Potential Supervolcano Eruption Due to Action of BP Oil

Juliette Sánchez, Press Corps 19

EARTH FIRST!, Non-Traditionals — BP Oil’s new acquisition of land in a potentially catastrophic location could lead to the activation of the currently dormant super volcano, The Yellowstone Caldera. BP Oil, The British Petroleum Company, has purchased land encroaching on the territory of Yellowstone National Park, with the stated intention of turning the land into a widely profitable coal mine. 

“With BP’s mining explosions in Yellowstone, it can lead to some internal reactions to cause the volcano to become active. When it becomes active, a massive eruption could actually cover most of the Western United States.” said Nicole Horseherder.

Horseherder, Executive Director of Tó Nizhóní Áni, a Navajo Nation Organization focused on preserving water and protecting native land, and Earth First! advisor, stated, “The public should be afraid of this. This is a realistic issue if BP continues with their actions.”

Earth First!, a radical environmentalist activist group, has begun a widespread social media campaign against the building of the BP Oil Company’s mine near Yellowstone National Park.

“This is the way to start a movement,” said Martha Lee, author and environmentalist involved in the campaign.

The campaign focuses on the potential drastic environmental impacts and rallying a sense of nationalism against The British Petroleum Company.

Lorin Lindler, Earth First!’s Policy Advocate, told the NAIMUN Daily, “We remember the Boston Massacre, and Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill. We don’t want the British blowing up more stuff in this country, and I think the public is going to understand that.”

“The American public hates the British and getting blown up, so I think that will rally a lot of public support to our cause” stated Lindler.

The environmental impacts, if the supervolcano were to explode, could be disastrous and global. 

“The volcano smoke generated from this eruption will drop global temperature to a dangerous level,” said Horseherder.

Urgency is of the utmost importance in the campaign, as communicated by Paulette Smith, Founder of Nez Perce Women Protecting Mother Earth, a Native American Tribe organization, and consultant to Earth First! “I think that people are more afraid of losing their lives than losing the environment. They don’t see how one leads to the other.”

Earth First!’s campaign is beginning to see traction, as protests are going underway at the site where the mine would be built. Protesters, who credit their knowledge to the campaign, are chaining themselves to trees on the land purchased by The BP Oil Company in attempts to stop construction.

If The BP Oil company were to relinquish or sell the land, the company would take a major financial hit. In the past, Earth First! has rallied around the destruction of oil industry tycoons, such as BP. As the campaign continues and leads to more concrete action, Earth First! activists will continue to promote their radical environmental policies, prioritizing the life of the planet over the greed of its people.