Category: BP Disaster
BP Sticks Around (Sort of)
The man at BP’s claim’s facility Tuesday night couldn’t speculate about the decision to keep the doors open. He could only provide a freshly printed…
The Fading Fingerprint
Now that BP and the state of Florida agree that the beaches are pretty much “clean,†officials will need to prove that new tar balls…
BP: Drowning in Oil
I have repeatedly written about how BP is a serial polluter whose corporate culture places profits over people’s lives and the environment (Read Outtakes: No…
Is BP’S Macondo Reservoir Leaking More Oil?
Don’t believe the spin. BP hasn’t fixed the problem caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Through rigorous “fingerprint†testing, LSU chemist Ed…
Gulf Coast Shoreline Clean-up Completion Plan approved
Press Release – from our “friends” at BP: After 18 months of sustained effort to clean the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico following the…
Transocean wants BP to pay up
Reuters reports that the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, Transocean Ltd, has asked a federal judge in New Orleans to order BP to cover…
BP profits almost double
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the BP announced that its net profit for the three months ending Sept. 30 was $4.91 billion, compared with…
Vessels of Opportunity can now file for damages
The Times-Picayune reports captains who participated in BP’s Vessels of Opportunity program can now pursue claims for damage to their boats and possibly other grievances,…
AG Bondi on audit of GCCF
Press Release: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi Provides Recommendations on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility Audit TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–Advocating on behalf of Floridians who have suffered…
Letter to Feinberg
From Art Rocker, state head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference: As of October 6, 2011, o/a 10:20am, I have had an opportunity to meet…
Fun and Play with the EPA, or Spill Report Delayed
by Jeremy Morrison— The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force was suppose to emerge Wednesday with a road map toward a brighter day. Instead, we’ll…
Environmental group challenges BP whitewash
According to Waterkeeper Alliance, the Gulf communities continue to see impacts of the BP oil spill on a daily basis. Oil continues to wash ashore…