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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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