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Its no parody: BP finalist for safest offshore drilling or ‘the joke’s on U.S.’:

Painful times call for painful humor to help release the tension and, at times, find whatever Silver Lining might exist in disastrous circumstances.

Looking to the seemingly endless wave descending on the Gulf Coast, threatening fragile environmental spaces and many different economic activities (fishing, tourism, …), it would be easy to imagine that the following headline would be satire:

British Petroleum Finalist for U.S. Government’s SAFETY Award For Excellence (SAFE) for High Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activity

It would be easy to imagine but, considering the sheen covering ever-more of the Gulf Coast (and killing ever more of the Gulf’s inhabitants), it is hard to imagine that this is the reality. British Petroleum, the leading name in what might be the largest single environment incident in the global addiction to fossil fuels, is one of three finalists for this award from the US Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS).

The award ceremony, scheduled for this coming Monday, has been indefinitely delayed.