Environmental disasters

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014668

Description: Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlie tries to reassure a group of Maori protesters against offshore drilling that there will be no Mexican Gulf situation here, not one oil-sodden pelican. Text above reads 'Meanwhile - on a Bay of Plenty beach...' Refers to the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with an oil spill from a BP rig that is still spewing oil two months after the problem began. Refers to the news that Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee recently awarded Brazil's Petrobras an exploration permit on the Raukumara block off the East Coast, and said he was 'aware of environmental concerns, but legislation was being worked on in terms of environmental requirements needed to be put in place in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014526

Description: The cartoon shows two frames headed 'As the spill comes ashore...' The first one shows oil reaching the shore in the Gulf of Mexico and covering the feet of a fisherman and the second shows blood reaching the shore in the Mediterranean and covering the feet of an Israeli. The first refers to the disastrous oil spill from a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which is ruining stretches of coastline and wildlife along four states. The second refers to the Israeli on a flotilla of aid ships that had run the Israeli blockade on its way to deliver goods to the Gaza Strip. Nine people were killed and dozens more wounded. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014533

Description: The cartoon is headed 'Crude awakenings'; it shows an oil-covered pelican saying 'thanks to BP, I now wake up very oily in the morning'. Wordplay on 'early' and 'oily' and on the word 'crude' which can mean 'rough' or 'oil'. A second version has the heading 'Crude remarks' and the pelican says 'BP are a slick joke'. Wordplay on 'slick' as in 'oily' and 'sick'as in 'bad taste' joke. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is ruining the coastline and wildlife of four states. BP is responsible and vows to clean up the mess but they have not yet, after a month, managed to stop the spilling. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014593

Description: The CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, tells President Obama that they ARE trying but as yet cannot find anything better at soaking up oil than a pelican. $2 billion is the amount BP has already spent battling the Gulf oil spill (including the more than $105 million the company has paid so far to settle 32,000 claims) but the leak from the failed oil well continues. BP will set aside $20 billion to pay the victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, a move made under pressure by the White House. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014467

Description: The cartoon shows a whole lot of cowboys riding bad-tempered looking horses through the sea, described as a 'natural disaster'. The cowboys on the first horse which represents 'tax payers' are a 'developer', an 'architect', and 'regulators'; on the second horse which represents 'leaky homeowners' are 'legislators' and 'councils'. Refers to the leaky home disaster in New Zealand which has left many home-owners unable to afford the repairs necessary even with the inadequate assistance offered by the government and local councils. The situation is made worse by the way others can benefit from the mess. The 'natural disaster' brings to mind the terrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014296

Description: The cartoon shows God and several angels in heaven. One of the angels peers down through the clouds and reports to God that there is a frightful mess down in the Gulf of Mexico. God replies that he wouldn't have bothered making birds, fish and animals if he had known how man was going to turn out. Refers to the terrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening to ruin huge stretches of coastline and is killing marine life. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015614

Description: Refers to BP's efforts to tamp the oilflow in the Gulf of Mexico oilwell disaster and the disaster in Chile in which 33 miners are trapped underground while 3 narrow escape chutes are being drilled to rescue them. President Sebastian Pinera has staked his presidency on being able to show the world that his government has safely rescued the miners ahead of schedule. Five months have gone by since an oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and sending oil gushing. On Sunday (19 September), a cement plug sealed the BP well 2.5 miles under the sea floor, and retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad W. Allen, the government's person in charge of the disaster, declared BP's well "effectively dead." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014489

Description: The cartoon shows a planning room in the BP offices. On the wall is a notice reading 'Oil spill planning Room'. A number of BP staff sit at desks working on plans and on the wall is a list of plans ranging from 'Plan A' to 'Plan G' and on to even more plans. One of the men comments that they will be sweating by the time they get to plan 26. Refers to the reapeated failed efforts to deal with both stopping the oil spilling and cleaning up the contaminated sea and coastline after the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on 20th April 2010. News today suggests that the well will not be properly stopped until August. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015425

Description: A man representing 'BP' stands up to his nose in the sea - he sticks the finger of his right hand into an oil leak, thus stemming it, and ensures that the other hand, clutching banknotes, remains out of the water. Refers to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for which BP is ultimately responsible and suggests that while BP tries to plug the leak they are ensuring the security of their wealth. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014498

