Al Jazeera’s Spotlight Page features Dahr Jamail’s ongoing coverage of BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico: Deep Trouble
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
BP blamed for ongoing health problems
Gulf Coast residents and clean up workers have found chemicals present in BP’s oil in their own bloodstreams. Ocean Springs, Mississippi – Not long after BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began on April 20, 2010, Lorrie Williams knew something was very wrong with her health. She began getting frequent headaches, was experiencing
Dahr Jamail on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story
“Two years after the disaster, scientists and fishermen say they are seeing a disturbing amount of mutated sea life. Inside Story speaks with guests: Riki Ott, J Bennett Johnston, and Dahr Jamail.” The beginning of this video includes the Gulf seafood deformities report posted previously. Guest interviews begin about 5 minutes into the video.
Gulf fisheries in decline after oil disaster
Nearly two years after BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen and scientists say things are getting worse. New Orleans, LA – Hundreds of thousands of people living along the US Gulf Coast have hung their economic lives on lawsuits against BP. Fishermen, in particular, are seeing their way of life threatened with
Gulf seafood deformities (video)
Dahr Jamail reporting from Louisiana for Al Jazeera English on gulf seafood deformities, with interviews of biologists Darryl Felder and Andrew Whitehead, and Scott Eustis of the Gulf Restoration Network.
Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists
Eyeless shrimp and fish with lesions are becoming common, with BP oil pollution believed to be the likely cause. New Orleans, LA – “The fishermen have never seen anything like this,” Dr Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera. “And in my 20 years working on red snapper, looking at somewhere between 20 and 30,000 fish, I’ve
Gulf fisheries in decline after oil disaster
Nearly two years after BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, fishermen and scientists say things are getting worse. New Orleans, LA – Hundreds of thousands of people living along the US Gulf Coast have hung their economic lives on lawsuits against BP. Fishermen, in particular, are seeing their way of life threatened with
BP settles while Macondo ‘seeps’
As BP pays billions in settlements, scientists are concerned about a persistent oil seep near the Macondo 252 well. New Orleans, LA – As BP settles out of court for the first phase of thousands of lawsuits that could cost the company tens of billions of dollars, Al Jazeera has spotted a large oil sheen
BP Goes to Court
The largest environmental trial in US history begins March 5, as BP is sued for its 2010 oil spill disaster. New Orleans, LA – It was the largest marine oil disaster in the United States, and now BP’s trial is the largest and most complex environmental lawsuit in US history. In what is being called