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Who's Paying for BP's Health Crisis?
Watching the last two years unfold has been both eye opening and heartbreaking. Earlier this week, as I sat with a twenty-seven year old mother of three from Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, we went over...
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BP Disaster Survivors Removed From Federal Courtroom during Fairness Hearing
Three BP oil disaster survivors and community advocates were forcibly removed from the fairness hearing on the BP class-action settlement yesterday, moments before the federal court heard objections to...
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My Thoughts on the BP Settlement “Fairness Hearing”
I had hoped to write a full article concerning my thoughts on the subject of the BP Settlement Fairness Hearing held Thursday, November 8, but I (along with 3 others) was wrongfully accused of “live...
View ArticleBP Agrees to Pay $4 Billion Settlement for Gulf Coast Disaster
Crossposted from Colorlines. News reports say that BP has entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice for criminal penalties for the 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. According...
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A Moment to Celebrate and Give Thanks
Next week I’m going to share a post all about the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of BP’s $4.5 billion criminal settlement with the federal government. But today I just want to give thanks. Not for the...
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A Letter to Judge Carl Barbier on the Medical Aspects of the BP Settlement,...
This letter was originally sent to U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier by Dr. Michael Robichaux on November 26th, 2012. Dr. Robichaux is a physician in Raceland, Louisiana, who operated a detox clinic for...
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My Statement to Judge Vance: Reject BP's Criminal Plea Deal
Today in New Orleans, U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance will hear from relatives of the 11 men who died and from other Gulf Coast victims of the 2010 BP Oil Drilling Disaster. Judge Vance will then...
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4 Reasons Why a Settlement with BP is a Bad Idea
Sort of like OJ Simpson (Yes. I figure he did it), BP "got over" in the US Justice Department's criminal case against them. They didn't win, but they gladly settled for $4 Billion rather than face a...
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Fishermen on Three Years of BP Disaster: "How are we ever going to get...
Disaster, Response and RenewalEconomy and WorkThree years since the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico set off the worst oil disaster in United States history, BP Chief Bob Dudley says...
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In Wake of BP Disaster, NSA Spying Comes As No Surprise to Gulf Coast Advocates
It sounds like the stuff of movie scripts and novel fodder, the idea of darkly clothed men sneaking in and out of hotel rooms, leaving behind watch battery sized listening devices, hidden in phone...
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