Gulf Coast
April 20, 2012 -
An independent audit ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice finds that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility owes more than $64 million in additional payments to individuals and businesses for oil spill damages.
April 19, 2012 -
Two years after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, a Facing South/Institute report finds coastal communities are struggling to cope and recover -- and to get the nation to pay attention.
April 18, 2012 -
A video-poem by Aimee Suzara marking the two-year anniversary of the ongoing BP oil drilling disaster.
April 17, 2012 -
Faith leaders across the Gulf are calling on Congress to pass a law that would send fines levied against BP for the oil spill back to affected communities.
April 13, 2012 -
Derrick Evans of Mississippi traveled to London this week to deliver an invitation to BP shareholders and officers to visit the Gulf Coast and witness the ongoing impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster for themselves.
March 29, 2012 -
Since the BP disaster, a small but dedicated corps of Gulf residents has monitored the beaches and shorelines, photographing and documenting the steady stream of death and oily waste that still washes in.
March 15, 2012 -
Scientists at East Carolina University have found oil bearing the specific fingerprint of crude from BP's Gulf oil spill in tiny creatures known as zooplankton that form the base of the marine food chain.
