gulf watch
INSTITUTE INDEX: Three years into the BP disaster
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April 19, 2013
In the three years since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and spilled 200 million gallons of oil, number of bills enacted by...
BP head defends dispersant use as Gulf Coast communities speak out at shareholder meeting
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April 18, 2013
By Karen Savage, Bridge the Gulf
Last week, three delegates from the Gulf Coast attended BP's Annual General Meeting in London and spoke about ongoing impacts of company's...
BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulf
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January 14, 2013
Trying to reduce civil liabilities it faces under the federal Clean Water Act, BP filed a legal motion last week to establish that the number of barrels of oil spilled as a result...
Oil and water create an uncertain future in the Southern wild
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September 14, 2012
By Rocky Kistner, Bridge the Gulf
Cajun fishing and hunting guide Ryan Lambert has weathered his share of storms over the years. He rebuilt his house and lodge deep in the...
Feds slam BP for gross negligence as oil washes up on storm-wracked Gulf beaches
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September 6, 2012
With weathered oil believed to be from BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster washing up across the Gulf in the wake of Hurricane Isaac and leading to the emergency closure of...
Oil, coal spills contaminate Louisiana in Isaac's wake
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September 4, 2012
As the recovery continues from last week's Hurricane Isaac, details are emerging about oil spills and other toxic pollution left behind in the storm's wake.
Staff with...
Gulf residents warned to be on alert for BP oil in Isaac's wake
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August 29, 2012
Residents of Gulf states are being warned to stay on alert for the presence of BP oil in the wake of Hurricane Isaac and to report sightings of any oil pollution that washes...
INSTITUTE INDEX: New Orleans' recovery seven years after Katrina
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August 29, 2012
Number of breaches that occurred in New Orleans' federally built levee system following Hurricane Katrina, which struck the U.S. Gulf Coast seven years ago today: 53
Percent...
Environmental health risks detailed at Louisiana bayou sinkhole disaster site
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August 22, 2012
An environmental advocacy group has released analyses of state air and water sampling data collected at the site of the Texas Brine salt cavern sinkhole where radioactive oil...
Gulf fishermen face hard decisions over BP settlement
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August 17, 2012
By Karen Savage, Bridge the Gulf
At the Gulf Organized Fisheries in Solidarity & Hope (GO FISH) conference held August 4 in Westwego, La., oysterman Byron Encalade of Pointe a...
Environmental disaster on Louisiana bayou highlights radioactive hazards of oil and gas drilling
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August 14, 2012
Along with a massive sinkhole, anger is growing in Assumption Parish, La. as details emerge that state and corporate officials knew for over a year about the potential for...
Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill dispersants
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August 8, 2012
A coalition of fishing, conservation, wildlife and public health groups based in the Gulf Coast and Alaska has filed a citizen lawsuit under the federal Clean Water Act to force...
Southern leaders fiddle while coasts threatened with drowning
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August 7, 2012
Sea levels around the world are rising because of expanding oceans and melting of land-based ice caused by global warming, and scientists have warned that rising seas coupled with...
INSTITUTE INDEX: Protesting BP's Olympic greenwash
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July 27, 2012
Number of people arrested last week following a protest at the Olympic Clock in London's Trafalgar Square, where activists posing as representatives of BP and other notorious...
VOICES: Will the RESTORE Act be a blank check for the Gulf's businessmen and developers?
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July 18, 2012
By Cherri Foytlin, Bridge the Gulf
One thing is for sure: When it comes to how the billions of dollars in BP fines slated for the Gulf Coast is used by the states, advocates,...
Understanding the BP oil spill's health impacts (video)
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July 16, 2012
A scientific study underway along the Gulf Coast is looking at toxic components of crude oil in seafood in order to understand the BP oil disaster's impacts on human and...
Guestworkers at Gulf Coast Walmart seafood supplier: ‘We feel like we are slaves’
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June 8, 2012
By Ada McMahon, Bridge the Gulf
For most people in Louisiana, cracking the shell off a crawfish, sucking the head, and swallowing the tail meat is a joyous part of what it means...
Civil rights and a green economy: A discussion with Teresa Bettis of the Center for Fair Housing
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May 29, 2012
Teresa Fox Bettis is executive director of the Center for Fair Housing in Mobile, Alabama. She recently spoke with Bridge the Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies for the...
Fighting for home: A discussion with Clarice Friloux of United Houma Nation
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May 22, 2012
Clarice Friloux is a resident of Grand Bois, a small community bordering Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in Louisiana, and works as the outreach coordinator for the United Houma...
Poll documents ongoing emotional harm from BP oil disaster
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May 10, 2012
Two years after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast residents continue to suffer emotional fallout from the disaster.
That's the conclusion of a new survey...
BP sees a return to grandeur as Gulf fishermen reel from disaster
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May 1, 2012
By Rocky Kistner, Bridge the Gulf
The second memorial of the nation's worst oil catastrophe has come and gone, forever linked to Earth Day and seared into the psyches of...
New survey details BP oil spill's human health damages
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April 23, 2012
People living along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle continue to suffer health problems as a result of the BP oil disaster, according to a new survey...
Audit finds BP disaster fund underpaid $64M for losses
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April 20, 2012
Following BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the company set up a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf Coast residents and businesses for their losses -- but local leaders...
VOICES | Bless these shrimps: Faith, fishing and Gulf Coast restoration
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April 17, 2012
By Jeffrey Buchanan, Oxfam America
Faith and fishing: two central parts of Louisiana's vibrant coastal culture. Every April, going back generations, you can see them...
'Come and see for yourselves': A Gulf Coast activist addresses BP shareholders
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April 13, 2012
Yesterday two community advocates and regional leaders from the Gulf Coast, Bryan Parras and Derrick Evans, brought an urgent message to BP's board and shareholders at the...
