Responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig leased to British Petroleum resulted in what is now the largest oil spill in United States history. The resulting gusher continues to expel tens-of-thousands of gallons of oil everyday. This page is a compilation of resources that might be useful to CGBD members and participants.
- The CGBD's Health & Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) co-sponsored a webinar with over 200 participants, CGBD participants can access an audio recording of the call from the bottom of the meeting page.
- See HEFN's excellent aggregation of resources and meetings available on their website.
- The EGA has created a matrix of funding related to the BP Oil Spill: http://ega.org/members/oilspillmatrix.php
- "Obama: I'll stand with the people of the Gulf Coast" via USA Today
