Debate Continues Over BP Disaster's Impacts On Children's Health

Friday, April 20, 2012 Debate Continues Over BP Disaster's Impacts On Children's Health SOUTH PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- Julie Creppel raises six children here, steps away from the lapping waves of the Gulf of Mexico. Her modest mobile home, on a narrow peninsula roughly an hour and a half south of New Orleans, puts her about as close as anyone to where, two years ago today, a BP offshore drilling operation went terribly wrong, spewing 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf's constant saltwater churn. EPA's Fracking Rules Are Limited And Delayed, Critics Charge FDA: Gulf Seafood Safe Despite Oil Spill Concerns Chasing Chimps Through A Rainforest With A Camera And Face Mask Oil Spills Around The World Since The Gulf Disaster Groundwater Mapping Could Help Improve Access To Water BLOG POSTS Philip Radford: BP's Gulf of Mexico Disaster: Two Years Later, Where Is The Response? The BP disaster turns two this week. Two years since the nation was reminded that offshore drilling is dirty, dangerous, and deadly. As we look back and assess where we are today, a troubling picture is emerging from the Gulf. Jeff Biggers: Earth Day: Asheville Leads America's Greenest Dining Destinations (VIDEO) A unique collaboration between the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute (BRSI) and the Asheville Independent Restaurant (AIR) Association places North Carolina's mountain town into the front ranks of "America's Greenest Dining Destinations." Riki Ott: 'Making It Right' After BP Oil Disaster Is Up to Us - Not BP Two years after the BP oil disaster, I ask for people to help make it right -- in the Gulf and across the country. We have the power to stop BP and the federal government from doing more harm. It is time to exercise our power in our communities. Gemma Bulos: Transforming Women's Water Burdens Into Economic Opportunities Around the globe, the containers, the clothes and the scenery may be different, but the experience is the same. Women carry the weight of water on their backs, literally and figuratively, cultivating a gender divide that ripples into deeper socio-economic inequities. Marcia G. Yerman: The New Environmentalists: Grassroots Activists Fight for Justice The New Environmentalists is shown nationally on PBS and the Sundance Channel and foreign television. It's not only to create awareness about the Goldman Environmental Prize winners' work, but to inspire others to do the same.

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