Every so often, I worry that I've lost my capacity to feel anger and outrage over the oily monster that is British Petroleum -- but if there's one thing that BP is very good at, it's fueling...rage. Here on the Gulf Coast, we've been fighting for three years to make sure that BP -- a massive multinational corporation that makes billions of dollars in profit on the backs of the world's addiction to oil -- pays for the massive devastation that took place after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. If you've been paying attention for the past 37 months, I probably don't need to spell out all the impacts for you. Fisherman and shrimpers returning to the docks with empty boats, seafood restaurateurs looking out on rows of empty tables, beachside motels devoid of guests, and most tragically, workers who signed on to help in the clean-up, only to be sickened by a massive dump of toxic chemicals. No, you can't even put a price tag on the damage; it is irreparable. Still, with billions in the bank, BP is a criminal with capacity to make good for some of the financial wounds, if not for the emotional ...
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