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Deepwater Horizon five year anniversary: Greenpeace reaction

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17 April, 2015

In response to the five year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 people and spilled five million barrels of oil, Ian Duff, Arctic campaigner, said:

“The Deepwater Horizon disaster was a truly shocking episode. People everywhere were stunned by the carnage the oil industry had wrought, and how incompetent it was at dealing with the disaster. There was a huge amount of anger.

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5 important lessons not learnt from Deepwater Horizon

Posted by jamie — 20 April 2012 at 5:54pm - Comments
The stricken Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

The second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster is upon us - and looking at the lessons the oil industry got from it, you’d think it never happened. Here are the most important points governments and oil companies didn’t learn.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deepwater horizon, energy, oil

Greenpeace photographer Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

Posted by jamess — 20 October 2011 at 12:28pm - Comments
Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this photo
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace
Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this photo

Today, I have the honour of congratulating Greenpeace photographer Daniel Beltra on becoming the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Daniel made his winning picture for Greenpeace, of oil-oaked brown pelicans at a temporary bird-rescue facility in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, while documenting the environmental impacts caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Article tagged as: BP, climate, climate change, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, oil spill, photography

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Big Oil steps up the battle for deep water drilling

Posted by bex — 12 September 2011 at 3:16pm - Comments
Winning logo from our Rebrand:BP competition
by. Credit: Laurent Hunziker / Greenpeace
The winning entry to our 2010 'Rebrand BP' competition

Another week, another push for reckless oil drilling by a UK company. This time it's BP, which wants to drill its deepest ever well in UK waters - a 1300 metre well - off the coast of North Uist.

Article tagged as: BP, climate change, deep water drilling, deepwater horizon, go beyond oil, north sea, oil

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