• On Tybee Island, Georgia, protestors staged a mock oil spill.
• A market in New Orleans bakes a cake:
• At BP’s London, England HQ, Greenpeace protestors re-style the BP logo:
You can watch video here:
People have staged protests in cities like Los Angeles, Seattle, Palm Beach and St. Petersburg, while in New Orleans there are calls for a more organized march.
Meanwhile, on the Wall Street end of things:
(Reuters) - A BP Plc shareholder in Alaska on Thursday sued the corporation's chairman and board members, alleging the officials' mismanagement led to the disastrous Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill and have devalued BP stock.
That should be interesting.
Anyway, I'm sure there's lots more stuff happening at the grassroots level. Keep your eyes and ears open.
MORE:
They are donating campaign contributions (albeit small ones):
May 18, 2010 (Chula Vistas)– Assemblymember Mary Salas, Democratic candidate for State Senate in the 40th District, donated a $500 contribution she received from British Petroleum (BP) to the San Diego League of Conservation Voters in protest of the company’s response to the massive Gulf Oil spill.She also accused her primary opponent, Juan Vargas, of being "in the pocket" of big oil companies.