Description: The cartoon shows a large road sign that reads 'Petrol' and 'price' and shows images of fish, pelikans and crabs struggling in oil. Two people passing by comment that this shows honesty in advertising, the cost in pictures rather than dollars and cents. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill from a damaged BP rig that began on 20th April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and threatens wild life and livelihoods along the coastline of four states - Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014716

Description: The cartoon shows American President Obama and his wife Michelle having breakfast and chatting about current problems. Obama tells his wife that he thinks he is getting on top of the Gulf problem by shortening his backswing. Refers to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that President Obama is endeavouring to have BP take proper responsibilty for. The cartoon suggests that he is tackling the problem more vigourously. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014530

Description: The cartoon shows the globe with a volcano spewing smoke, dust and ashes out of Iceland and oil leaking into the sea and dripping off into space from the Gulf of Mexico. A voice from New Zealand tells people not to panic as 'We're about to bring in our Emissions Trading Scheme'. Refers to the eruption of the Iceland volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, which erupted causing planes to be grounded for six days from 14th to 20th of April throughout Europe and continues to cause problems intermittently. Refers also to the disastrous oil spill from a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which is ruining stretches of coastline and wildlife along four states. Refers thirdly to the implementation of New Zealand's half-hearted efforts to mitigate the effects of carbon emissions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014378

Description: A group of seagulls chat about having escaped the oil spill in Louisiana only to run into the ash from Iceland's volcano. A radio broadcasts the news about the volcanic ash. Refers to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is devastating a 60 mile length of coastline. Refers also to the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014934

Description: The cartoon shows American President Obama up to his neck in an oily sea with a grey cloud pouring rain on his head. With one hand he tries to bung the BP oil spill and with the other the Afghan secrets leak. Refers to the damage the president is trying to contain because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and the leaks of military secrets to Wikileaks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014268

Description: A dying oil-covered dolphin comments to a seabird in the same condition that 'humans have to pay a fortune for this stuff'; the bird replies 'Wow, that's cheap!' Out at sea is a collapsed oil rig. Text above reads 'Meanwhile - out in the Gulf of Mexico...' Refers to the catastrophic oil leak which threatens wide areas of commercially and environmentally important shoreline in the southeastern United States. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014816

Description: The cartoon is entitled 'A solution for the oil slick?' The cartoon shows the CEO of BP upside down and jammed headfirst into a pipe thus preventing the oil from escaping. Refers to the struggle to find a solution to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP is considered responsible - the CEO is Tony Hayward. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0014345

Description: The cartoon shows three men sitting at a desk at a Congress hearing about the oil spill In the Gulf of Mexico. Text above reads 'Gulf oil spill trio shine at Congress hearing..' The first man represents BP chief executive Tony Hayward, the second is Halliburton Chief Executive David J. Lesar and the third is Steven Newman who represents Transocean Ltd. Each man blames the others - the Halliburton CEO saying 'It was his fault'. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that started when a rig sank on 20th April 2010 and that continues to spew from a well that is proving difficult to block and that is threatening wild life, the fishing industry and a huge length of coastline. BP is legally and financially responsible for the spill but Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water. The company acknowledged that it had completed the final cementing of the oil well and pipe just 20 hours before the blowout last week. More than two dozen class action lawsuits have been filed after the explosion against BP PLC the British company that leased the Deepwater Horizon rig, against the rig's owner, Transocean Ltd. and against Halliburton. A 2007 study by the U.S. Minerals Management Service found that cementing was the single most important factor in 18 of 39 well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico over a 14-year period -- more than equipment malfunction. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014532

Description: The cartoon shows an image covered in black oil through which a pair of eyes in the shape of 'bp' peer. The heading reads 'Slick humour'. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is ruining the coastline and wildlife of four states. BP is responsible and vows to clean up the mess but they have not yet, after a month, managed to stop the spilling. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014713

Description: The cartoon shows Earth tipped on its axis in space so that the Gulf of Mexico region is on top. A space station nearby observes this phenomen and someone realises that this had to happen as oil always comes to the top. Refers to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014450

Description: The cartoon shows an octopus covered in oil selling bottled sea water to oil-covered fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the gulf of Mexico for which BP is responsible - engineers are trying to block the well which continues to gush oil. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).