GRN has been receiving confidential reports that BP is withholding information about fish kills including that of sperm whales, whale sharks, Blue-fin Tuna and other marine mammals. We are following these leads closely and are attempting to verify theses reports with visual evidence obtained through our independent flyovers and boat excursions. Following up on these leads, recently I flew over the staging areas where the reports allege that BP has been engaged in these secretive operations. What I saw from the air over Shell Beach and Hopedale, Louisiana was what seemed to be military protected staging areas where whales can be brought in from offshore, processed under huge white tents, then carted off in trash trucks owned by a collaborative of oil companies, including BP.
GRN is very concerned that BP is not providing honest and fully transparent assessments of the disaster, including the death of endangered marine life. While so far we have not been able to confirm the death of any sperm whales and whale sharks, we intend to keep the pressure on federal agencies and BP to allow for our ongoing independent monitoring and analysis. GRN is deeply concerned that BP has the power to put in place restrictions on our ability to access certain areas of the ever growing BP drilling disaster location and will continue advocating for a change in this policy.
Jonathan Henderson is the Coastal Resiliency Organizer for GRN
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