KA here:

POWERFUL.  I love these 2 amazing women.  They are 2 of the strongest voices who are speaking the truth to us of the devastating BP Oil Spill.  Skip the mainstream news today and listen to their true accounts instead.  

http://www.brockovich.com/gulfoilspill.html 

"My Thoughts on the BP Gulf Oil Spill

Like everyone, I am very concerned over the BP oil spill and cry at night over the impact to our ocean, fish, wildlife, marshes, and am worried about what the future now holds for the area or for us all for that matter. This will affect the world. I just returned from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and had a chance to talk with some of those affected. All the finger pointing and blaming isnt going to change a thing for those harmed. It will change, we hope, the political climate and steer the outcome of off shore drilling differently but for those affected, finger pointing and the blame game does nothing but further delay any solution. The horse has left the barn. SO now what do we do?

I think we all see the forest through the trees and know the magnitude of the disaster, which much of it has yet to be seen and we will watch and live the fall-out for decades. I hope that BP can just tell the truth now and that we can begin the daunting task of cleaning up and restoration, which will takes years if ever. We can begin to calculate the untold loss to fisherman, business and tourism and wait for the fall out of health impacts from the dispersants that have been used which no one seems to know its harm, so why use it at all? Why add insult to injury? We cant use our people or oceans or wildlife as some sort of experiment. While I don't have the answers and I don't know who does I do know this: The Gulf has been hit by many disasters and it is the WILL of the people who live there that will restore the area just as they have done before. They are a resilient group of folks.

I am very concerned about the Oil Dispersant "Corexit" that is being used because some reports are coming in about people getting very sick. If you know anything about these chemicals or have been exposed, I would like to hear from you..."

Laurel here:

All the photos in this video are from beaches along Louisiana and Mississippi and were taken from March 2011 to September 2011.  Did you know this is happening, or did you believe what BP wants you to believe through false advertising that ALL IS GOOD?  It is heartbreaking and we live here every day and have to see it.  BP has not taken care of their mistake and now the sea creatures are having to pay through the sacrifice of their lives.  Please Pass this on!  Something needs to be done.  Share this with everyone you know!  We the people of Louisiana and Mississippi thank you for listening and watching.


Watch all the way to the end!  At the end you see what this has done to human lives...

Friday, June 17, 2011

From Courthouse News Service
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/06/17/37457.htm

BP Wins a Big One in Oil Spill Litigation By SABRINA CANFIELD 

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     NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Ruling in favor of Transocean and BP, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed third-party environmental claims in a giant pleading bundle in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation, saying the fact that the oil flow has stopped makes those lawsuits irrelevant.
     "The injunction at this stage would be useless, as not only is there no ongoing release from the well, but there is also no viable offshore facility from which any release could possibly occur," U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier wrote. "The Macondo well is dead, and what remains of the Deepwater Horizon vessel is on the ocean floor, where it capsized and sank in 5,000 feet of water.
     "Moreover, BP and the agencies comprising the Unified Area Command have been and are cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico. An injury is not redressable by a citizen suit when the injury is already being addressed."
     Judge Barbier is overseeing the massive, consolidated oil spill litigation, which has been divided into "bundles," based upon the nature of the claims.
     In instances where claims in the D1 bundle pertain to how the oil is being cleaned up, Barbier ruled that even if he allowed those claims to go forward, the claimants are not directly involved in the cleanup, so a ruling in their favor would not affect how the cleanup is progressing.
     "The D1 defendants do not unilaterally direct the cleanup activities in the Gulf; such activities have been under the control of the National Incident Commander, Federal on-Scene Coordinator, Unified Area Command, and the Coast Guard in cooperation with other federal agencies. Thus, plaintiffs cannot show that an order from this court would actually resolve any potential deficiency in the ongoing cleanup," Barbier wrote.
     "In order to prevail on their claims for injunctive relief, plaintiffs must demonstrate an ongoing violation of various statutes on which plaintiffs' claims for relief is based. Because the Macondo well is dead and is no longer discharging oil, plaintiffs' only claims are confined to seeking environmental citizen suit injunctive relief of a prospective nature to stop noncompliance in the form of a continued release of oil. Thus, the citizen suit claims brought by the plaintiffs are moot, because no future-orientated injunction can provide any meaningful relief for plaintiffs in terms of stopping discharges that already concluded in mid-July 2010."
     Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operated by BP, exploded and burned 50 miles off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010, killing 11 and setting off the worst oil spill in history. Millions of gallons of oil were spilled in the next 87 days.
     More than 100,000 people have filed lawsuits seeking damages from the spill.
     The lawsuits dismissed on Thursday belonged to the D1 pleading bundle.
     D1 bundle claims were filed by third-party organizations that alleged environmental damages under the Clean Water Act; the Endangered Species Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act.
     This was the first ruling arising from issues addressed during a May 26 hearing on the defendants' motions to dismiss particular bundles.
     Claims with varying types of damages were included in more than one bundle, depending on type of claim.
     In dismissing the D1 claims, Barbier said the claims could still be heard if they seek damages for violations other than environmental claims.
     "To the extent that plaintiffs assert claims under general maritime law and/or state law, the court will consider those claims separately when it addresses the pending motions to dismiss the B1 bundle master complaint," Barbier wrote.
     During the May 26 hearing, Barbier indicated that he might find the claims asserted in the D1 bundle were moot.
     "The fundamental argument is that this is all moot because the well is sealed," Barbier said.
     During the hearing, Ervin Gonzales, of the plaintiff steering committee, said the cleanup has not been adequate and "the environment is suffering."
     Greg Buppert, an attorney for Defenders of Wildlife, told Barbier at the hearing that "the Endangered Species Act is not linked to the well spill; it is linked to the take of species."
     In response, Barbier cited the federal government's investigation of the spill. Federal attorneys have said that criminal charges will be filed if the investigation turns up evidence of willful negligence by the defendants.
     Because of the continuing investigation, the government has tried to keep certain issues undercover. For instance, autopsy results of the hundreds of dead baby dolphins that have washed up along the Gulf Coast have been kept private, and independent scientists have not been allowed to conduct their own autopsies.
     "Isn't that what the federal government is doing?" Barbier asked on May 26. "It sounds like you think they may not do it right."
     Later that day, Barbier told Buppert: "It's speculative right now. You're surmising that somebody is going to do something that you don't like."
     Attorneys did not immediately return calls for comment.  

Wow.  This is an amazing documentary!  I love the people from this part of the country.  I know I have said that before but they just touch my heart... Please take the time to watch this wonderful piece of art.

BP funded scientists now admit what scientists in other countries have found and EPA adviser warned last July, that toxic Corexit, of which the government and BP applied 2 million gallons throughout the Gulf of Mexico region, made the catastrophe worse, an ongoing catastrophe according to residents, independent researchers, and now, even BP paid scientists.

The scientists, supported by a 10 million dollar BP grant, presenting their reports last week, said they were struck by the studies so far according to the New York Times.  Throughout the past year, however, since the oil rig exploded, experts in the fields of public health and toxicology have said that the combined BP oil and Corexit was 11 times more lethal than oil alone.

Kate Spinner of the New York Times reported Monday that the BP funded scientists "added BP oil to a jar of sea water and saw all the oil float to the top. After adding a little Corexit to the mix, the entire bottle of water turned the color of dark coffee."... 

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http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/scientists-saying-bp-s-corexit-made-its-gulf-catastrophe-worse-report-not-news