Environment
The Gulf Oil Disaster... And the Deep Cover-up
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There is a pattern here—not isolated and random "human error," but consistently putting profit over all. |
On April 20, 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, a surge of gas burst up from deep under rock and water, through the "Macondo" well being drilled by the oil giant BP. It exploded in an inferno of flame and smoke. Eleven workers were killed. The "Deepwater Horizon" drilling platform was destroyed, ripping apart piping 5,000 feet deep on the Gulf floor.
A toxic gusher was let loose, which poured more than 200 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas into the rich waters of the Gulf before it was capped nearly three months later. It was an almost immeasurable environmental catastrophe that killed workers, ravaged wildlife, savaged ecosystems from the deep waters of the Gulf to the environmentally vital shores. It threatened human health and created an economic disaster for the many thousands whose living depends on the Gulf's waters.
Project Gulf Impact: Public Forum October 10, New Orleans
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Report on trip to Grand Isle La. on Sunday, August 8th
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By Elizabeth Cook
And the Lies Go On
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By Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld
100 Days Since the BP Gulf Oil Disaster Began, NOLA Natives Explain Disaster is Not Over
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By Kevin Gosztola
Flickr Photo by dsb nola |
One hundred days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded creating the worst environmental disaster in the world’s history, those who live down along the Gulf coast in the areas that have been most impacted are standing strong and reminding the world that, while the well gushing oil may have been capped and while BP CEO Tony Hayward may be going to Siberia, the disaster is not over.
Elizabeth Cook, a Louisiana native, said she’s “lived in New Orleans most of [her] life” and “when this happened, [her] sense of anger and grief moved her to begin to talk to friends about organizing some sort of people’s response.” She had been organizing post-Katrina on the housing issue because after the hurricane there was a real situation with lack of housing, which produced a huge homeless problem.
The Capitalist Oil Catastrophe Is NOT Over - People Must Act to Stop It
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The banner headline in the July 16 New Orleans Times-Picayune blared in big bold letters, "OIL FLOW HALTED." The day before, British Petroleum (BP) had, for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon well exploded on April 20, apparently stopped the flow of crude oil and methane gushing into—and poisoning—the Gulf of Mexico.
Protest Friday July 30 - 100 Days of Gulf Oil Disaster
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GULF OIL DISASTER
Watch, share, spread the word - get in the streets:
100 Days of Outrage!
Demands 100 Actions!
….Cities, Towns, Communities…
Globally - because the environment has no borders!
Emergency Committee: The Well May - Or May Not - Be Capped... But the Oil Catastrophe Continues!
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Issued by the Emergency Committee to Stop Gulf Oil Disaster
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ATTN: News Desk
PRESS STATEMENT: THE WELL MAY – OR MAY NOT – BE CAPPED...BUT THE OIL CATASTROPHE CONTINUES!
Headlines may be reading “BP oil gusher capped,” but according to the Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster, the crisis spawned by the blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico is far from over, and the need to for “all hands on deck” to stop this catastrophe – in all its dimensions – is more needed than ever. This is underscored by late-breaking Sunday news of "a detected seep a distance from the well and undetermined anomalies at the well head." (Washington Post)
Scientists issue statement condemning use of dispersants in the Gulf
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"We oppose the use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf, and urgently recommend an immediate halt to their application. We believe that Corexit dispersants, in combination with crude oil, pose grave health risks to marine life and human health, and threaten to deplete critical niches in the Gulf food web that may never recover.
We urge federal and state agencies to fund independent research NOW to produce transparent, timely information that will protect the health of Gulf response workers, residents, and wildlife."
Click here to read the full Statement of Scientific Consensus.
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