Gulf Oil Spill: BP Execs Escape Punishment as Fallout from Disaster Continues to Impact Sea Life “Two years since the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, we look at its impact on the Gulf of Mexico’s residents and wildlife even as no BP officials have faced criminal prosecution for the disaster. Eleven workers died [...]
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Dahr Jamail Interviewed on Democracy Now! about Gulf Oil Spill
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Al Jazeera features ongoing BP oil disaster coverage
Al Jazeera’s Spotlight Page features Dahr Jamail’s ongoing coverage of BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico: Deep Trouble
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Gulf of Mexico spill takes toll on health
While some ailing local residents and clean-up workers have settled with BP, others have filed class-action suits. Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, local residents and clean-up workers say they have developed serious illnesses. Those affected blame a combination of the five million barrels of oil spilled [...]
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Dahr Appears on Al Jazeera Inside Story, “A slap on the wrist for BP?”
As Gulf of Mexico continues to suffer the effects of the 2010 oil spill, Al Jazeera’s Inside Story Americas discusses if BP’s $4.5bn settlement is sufficient. Al Jazeera English