BP Handling of Claims Slammed by Gulf Residents

Dahr Jamail @ Inter Press Service - NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, 17 Apr (IPS) - Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, paid by BP to administer the firm's 20-billion-dollar compensation fund, has become the focal point of anger for Gulf residents who are angry, frustrated and desperate for help following last year's massive oil disaster.

"Most of the people I care about are hungry, they've lost their house, they're losing their cars," Cherri Foytlin, the co-founder of Gulf Change, a community organisation in Louisiana, told IPS. Read more.