CODEPINK Brings Public Outrage to BP in Houston

Contact: Dana Balicki, 202-422-8624, dana@codepink.org
May 20th, 2010

Exposes the Naked Truth Behind "Drill Baby Drill"


WHERE: BP Headquarters 501 Westlake Park Blvd., Houston 

WHEN: May 24, 2010 at 11:30am

WHAT: Undressed, dripping with oil and dragging nets full of dead fish, CODEPINK activists will expose the atrocities of BP's latest and greatest drilling disaster on the Gulf Coast.  A women-led, women-initiated action to ask the country--what is more indecent, our bodies or the horrific effects of our nation's obsession with oil? 

The protesters will mourn the deaths of the 11 workers and devastation of wildlife and livelihoods all along the Gulf Coast. They will call for BP to be held accountable, for an end to offshore drilling and for a total restructuring of our energy towards renewable sources.

WHY:   “At the BP headquarters we will put our bodies on the line to hold BP accountable for the rape and plunder of our planet,” says Diane Wilson, a fourth generation fisherwoman from the Gulf who will join Monday's action. “We call for stripping BP of its corporate charter and seizing its assets to pay the victims, clean up the Gulf and try to restore the devastated wildlife.”  We will also demand:

-there be no new permits on offshore drilling;
-instead, redirect that energy and financing into renewable fuels;
-expose the true costs of oil and the obvious disaster about to hit the coast in waves of oil, killing our fish and livelihoods;
-ensure that BP is held accountable for its rape, murder and profit on our backs.

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