Speaking

climateadaptation:

Burning for two weeks, American oil company Chevron denies that this oil rig explosion is causing environmental damage in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

The company says that the leaked and burning oil poses no risk to human health or the environment. There seems to be no concrete plans to stop the fire, which has been burning since about January 23rd. 

Chevron is paying off a nearby village with food, and activists are being stonewalled by the company. 

Why are oil companies not forced to have emergency systems in place? 

Al Jazeera has video, here.

(via crookedindifference)