When I learned about the oil giant BP’s plan to drill off the coast of my home, my heart felt like it dropped out of my chest. As I write this the West Aquarius rig is well on its way to the Nova Scotian Shelf. By the time this is published, it might have already arrived. My thoughts went immediately to those oil sullied shorelines in the Gulf of Mexico, and to the fishermen … [Read more...]
BP Spill Trial Set To Open In New Orleans
BP put profits ahead of safety and bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Justice Department attorney charged Monday at the opening of a trial that could result in the oil company and its partners being forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in damages. The London-based oil giant acknowledged it made "errors in judgment" … [Read more...]
Historic clean water act suit seeks $19 billion from BP
In the largest citizen enforcement action ever taken under the Clean Water Act, the Center for Biological Diversity has sued BP and Transocean Ltd., for illegally spewing more than 100 million gallons of oil and other toxic pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico. The suit was filed in federal court in New Orleans. The Center For Biological Diversity is seeking the maximum … [Read more...]
Deepwater Horizon: the worst oil spill in American history
Earlier this week, we ran a story about the continuing oil-spilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Here we have an update which comes to you from a website specially created by the Center for Biological Diversity, which updates daily on the status of this situation. BP initially asserted that 1,000 barrels of oil per day (42,000 gallons) were gushing forth from the broken … [Read more...]
Crisis in the Gulf of Mexico
It all began began on April 20th when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, caught fire, then sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Venice, Louisiana, leaving 11 crew members presumed dead. The significant crude oil leak resulting from the devastating event poses a serious threat to wildlife, affecting as many as 400 species along the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, … [Read more...]
