Press Release
EPA stalls case
EPA filed a motion requesting that Judge Orrick reconsider his reasoned ruling on our Clean Water Act claim. EPA claimed that the Judge did not specifically address various issues it raised in its motion to dismiss our case. However, the Judge’s written opinion and the hearing transcripts both show that these issues were in…
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ALERT v. EPA makes law! Ruling a “game-changer”
June 2, 2020. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Orrick ruled that the Clean Water Act requires the EPA to keep the nation’s oil spill response plans current and effective. New research has linked chemical dispersants, heavily used during the 2010 BP spill response, with long-term illnesses in humans and wildlife. The EPA has failed to consider…
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Press Conference: Connecting the Dots Between Long-Term Illness and the BP Oil Spill
In anticipation of the anniversary date of the 2010 BP oil spill, Marine Toxicoligist and environmental activist riki ott held a press conference on March 25, 2020, to break down the scientific evidence linking oil dispersants (used on oil spills) to long-term illness in communities surrounding oil disasters.
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ALERT to interview Gulf residents for British Petroleum (BP) oil disaster memorial during April
Our series of live streams “Gulf voices & why we need to listen,” is part of our project to expose long-term illnesses and deaths following the BP oil disaster and highlight the urgent need for national policy reform. Background photo of the 2010 BP oil spill by Julie Dermansky. Ten years since British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill,…
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ALERT announces lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency
After eight years of preparation and waiting, The ALERT Project has officially sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its outdated National Contingency Plan, the nation’s emergency response plan for oil spills. The Plan was last updated in 1994 – 26 years ago. Oil companies are supposed to have viable plans to respond…
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ALERT takes new legal action with the EPA
It’s said that maritime law is written in blood or oil—after disasters rather than before them. The same can be said of our nation’s emergency oil and chemical disaster response plan, the National Contingency Plan (NCP or the Plan).Our campaign to ban toxic dispersants from use during oil spill response started after the Exxon Valdez disaster…
Read MoreTulane Summit On Environmental Law And Policy Panel on EPA Rulemaking
Contact: Lisa Marie Jacobs 970-903-6818 [email protected] February 23, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tulane Summit On Environmental Law And Policy Adds Panel on EPA Rulemaking Panel title: Shaping EPA policy on oil spill response Use of dispersants, chemical and biological agents, and other substances to be discussed On Friday, February…
Read MoreMEDIA ADVISORY: Science and Policy WEBINAR for Media
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 12, 2015 Contact: Lisa Marie Jacobs 970-903-6818 [email protected] MEDIA ADVISORY: Science and Policy WEBINAR for Media Understanding the science of dispersants and oil-solvents and upcoming EPA revisions to national oil spill contingency plans On January 14, 2015 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time, the ALERT Project and Government Accountability Project will co-host…
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