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Concealed documents show officials may have downplayed BP oil spill’s effects on sealife
U.S. federal documents obtained by an environmental group under the Freedom of Information provisions and shared with the UK’s the Guardian newspaper show that government officials apparently tried to quash images and reports of a young sperm whale likely killed
U.S. Justice Department ready for BP oil spill trial, Attorney General says
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee that the Justice Department is ready to go to trial next week against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that left vast sections of the
Plaintiffs lawyers prepared for BP oil spill trial set to begin in New Orleans
Beasley Allen lawyer Rhon Jones, who is serving on the plaintiffs steering committee for the BP oil spill litigation, told the Troy Messenger that he feels confident about the case, which is set to begin trial in U.S. District Court
Gulf states are one step closer to acquiring BP oil-spill fines
Legislators from the Gulf States are one step closer to making sure billions of dollars in oil-spill fine money collected from BP’s violations of the Clean Water Act will go to the Gulf Coast states rather than into the federal
Weatherford off the hook for oil-spill penalties, punitive damages
Weatherford U.S. LP, a Swiss oilfield service company that built key parts of BP’s failed Macondo well, will not have to face civil or criminal penalties and punitive damages for its role in the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion and Gulf
U.S. Justice Dept seeks oil-spill fines against BP, Transocean, Anadarko
Lawyers for the federal government are posturing to collect heavy fines from BP and other companies for playing a role in the causing 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Justice Department argued in a hearing in New Orleans Friday
BP plans big U.S. expansion, wants public trust back
Priding itself on “making things right” in Gulf of Mexico and coastal communities hard-hit the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP says it has big plans for expanding its operations in the United States. The announcement wasn’t supposed to comfort residents
Victoria Principal funds oil-spill research and response
She married into a family of scheming oil barons on the television series Dallas, but in real life Victoria Principal is calling for tougher oil drilling regulations while supporting organizations working to prevent another environmental catastrophe like BP’s Gulf oil
Federal prosecutors want to keep BP on the hook for Alaska environmental crimes
BP is a repeat offender of environmental laws on Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope, and its probation from a negligent oil spill in 2007 should not be revoked, federal prosecutors say. The oil giant is currently lobbying for an end to
LSU professor testifies to Congress about BP oil spill’s harm to Gulf fish
Louisiana State University Assistant Professor Fernando Galvez presented his findings about the lingering effects of BP’s Gulf oil spill before the House Committee on Natural Resources in Washington D.C. earlier this month. Dr. Galvez and his colleague, Associate Professor Andrew
