And here is this week’s Green numbers:
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BP oil spill costs hit $1.6bn | Business
The cost of BP’s clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico has now hit $1.6bn (£1.1bn), but the final cost of the huge oil spill remains unquantifiable.
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Money trumps security in smart-meter rollouts, experts say | InSecurity Complex – CNET News
In a rush to take advantage of U.S. stimulus money, utilities are quickly deploying thousands of smart meters to homes each day–smart meters that experts say could easily be hacked.
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BP’s White House deal: What the analysts say | Business | guardian.co.uk
City experts believe the agreement hammered out between BP and President Obama should help it to rebuild its relationships in Washington, and protect the company’s future. But with three quarterly dividend payments axed, investors will bear the pain for many months.
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Sea Shepherd Frees 800 Bluefin from nets – Sea Shepherd
Green activists using helicopters, divers and rotten butter yesterday confronted Libyan and Italian fishermen to release hundreds of threatened bluefin tuna which they strongly suspect were illegally caught off the Libyan coast.
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Joe Barton: Campaign Finance/Money – Summary – Congressman 2010 | OpenSecrets
Joe Barton – the Congressman who apologised to BP for how they were treated by the Obama Administration received $1.5m in contributions from oil & gas
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The Man Who Wasn’t There: A Whole Day Of Tony Hayward’s Obfuscating In Four Minutes
