Tag Archives: Louisiana

BP oil spill trial delay stirs up talk of a brewing settlement

By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune Although there’s no guarantee a settlement will be reached, people who have been following the oil spill litigation say U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier wouldn’t have delayed the trial until next Monday if he didn’t think a deal was in reach to settle at least a portion of the case or possibly all of it. [...]

One Year Later the Largest Man-made Environmental Disaster in American History Continues to Wreak Havoc

Letter to the Ruling Class You control our world. You’ve poisoned the air we breathe, contaminated the water we drink, and copyrighted the food we eat. We fight in your wars, die for your causes, and sacrifice our freedoms to protect you. You’ve liquidated our savings, destroyed our middle class, and used our tax dollars to bailout your unending greed. [...]

EXCLUSIVE! – BP Oil Spill – Mother of Six Walking To Washington – Cherri Foytlin Starts A Movement

You go, girl! It is way past time we American’s hold not only the government BUT the corporatocracy accountable for the ongoing assault on our precious natural resources, our psyche and our pocketbooks. Remind me when exactly our republic turned into a democracy which is now a full blown fascist form of rule. Next step — oligarchy. Look it up. [...]

The Road to Washington – We hold the power to be the change that is needed to find compassion within our communities

Louisiana resident Cherri Foytlin, mother to six children and wife to displaced Deepwater oil rig worker Forest Foytlin, has had enough.  As her family’s livelihood is increasingly threatened by financial deprivation, Ms. Foytlin has run out of time. Beginning March 13th, 2011, Ms. Foytlin will embark on a journey that she hopes will forever turn the tide of destruction left [...]

h/t FS: Health Warning: Corexit is poisoning the Gulf and her Seafood

Oil Spill Update; Hopedale, LA

Multi Media video of Grand Isle and the oil goo, by Julie Dermansky

httpv://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid42950271001?bctid=90655345001 for the rest of her story click here http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/06/bps-slippery-cleanup-effort/57914/

National Geographic: Oil gusher threatens Native Indian “Water” Village Way of Life

From NG – “The town of Grand Bayou, Louisiana, has no streets and no cars, just water and boats. And now the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens the very existence of the Atakapa-Ishak Indians who live there. “We’re facing the potential for cultural genocide,” says one tribe member.” © 2010 National Geographic; videographer and field [...]