Climate Action Network:
July 6 marks the two-year anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic oil train derailment that killed 47 people and kicks off the oil train week of action. Activists across the United States and Canada are staging memorials to honor those killed and to call for an end to oil trains and fossil fuel development everywhere.
The Climate Action Coalition is planning to commemorate the tragedy with a memorial and action targeting local oil trains. There will be photo and interview opportunities with local faith and climate leaders.
^*^
Antonia Juhasz:
"BP got off cheap. The settlement is not enough to cover BP's legal obligations, to restore the Gulf, or to stop any other oil company from engaging in this type of grossly negligent behavior. This is particularly dangerous as Shell edges ever closer to the Chukchi Sea to drill in the Arctic. The day after the settlement was announced, BP's stock price rose and market commentators 'cheered.' Rumors of an ExxonMobil merger are also growing. On the other hand, it is also a truly sizable amount of money and a lot more than many of those impacted by this disaster thought they'd ever see. So, many local environmental groups and state and local governments are understandably thankful for the restoration money they will be receiving."
- KBOO