Category Archives: Claims
Against a backdrop of damaged fisheries and a looming oil spill trial, BP is doubling “final settlement” offers to commercial crabbers and shrimpers who have had their livelihoods destroyed by the Gulf oil spill. It seems BP has joined the rest of the world in realizing the once-thriving Gulf seafood industry is in tatters, and will remain that way for years. Although on its face the announcement of fairer compensation [...]
Read More »The state of BP’s legal liability just went from bad to disastrous. The federal government’s second major investigation into last year’s Gulf oil spill presents incriminating new evidence that exposes BP to a whole new level of liability and greatly increases the likelihood that criminal charges will be brought. The report pulls no punches, citing egregious safety lapses, a sloppy cement job, a rush to meet a completion deadline and [...]
Read More »BP’s Macondo Well spewed sweet Louisiana crude for 87 straight, miserable days last summer. By April 30, 2010, Macondo oil choked nearly 4,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico. The gushing well surrounded itself with an 80-square-mile “kill zone,” void of any life of any kind (other than unprotected cleanup workers). It fouled more than 320 miles of coastline in Louisiana alone, much of it delicate, ecologically vital marshland. [...]
Read More »Thousands of BP cleanup workers and volunteers have fallen ill since spending months immersed in waters fouled by oil and toxic dispersants. Without even the most basic safety gear – like gloves, boots, body suits or respirators – workers were directly exposed to a crush of toxins, including the known human carcinogen, benzene. Symptoms range from severe headaches and shortness of breath to nausea and vomiting. Long term effects include [...]
Read More »Is BP’s Macondo Well Site Still Leaking? Fresh Oil on the Gulf Raises Concerns and Haunting Memories
Fresh oil is surfacing all over the northern quadrant of the Gulf of Mexico. Reports of slicks that meander for miles and huge expanses of oil sheen that look like phantom islands are becoming common, again. Fresh oil, only slightly weathered, is washing ashore in areas hit hardest by last year’s massive spill, like Breton Island, Ship Island, the Chandeleurs and northern Barataria Bay. BP has reactivated its Vessels of [...]
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