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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
Auburn University study finds BP tar balls are barely disintegrating
Globs of tar that washed ashore in Alabama and elsewhere during Tropical Storm Lee prove that oil from BP’s blown-out Macondo well isn’t rapidly breaking down as some high-ranking officials have claimed.
New report says BP shortcuts caused Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil spill
A new federal government report released this week blames BP for most of the errors and oversights that caused the fatal Macondo well blowout and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Compiled by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
First phase of BP oil spill trial on target to start in February 2012
The trial over BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion and Gulf oil spill will begin as scheduled on February 27, 2012, and will be broken into three phases, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier said at a monthly status hearing Friday. More
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
BP asks court to keep blowout preventer in neutral hands
Ever since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, BP, its partners, and its contractors have been at odds with one another, ensconced in legal efforts to share liability and mitigate hefty financial losses.
New Orleans mayor says BP is ready to "cut and run"
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on Thursday that he lacks faith in BP and doesn’t trust the company to do the right thing in the aftermath of the oil
Oil in coral reef could be 'dire for life in all the world's oceans'
Those who make their living along the Florida Keys are “very freaked out” about the tide of oil gushing from the exploded Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. “This could be the end of Key West,” said
After 8 industrial worker deaths in 4 months, OSHA vows to do more
Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a warning to the petrochemical and energy industries today, prompted by the deaths of 58 workers in just the last four months. Eleven of those deaths occurred
National Geographic images show painful side of oil spill tragedy
National Geographic is famous for its breathtaking images of the world’s most scenic views. But its latest photo montage is heartbreaking. “Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Birds, Fish, Crabs Coated,” tells the devastating story of the Gulf oil spill – crabs
