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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.
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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.
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Food & Water Watch officially filed a lawsuit in a Houston federal court today. The suit seeks a temporary injunction to halt BP’s Atlantis operations in the Gulf of Mexico. As oil from the Deepwater Horizon continues to leak off the coast of Louisiana, we are reminded that BP continues to operate Atlantis without critical safety documents. In the meantime, we have launched Spill the Truth, a special website created to warn about the potential dangers of Atlantis and to ask people to take action to help prevent another BP disaster. Read more…
Given our work on BP’s Atlantis, last week was a somber reminder of the dangers we face if we don’t handle our search for more energy responsibly. In the midst of Earth Day 2010, we were surprised by the tragic news of another oil rig catastrophe – British Petroleum’s (BP’s) Deepwater Horizon platform, which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The disaster has left 26 workers injured and 11 missing. According to The New York Times, the sunken oil rig has been leaking 5,000 barrels or 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the ocean. Read more…
