $10 million fine to the EPA for its management of its US refineries. According to PIRG research, between January 1997 and March 1998, BP was responsible for 104 oil spills. BP patented the Dracone Barge to aid in oil spill clean-ups across the world. [via]I’m not too fond of this graphic, at first glance.The silhouette draws on the emotions of one of the most famous traumatic images of the Vietnam War: a beloved snuff film showing savage violence between people of color. That historic image shows a Vietcong soldier in wartime summarily executing an accused infiltrator and collaborator of the US invasion of Indochina.In the refashioned graphic, the BP logo blossoms around the collaborator’s head like a Buddha’s thousand-petaled lotus of light. The Vietcong soldier holds a gas pump. Let’s think through whether or not these metaphors really work. -- source link