ATC has compiled quick facts and actions for musicians and their fans on how best to direct donations and support to two recent events: the BP oil spill disaster in Louisiana and the recent floods in Nashville.

BP OIL SPILL DISASTER

- British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and caught fire on Tuesday, April 20th, killing eleven workers. When the oil rig sank, the pipe that connected the rig to the well broke and fell 5,000 feet to the ocean’s floor with oil escaping from either end of the pipe and at two other points.

- BP Officials, the EPA and Homeland Security are scrambling to figure out how to contain the massive spill. New estimates indicate the spill will be the worst in history.

- The four states that will be impacted by the spill are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

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Aaron Viles, Campaign Director of Gulf Restoration Network, writes about the BP oil disaster, the environmental impact and how to take action.

On Friday, April 23, Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed SB 1070, a bill concerned citizens are calling anti-immigrant and unconstitutional.

At approximately 7:40am, Wednesday, April 14th a 6.9 magnitude earthquake followed by several powerful aftershocks struck in eastern Tibet.

China has denied Dylan permission to perform in Beijing and Shanghai. As a result, Dylan has canceled his Asian tour stops including Hong Kong and South Korea.

Lilith Fair will be donating a $1 from every ticket to a local charity in each city the festival stops in

Paste magazine published a series of musician responses to the recent Health Care Reform Bill. Some artists we have worked with are quoted in the article.

An informative editorial in today’s New York Times outlines the current status of the relief efforts and the major players.

Check out this great op-ed by OK Go’s Damian Kulash re: frustrations with their label (EMI) and their policy to not allow OK Go’s fans, video viewers, bloggers etc. to embed their music videos.

Calling the civil rights movement, “a movement sustained by music,” President Obama, along with legislators and musicians, honored both the music and the movement on Tuesday night.