"BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill"
"Photographers say BP and government officials are preventing them from documenting the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster."
Source: Newsweek, 05/28/2010
Journalism & Media
USCG and BP Threaten Journalists With Arrest for Documenting Oil Spill
A CBS News crew captured on video orders from BP contractors and US Coast Guard officials to stop filming environmental damage from the BP-owned oil fouling Louisiana beaches and coastal wetlands. The Coast Guard denied that it or BP has rules prohibiting coverage.
Source: Mother Nature Network, 05/21/2010
"EPA and DHS Order BP to Stop Hiding Oil Spill Information"
"Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took steps to increase the transparency of the response to BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company's actions have been criticized for failing to disclose or monitor important information about the spill, including the quantity of oil erupting into the Gulf, the potential health impacts of the oil and the chemicals used to disperse it, and water and air quality information."
Source: OMB Watch, 05/21/2010
Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case
A federal district judge in New York ordered film-maker Joe Berlinger to turn over more than 600 hours of raw footage from his documentary "Crude," about a lawsuit by natives in Ecuador charging Chevron with polluting the Amazon rainforest there.
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"UMW, Upper Big Branch Families Sue To Open Investigation"
"Federal and state investigators began closed-door interviews Monday in their probe of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, as a federal judge considered a suit filed by the United Mine Workers and two disaster victims who want the questioning done during a public hearing."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 05/11/2010
"Maker of Film 'Crude' Ordered To Turn Over Footage"
"A federal judge ordered a documentary filmmaker Thursday to turn over about 600 hours of raw footage from a film about a court fight over whether Chevron Corp. owes billions of dollars in damages for oil contamination in Ecuador."
Source: AP, 05/07/2010
J-Groups Seek Open MSHA Inquiry
SEJ and eight other journalism organizations called on the Mine Safety and Health Administration to open to the public its investigation into the Massey mine disaster that killed 29 people.
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