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Oil Spill Updates: What You Need to Know | EcoSalon | Conscious …
It’s been five weeks since the catastrophic explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform and since then, millions of gallons of sticky black oil have killed countless animals and fouled sensitive wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico.Yet, the spill still hasn’t been contained, those responsible are still pointing fingers at each other [...]
BP tells court it waives cap on spill liability | Live Oil Video
Be the first to comment - What do you think? Posted by admin - October 25, 2010 at 10:17 pm Categories: Uncategorized Tags: behalf, bp plc, cap, court, Damage, economic damage, legal cap, liability, michele bachmann, oil giant, oil spill, Pioneer, pioneer press, Press, reuters, Spill, spill liability, Tells, wabc tv new york, waives, Yahoo, [...]
Gulf oil spill claims fund presents big decision | News-Leader.com …
Miami -- Alabama seafood market owner David Scott faces a difficult decision as he tries to rejuvenate his business after the Gulf oil spill: He can accept a piece of BP's $20 billion claims fund -- relatively fast, easy money -- or sue the oil giant for a bigger payday, wait years and risk ending up with nothing.Thousands of business owners, [...]
BP money funds Motley Crue gig
A town has spent a chunk of its oil spill recovery money on aging rocker Tommy Lee. Source: SOME of the money BP doled out to Alabama in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be used to hold a Motley Crue concert there. The city of Mobile is set to receive $1.35 million of the $65 million the state of Alabama will get to assist [...]
BP Admits Fault In Oil Spill; Engineer Error Caused Disaster …
BP has accepted some of the blame for the deadly rig disaster that led to the worst oil spill in United States history, according to a new report.An internal investigation reveals that the oil giant's own engineers misread data that contributed to the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, a source familiar with BP's probe told Bloomberg News.As [...]
Louisiana and Mississippi at 2 am
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BP: Payments top $200M for Gulf oil spill loses | Science News
NEW ORLEANS — BP says it’s paid out $201 million so far to individuals and businesses for economic losses from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. More than 32,000 claimants got one or more payments in the past 10 weeks. BP says the largest groups include fishermen, who’ve received $32 million, and shrimpers, who received $18 million. More than [...]
BP stock punished, hits new low
By Chavon Sutton, staff reporterJune 24, 2010: 4:25 PM ETNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- BP's stock price hit a new low Thursday, amid a sell-off in the broader equity markets, as investors remained wary about the Gulf of Mexico debacle and strength of the economy. The troubled oil giant's stock fell 3.1% to close at $28.74 a share. It fell to a low of [...]
U.S. executive must clean up oil spill and BP's image after CEO …
Copy and paste below into your page: (close this pane) LONDON BP's new strategy to clean up its image and the Gulf Coast is to hand the job from its British CEO, widely criticized for tone-deaf comments and yachting amid the crisis, to one of its top-ranking Americans.Bob Dudley is no stranger to tough situations, having protected his company's [...]
Exclusive: Louisiana Senator Says Gulf Needs BP, Other Drilling
On beaches along the Gulf the fury leveled towards BP for the massive oil spill is nearly palpable, but one Louisiana senator said that as much as people may blame the oil giant for environmental and financial disasters, the area needs BP now more than ever.nnn"First of all, the last company that people in the Gulf want to see go bankrupt is BP [...]
