From ThinkProgress: Three years after the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history, BP is adopting a new narrative that demonizes coastal businesses for taking advantage of the oil giant’s generosity. In an attempt to reduce the amount BP owes in a settlement for damages suffered, BP has gone with…
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From Southern Studies: Arnesen explains that continuous use of dispersants to sink BP’s continually resurfacing oil, as well as reliance on it in response to other smaller spills, hasn’t helped. Only a few days ago, they’d come across nothing but sheen from Southwest Pass to Grand Isle. As is often…
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From Southern Studies: BP will pay DOJ $4 billion over a period of five years, and $525 million to the SEC over three years to resolve claims related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. The payments include a $1.26 billion criminal fine, the…
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Yep, it’s been a while, but here we go: Police in Georgia arrested a 6-year-old girl for a temper tantrum. Ask the school to stop using police on elementary students Salecia Johnson is six years old. On April 13, her teachers say she had a temper tantrum in class —…
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From Institute for Southern Studies: [T]wo community advocates and regional leaders from the Gulf Coast, Bryan Parras and Derrick Evans, brought an urgent message to BP’s board and shareholders at the corporation’s annual meeting. Here are Evans’ remarks as prepared for delivery. Evans is the founder of Turkey Creek Community…
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From Institute for Southern Studies: Since BP’s catastrophic oil blowout nearly two years ago, Laurel Lockamy has gotten pretty good at photographing the dead. She’s snapped images of dozens of lifeless turtles and dolphins, countless dead fish, birds, armadillos and nutria and pretty much anything that crawls, swims or flies…
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From Al.com: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that BP PLC and one of its minority partners in the blown-out Macondo well are liable for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act for their roles in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier also ruled that Deepwater…
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From Institute for Southern Studies: BP’s newest PR salvo touting its Gulf cleanup hit a nerve with many residents still struggling to get their lives back (one ad captured this BP beach protest in the background). The oil behemoth’s slickly produced pleas for Americans to “come on down” to the…
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