by Levees Not War | Sep 6, 2014 | Environment, Natural Resources, NOLA, Gulf Coast
Could Be Fined $18 Billion The fire you see here may be BP’s capital reserves going up in flame. A federal judge has ruled that BP was “reckless,” grossly negligent, and primarily to blame for the April 2010 blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11...
by Levees Not War | Sep 10, 2010 | Environment, Natural Resources, NOLA, Gulf Coast, Relief/Recovery
[ The following press release is presented as a public service announcement ] NEW ORLEANS — In a historic gathering, Gulf Coast residents devastated by the BP oil spill will join 9/11 first responders, victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and survivors of hurricanes...
by Levees Not War | Jul 14, 2010 | Environment, Natural Resources, NOLA, Gulf Coast, Relief/Recovery
* “Just Do the Right Damn Thing” Some of the most sensible and melodious testimony we’ve heard in a long time was given yesterday in New Orleans by crawfisherman and singer Drew Landry before the Presidential Commission on the BP Oil Spill. He has rolled up his...
by Levees Not War | Jul 12, 2010 | Environment, Natural Resources, NOLA, Gulf Coast, Relief/Recovery
“We cannot let the denial of protective gear that hurt so many 9/11 cleanup workers happen again with the Gulf cleanup workers.” BP Refuses Respirator Masks for Cleanup Workers Levees Not War has joined the “BP Makes Me Sick” Coalition of Gulf Coast fishermen,...
by Levees Not War | Jun 10, 2010 | Environment, Federal Agencies, Natural Resources, NOLA, Gulf Coast, Politics/Economy
[cross-posted at Daily Kos] Let’s play what-if: Would the BP Oil Flood have happened if the Rehnquist Supreme Court in its Bush v. Gore ruling had not stopped the state of Florida’s vote-counting? We think maybe not. We think it’s not too far a stretch to say that the...
