British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Feinberg says it’s “Outrageous”

In perhaps a poor choice of words, Ken Feinberg said yesterday, “No grocery receipts, no documentation, just an allegation of subsistence loss. Four thousand claims where the claim form is exactly the same, including the misspelling. Outrageous! I can’t pay those claims.” So what was he talking about? Apparently Plaquemines Parish Council Chairman, Don M Beshel, frustrated with the slow movement of reparations to the … Continue reading Feinberg says it’s “Outrageous”

Drake ToulouseSeptember 29, 2010September 29, 2010Leave a comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

BP Silencing Scientists in the Gulf Coast, Hiring Them For Legal Defense

The Mobile Press-Register reported today that for the past three weeks, British Petroleum has been making the rounds to top universities in the Gulf Region offering scientists lucrative contracts and signing bonuses to become part of BP’s legal defense team. The company has approached scientists at Louisiana State, Mississippi State and Texas A&M Universities among others, and many scientists, with their lab’s government funding so … Continue reading BP Silencing Scientists in the Gulf Coast, Hiring Them For Legal Defense

Drake ToulouseJuly 16, 2010July 16, 2010Leave a comment