Resources

Downloadable AFJ Resources   

• AFJ Feedback on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility’s (“GCCF”) draft methodology
• Crude Justice: Judicial Ties to the Oil Industry and the Duty to Recuse
• The Factual Background and Legal Framework provides in-depth information on the factual background of the tragedy, as well as the laws that will be relevant as legal claims arising from the spill work their way through the courts, including the Oil Pollution Act, the Jones Act, the Death on the High Seas Act, the Limitation on Liability Act, and the Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker case.
• The Law School Discussion guide contains thought-provoking questions meant to stimulate debate and discussion on the issues raised in Crude Justice.
• Liability Flow Chart
• Suggested Further Reading - resources also listed below

Commentary and News Coverage

• Washington Post coverage: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102804124.html?hpid=moreheadlines
• Al Jazeera coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2010/10/20101027132136220370.html
• CBS News coverage http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-201_162-558.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody
• The Guardian coverage http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bp-oil-spill
• Houston Chronicle coverage http://www.chron.com/oilspill/
• The New Orleans Times-Picayune coverage http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/
• The New York Times coverage http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/o/oil_spills/gulf_of_mexico_2010/index.html
• Society of Environmental Journalists coverage: http://dailyglob.sej.org/
• 60 Minutes, “BP's Victims Fund: Kenneth Feinberg's Tough Task,” (Oct. 3, 2010) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/30/60minutes/main6915445.shtml
• NBC Nightly News Interview with Ken Feinberg (Sept. 23, 2010) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#39331250
• Ed Caesar, “Deepwater Horizon,” The Sunday Times (Sept. 12, 2010) http://www.edcaesar.co.uk/article.php?article_id=50
• James McKinley, “Details Faulted in Plan to Pay Oil Spill Claims,” New York Times (August 20, 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/us/21fund.html
• 60 Minutes, “Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster,” (May 16, 2010) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197.shtml

Academic Resources

• Analysis of Liability for Economic Loss Under OPA, bv Harvard Law Prof. John Goldberg
• Tulane University School of Law, Deepwater Horizon Lecture Series (includes extensive reading list, video archives of the lectures, and links to online resources) http://www.law.tulane.edu/bp/
• Louisiana State University, School of the Coast and Environment Earth Scan Laboratory, oil spill imagery http://www.esl.lsu.edu/oilspill/
• Louisiana State University Media Center, oil spill-related content and resources http://www.lsu.edu/pa/mediacenter/tipsheets/oilspill.shtml
• University of Miami Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Oil Spill Response http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/oil-spill/scientific-perspective.html
• University of California-Berkeley Law Library, oil spill resource collection http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/dynamic/disasters/category.php?id=14

Government Documents

Government Response

• Judge Barbier's Ruling re: Motion to Supervise GCCF
• Primary Government Response Website (includes information on the claims process with link to claims facility): www.restorethegulf.gov
• Department of the Interior (DOI): http://www.doi.gov/doi/deepwaterhorizon/index.cfm
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/index.html
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration, Incident News: http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/8220
• National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/oil-spill-response.htm

Data and Reports

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Data Index: http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/bpoilspill.html 

• NASA Oil Spill Imagery: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html

• Oil Spill Commissions Final Report: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdf_final/DEEPWATER_ReporttothePresident_FINAL.pdf
• Oil Spill Commissions Website: http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/

Additional Resources

• Motion to Dismiss Judge Feldman from Moratorium Case http://static1.firedoglake.com/28/files/2010/07/MotDisqalFeldman7-2-10.pdf

• BP’s Internal Report on the Spill http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/downloads_pdfs/Deepwater_Horizon_Accident_Investigation_Report.pdf

• GCCF Protocol for Interim and Final Claims