The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association Thursday presented its 2011 Blue Heron environmental award to the secretary of the Louisiana agency that oversees some state regulations of association members. Chris John, the association's president, said there is nothing inappropriate about giving an award to Scott Angelle, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
That's right. The oil industry doles out an annual award to its favorite regulator. This is really the best idea since the "Bernardo" award for "Excellence in Recovery". Well, maybe it isn't quite that glamorous, but still it's clear that the industry knows how to take care of the people who take care of it.
Take BP, for example. They'll tell you you can never pay enough for a decent (non-independent) claims administrator.
Nor can you pour enough money into advertising as I discovered this week while reading a blurb about how the company responsible for the latest spill is "helping" and noticed this ad in the corner.
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