BP heads to court in fight over Gulf oil spill settlement payouts
Posted on July 8, 2013 at 6:34 am by Harry R. Weber in Gulf oil spill Comments() | E-mail | Print Fire boat response crews spray water on the blazing remnants of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig....
View ArticleAppeals court to hear dispute over BP Gulf oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court is wading into a high-stakes dispute over the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement of claims arising from BPs massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A...
View ArticleShrinking fund leaves Maine vulnerable to an oil spill accident
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - A steep decline in revenues from pipeline tariffs and a loophole that...
View ArticleCentrica, E.ON and RWE lead Arctic rush for oil
Three of the big six have gained exploration licences despite Norwegian environment warnings over drilling bans The most controversial is the block in the Barents Sea awarded to E.ON, which the...
View ArticleBP launches hotline for reporting oil spill claims fraud
HOUSTON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP has launched a hotline for people to report allegations of fraud relating to its multibillion-dollar settlement with Gulf...
View ArticleParnell’s oil exploration plan ignores the value of the Arctic Refuge (The...
(Source: The Wilderness Society) Gov. Sean Parnell today repeated his plan to ask the Alaska Legislature for $50 million for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a strategy...
View ArticleNorth Sea leaks 'reality check' for British oil industry, says Greenpeace
Environmentalists say industry's arctic safety case undermined by figures showing 55 pollution incidents in last month Facilities operated by Shell, BP and BG were all offenders, according to the...
View ArticleHealth Problems Still Plaguing Many BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers
The Life Care Solutions Group discusses the unmet needs of many BP oil spill workers who've faced challenges in getting help for their injuries. NEW ORLEANS, July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the...
View ArticleDrilling protesters arrested after scaling London’s tallest tower (photos)
Posted on July 11, 2013 at 11:59 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Arctic, Environment, featured Comments() | E-mail | Print Greenpeace arctic protest Share this gallery: 1 of 24 Share this gallery: 1 of 24...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists scale London’s tallest tower in drilling protest...
Posted on July 11, 2013 at 11:59 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Arctic, Environment, featured Comments() | E-mail | Print Greenpeace arctic protest Share this gallery: 1 of 20 Share this gallery: 1 of 20...
View ArticleUS government assessment of BP oil spill 'will not account for damage'
Efforts to put a price on damage from disaster fails to capture full extent of environmental losses in Gulf waters A Kemp's Ridley turtle rescued from the BP oil spill is cleaned up at the Audubon...
View ArticleLouis Freeh, Ex-FBI Director, To Investigate Potential Misconduct Over BP...
Former FBI director Louis Freeh (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) NEW ORLEANS -- Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was appointed Tuesday to investigate alleged misconduct by a lawyer who helped run BP's...
View ArticleGreen Party on offshore drilling
Furthermore, plans for more offshore drilling, such as Exxon Mobil's development of the Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, pose a continuing and growing danger to the region and are undermining...
View ArticleDrilling off Virginia’s coast for oil and natural gas is still a bad idea
The Virginian-Pilot recently ran a piece about some of the problems associated with drilling off Virginia’s coast. One of those key problems is the “peril” that such drilling would pose to U.S. Navy...
View ArticleBP Claims Appeal Over Gulf Oil Spill Settlements To Be Heard This Week
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is wading into a high-stakes dispute over the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement of claims arising from BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of...
View ArticleDavid Rainey, Former BP Executive, Given More Time To Prepare For Gulf Oil...
David Rainey, a former BP vice president during the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, center, leaves Federal Court after being arraigned on obstruction of a federal investigation in New Orleans,...
View ArticleTop offshore drilling regulator stepping down
Posted on July 9, 2013 at 2:46 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in BSEE, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, featured Comments | E-mail | Print share E-mail The nation’s top offshore drilling...
View ArticleVotes in Congress
Votes in Congress • Week of June 24 Key House Votes Dodd-Frank rules • Members passed, 256-171, a GOP bill to implement a new U.S.-Mexico treaty for Gulf of Mexico drilling in a way that exempts oil...
View ArticleJudge: Determining Size of BP Spill No 'Easy Task'
NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge presiding over a trial arising from the nation's worst offshore oil spill says it could be difficult to determine how much crude spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from...
View ArticleBP looks to shave more money off Gulf oil spill fines tab
Posted on July 15, 2013 at 5:28 pm by Harry R. Weber in Gulf oil spill, Legal issues Comments() | E-mail | Print This image provided by BP's spillcam on June 6, 2010 shows oil leaking out of the...
View Article