Most of you will remember the news on the pollution caused in the Gulf of Mexico from BP during oil extraction processes.
Seven months later 90 bands take action. Bands such as REM, Ozzy Osbourne, My Morning Jacket, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, OK Go, Rise Against, Tab Benoit, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the New Orleans Bingo! Show, Galactic and many others state their support in a letter sent to the White House, by urging the President to do what is possible for the survival of the region.
Among others, the letter emphasizes the fact that the fines on BP should be invested in restoring the ecological disaster in the Gulf Area. Moreover, until recently, no legislation has passed as a respond to a disaster caused by oil drilling operations.
Read the letter here
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