‘Oil Spill Claims’ Archives
Gulf spill fund czar paying for ethics advice (AP)
AP – BP money is being used to pay $950 an hour to a law professor who has declared the administrator of the $20 billion claims fund for Gulf oil spill victims independent of the oil giant.Gulf spill fund czar paying for ethics advice (AP)
Vietnamese-American fishers fight for oil spill claim approval …
Published: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 9:45 PM For decades the Vietnamese-American fishing community in southeast Louisiana has used fish, shrimp, oysters and crab to feed the community and as currency to barter for other goods and produce.It is a story common to the fishing culture throughout the Gulf Coast, with anglers, trawlers and trappers [...]
Group complains about oil spill claims process | Oil Spill News
Group complains about oil spill claims processDecember 17, 2010 6:04 amBATON ROUGE – With chants of “write the check,” more than 250 people gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday to complain that oil spill claims coordinator Kenneth Feinberg is not doing enough to process requests by the poorest claimants.Led by ministers affiliated with [...]
The Price of Covering the BP Oil Spill | Gulf Oil Spill
Some Mother Jones end-of-the-year fundraising copy came across my desk yesterday (you’ll probably see it in the box to the right), and the part that points out that our content is "expensive for us to produce" has inspired me to share the numbers from my very long assignment reporting on the BP oil spill. So what did it cost to keep me covering [...]
Gulf oil spill voted top news story of 2010 (AP) | Gulf Oil Spill
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Gulf oil spill claims administrator promotes payments to avoid …
Australia Summer Marked By Snow, Heavy Flooding (VIDEO){description}Dozens of residents were evacuated from their homes in the remote town of Carnarvon, some 900 kilometers north of Perth, after a staggering 30 centimeters of rain caused what the Telegraph has called the region’s worst flooding in 50 years, damaging crops and cattle [...]
The BP Spill: Hold off on the high-fives after Coast Guard report …
The BP Spill: Hold off on the high-fives after Coast Guard reportDecember 23, 2010 7:44 amCare to leave a comment?Filed under: Featured NewsThe BP Spill: Hold off on the high-fives after Coast Guard report ...
Official: Gulf oil spill won't have lasting impact
Official: Gulf oil spill won’t have lasting impactThe long-term impact of the Gulf Coast disaster could be relatively minor and the Gulf of Mexico is likely to fully recover from the April oil spill, the government-appointed compensation chief said Monday. Speaking to USA Today's editorial board, Ken Feinberg said his prediction is based on [...]
Southeast Asian Refugees Flounder After Gulf Spill
As scientists monitor what the long-term impact of the BP oil spill will be on the Gulf of Mexico, sociologists and psychologists are working to mitigate the spill's impact on the psyche of Gulf Coast residents.But they're finding it takes a special effort to reach some communities.In the fishing village of Bayou la Batre, Ala., crisis counselor [...]
Gulf oil spill No. 1 in Twitter's top 10 trends for 2010 | Gulf …
The Gulf oil spill and Justin Bieber in the same sentence? Yup, the two were among the top 10 trends on Twitter this year, which just goes to show that those who use the short-messaging blog are both serious about the news as well as tweeting about teen heartthrob celebs. The Twitter team analyzed an “astounding” 25 billion tweets sent this [...]
