Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
By Krista Yacovone
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City)
On June 30, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report describing what steps the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), both part of the […]
By, Jessica Zalin
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Jessica is entering her 2L year and is president of the Environmental Law Society at Pace University School of Law in New York)
In the wake of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, environmental groups throughout the nation have capitalized on the rise to prominence of energy concerns […]
By, Erick Kraemer
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Erick is entering his 2L year and is president of the Environmental Law Society at St. John’s University School of Law in New York)
COREXIT 9500 is the chemical dispersant currently being used in the Gulf in attempts to remedy the Deep Water Horizon spill. It is produced by the Nalco […]
By Maryann Palazzolo
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Maryann attends Warren Wilson College, Environmental Studies Major, Class of 2011)
For years, the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) in the Department of Interior, that oversees offshore drilling, has been criticized for the corrupt activities of its employees, such as illegal drug use, partaking in sex scandals, and accepting gifts […]
By Alison Lynch
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Alison graduated Mt. Holyoke College in 2010 and will start law school this Fall)
As we in the United States face the prospect of cleaning up the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history, it is informative to revisit the world’s worst industrial disaster.
At around midnight on December 2, 1984, […]
By Krista Yacovone
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City)
On July 1, Janet McCabe, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, and members of the EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards held a conference […]
By Alison Lynch and Krista Yacovone
Interns, Disaster Accountability Project
(Alison graduated Mt. Holyoke College in 2010 and will start law school this Fall)
(Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City)
While the effects of the nation’s most devastating environmental disaster will be felt for years to come in a variety […]
By Maryann Palazzolo
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Maryann attends Warren Wilson College, Environmental Studies Major, Class of 2011)
The procession of missteps and catastrophes that led up to, and have followed from, the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform on April 22 reveal that the companies involved - BP, Transocean, and Halliburton - were unprepared and […]
By Maryann Palazzolo
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Maryann attends Warren Wilson College, Environmental Studies Major, Class of 2011)
Hurricane season has arrived and Louisiana’s state and local governments want to make sure that they are ready. Mark Cooper, Director of the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, has noted that since Hurricane Katrina struck in […]
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