by Paolo Ghiga
The dreadful accident that occurred on the occasion of Earth Day to liners Deepwater Horizon of Transocean Ltd, managed by the company British Petroleum (BP) and deployed in the Gulf of Mexico became an environmental disaster which threatens to be the greatest of all time, with a slick extended far beyond the 160 km in front for 70 amplitude and widening slowly the islands of Candles, environmental paradise off the Louisiana.
The incident, due to a violent explosion and followed by a furious fire, involved 126 people, 11 of them have lost their lives while 17 were injured in a more or less serious. In a desperate race against time to stem the loss of crude oil into the sea, not decisive was the fleet of 32 ships sent by BP and flanked by 5 robot submarines, instructed to recap 3 holes opened up in the pipes of drilling. Also the subsequent attempt to spray 400 thousand liters of chemicals on the surface of the ocean to trap the crude proved futile. Within 24 hours, 3 holes located at about 1,500 m depth disperse in the Gulf of Mexico the equivalent of approximately 5,000 barrels.
The disaster Deepwater Horizon re-invents the problem of how to prevent such situations. The deterrent economic sanctions is not enough to raise the oil multinationals but also of all other industries that produce toxins and pollutants.
Since November 2008 environmental offenders are considered as a crime and then managed within the criminal code such as among the most serious crimes, no longer judged as crimes "inferior". The Seveso disaster, Porto Marghera, pollution of the Rhine by the Bayern, the explosion of Solvay soda factory in Bhopal, to arrive at Chernobyl and then to the present day, there are definitely volunteers, nor with malice, but represent a fault which must be from now on, rightly considered, evaluated and judged. Prize-winning Mechanisms (because of immunity, repentance industrious, reclamation and restoration) are also provided for those who activates and prevents or reduces environmental damage.
Once more, in front of the abundant legislating in this area and the ever increasing number of cases and problems require a work of communication, awareness and training, with instructional approaches, social level that point to make it clear that the environment is a right and duty of every citizen responsible.
Meanwhile the British Petroleum and the u.s. Government maintain a direct line that tells the evolution of disaster on the two most popular social network in the world Twitter and Facebook, harnessing the power and scope even YouTube and Flickr. It seems that this time the big multinationals do not wish to leave anything obscure but rather inform people.
It is stated in a press release of the company that ' in a crisis situation, social media represent the most effective way to reach people desirous of information through a direct communication, effective and updated, if necessary, minute by minute '. In this way the oil giant intends to prevent manipulations by media much more influential as television and print media, managing the information directly and without filters. But are the news carried objective? Has the British Petroleum found a way to trivializing a horrible event and cover its responsibilities shifting the attention of the public?
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