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Feds give BP green light to resume deepwater Gulf drilling
It’s been little more than a year since BP successfully plugged its blown-out Macondo well, and the effects of that catastrophic oil spill still abound on the Gulf Coast and deep beneath the surface. Years or even decades may pass
BP settles Gulf oil spill dispute with partner Anadarko
BP has settled a legal dispute with another of its Macondo well partners over damages stemming from the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and set off the 5-million-barrel Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year. Houston-based Anadarko
Orange Beach reaches settlement agreement with BP
The city of Orange Beach, Alabama, and BP reached an agreement Wednesday over tourism revenues the city lost during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The settlement came after a year of negotiating, with BP agreeing to pay $1.27
LSU study finds BP oil spill damaged fish at the genetic level
A slew of upbeat public relations and advertising campaigns, together with a healthy dose of political spin, have helped rehabilitate the public’s perception of the Gulf Coast, left battered by the BP oil spill. But while tourists return to the
Evidence points to a fresh BP oil spill in the Gulf
When Bonny Schumaker flew her small plane over the Gulf of Mexico to conduct a survey of whale sharks, her search instead turned up a massive oil slick that stretched for miles on the surface. The oil appeared to be
UGA scientist finds no recovery in Gulf seabed around BP’s failed well
A year after BP sealed its blown-out Macondo well, stopping the oil geyser that raged out of control in the Gulf of Mexico for months, a scientist who has been monitoring the seabed around the well says there has been
High fuel prices aided BP’s quick return to profitability
The Gulf Coast and its many of its residents are still languishing in the aftermath of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, with contaminated fish and shrimp habitats and lost tourism revenues, but BP is once again pulling in
Legislators agree on recovery and restoration plan for BP oil spill fine money
A landmark new bill that would direct billions of dollars in BP oil spill fine money to Gulf Coast recovery and restoration efforts cleared the Senate today with broad bipartisan support. Senators from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida — the
Oil pollutes coast a year after BP spill, millions of gallons unaccounted for
BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was successfully capped a year ago, but hundreds of miles of Gulf coast beaches and marshlands are still contaminated by oil from the blown-out Macondo well. According to the National Oceanic and
Grant will fund study to determine safety of Gulf seafood
Researchers led by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, announced they will receive nearly $8 million to study the effects of the BP oil spill disaster on seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. The five-year grant is
