By Kevin Gosztola "As high tourist season approaches, there will be people who ‘come on down to Alabama’ regardless of the oil spill. A delicate balance between preparation for the worst and the pleasure…
Category: Environment
Living on a Dying Delta
by: Dahr Jamail Our first full day in Louisiana finds us venturing south from New Orleans to Houma, a town about an hours drive to the southwest. It is from here…
Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster Disrupts BP-Government Disinformation Meeting
By Larry Everest Tonight, in New Orleans, the BP-government informational meeting didn’t go as planned, thanks to the actions of members of the newly formed Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf…
America: a Company-Owned Town
By Glen Ford The Great Gusher in the Gulf is a political, not simply an economic and environmental, crisis. “No amount of public disgust at BP has moved Obama to behave as…
BP Yanks “Containment Cap”, Oil Flows Unimpeded into Gulf
By Raw Story Oil gushed unchecked Wednesday from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico after BP’s containment system was removed for repairs when a robotic submarine crashed into it, US officials…
The Gulf Emergency Summit & Going Forward
On Saturday, June 19, 100 people came together in New Orleans – with another 1900 watching via live webcast (at www.gulfemergencysummit.org) for an Emergency Summit to Stop the Gulf Oil Catastrophe. Present…
The Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster: Mission Statement
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRISIS REQUIRES AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE – THE PEOPLE MUST ACT TO STOP THE GULF CATASTROPHE The BP oil blowout is an environmental catastrophe, bringing great peril to marine and…