Nation-wide Protests at BP Stations to Demand Prosecution for Lost Lives & Livelihoods June 18th, 2010 |
On June 19, 60 days after the Gulf oil spill, the women-led
organization CODEPINK and
concerned citizens across the country will bring their outrage to their
local BP gas stations to denounce BP as a criminal company that has
ignored crucial
safety issues, cut corners, and spent millions lobbying Congress to
fight regulations. Marisa Tomei,
Darryl Hannah, Q'orianka Kilcher, Ed Begley, along with
mermaids, seagulls, oily fish and coastal land-dwellers across the
country have taken a pledge to Boycott BP and dozens of cities will
take that pledge to the streets this weekend. "We not only call for an end to the liability caps so that BP is
fully responsible for all cleanup costs, criminal prosecution of BP and
EPA officials whose unthinkable negligence led to this disaster, and a
real commitment to clean, safe energy options,” says Medea Benjamin,
CODEPINK Cofounder, “but also a transparent
investigation and prosecution of BP--unless BP stands for Beyond
Prosecution, those in the gulf deserve to see this level of
accountability." Diane Wilson, fourth generation shrimper from Texas who has made
headlines recently with her creative protests in Congress in Senate
Energy hearings and in yesterday's testimony from BP CEO Tony Hayward,
made this statement with CODEPINK on Boycotting BP, "BP is a criminal
company that has ignored safety regulations at the health of our oceans
and even its own workers. Tony Hayward and BP need to be held
accountable for their criminal activities as well as paying every last
cent they may have to the families in the Gulf affected by their
willful, criminal neglect. Our message to Obama, and Congress: BP must
pay to clean up this mess and our government must move to end offshore
drilling and move us into a new century of clean energy.” ### |