When I scan my Inbox each day, I single out emails from Food & Water Watch because they keep me up-to-date on back-room shenanigans that affect relevant issues that are of concern to me... like the food I buy in the grocery store! And when they ask me to do something, I do it.
Food & Water Watch Spill the Truth Protest August 25, 2010
With the Horizon disaster now seemingly contained, some may think that all major threats to the Gulf and Gulf Coast communities are also under control. But BP’s Atlantis is a ticking time bomb.
Along with a protest in front of the hearing building, Food & Water Watch delivered over 5500 petitions to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling during the commission’s hearing in Washington, D.C.
Test your knowledge of BP and what’s really going on with its deepwater oil platforms. With each fact, Food & Water Watch offers recommendations to better protect our oceans and keep the bodies that monitor these platforms independent of industry influence.
A project of Food & Water Watch, the "Spill the Truth" campaign keeps you informed on the latest news regarding BP and the oil spill.
Join the campaign at http://www.spillthetruth.org.
Follow on Twitter @spillthetruth
You can also learn about our other campaigns at http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org.
The recent Gulf oil spill was not a freak accident. Strong evidence reveals that another BP oil platform — the Atlantis — is a disaster waiting to happen. Learn more and find out how you can help Food & Watch Watch shut down Atlantis until it is proven safe.
[Originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com on July 11, 2010]
The Administration this week demanded that BP present them with detailed plans surrounding their newest Gulf oil cleanup strategy, including information on the company’s plans for limiting dispersant usage. While this is a timely order, especially in light of BP’s announcement that many Gulf responders were exposed to a now-discontinued version of Corexit (a controversial dispersant linked to chronic health problems that BP used in cleanup efforts despite orders to stop), it’s unlikely that BP’s response will answer another, more critical question:
Why should BP provide information on their dispersant usage when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stopped demanding this information, and until now, BP has willfully and without consequence defied much of what the EPA has demanded they do?
Visit spillthetruth.org to find out more about Food & Water’s campaign to protect the Gulf. BP’s statements on the oil spill and the reality on the ground are very different.
Visit www.spillthetruth.org. Can you imagine an oil spill MANY times larger than the current one in the Gulf? Food & Water Watch is working to prevent another crisis. Learn more: www.SpillTheTruth.org
