The federal government has finally filed criminal charges against BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that led to the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, was arrested today on charges of intentionally destroying evidence requested by authorities investigating the April 20, 2010 disaster, announced Attorney General Eric [...]
Here are your top stories for this Sunday morning, March 4, 2012: – Crews search debris in following Midwest tornado outbreak – BP reaches Gulf oil spill settlement – Italy hearing begins on cruise ship – Prince Harry visits Belize
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Both sides have reached a settlement deal in the legal battle over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history. BP estimates that it will need to pay approximately $7.8 billion in the Deepwater Horizon disaster settlement. “The proposed settlement represents significant progress toward resolving issues from the Deepwater Horizon accident [...]
Uh oh. Are those mass animal deaths making a comeback? Not exactly, but this is unsettling nonetheless. It seems that dead baby bottlenose dolphins are washing up in record numbers in the Gulf of Mexico and no one knows exactly why. From February of last year to April 2011, 406 dolphins have been found either [...]
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All is well in the Gulf, they say. The oil has almost totally disappeared, they say. Not so, according to those who live and work in and around the Gulf of Mexico. The fallout from the Deepwater Horizon explosion will take years, perhaps decades, to play out fully but this much is certain…people are sick [...]
It’s time for heads to roll, and it’s long overdue if you ask me. The U.S. has launched a civil and criminal probe into the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by the April explosion of the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig, said Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday. “We will prosecute to the [...]
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BP CEO Tony Hayward has commented on the massive oil leak his company caused that has polluted the Gulf of Mexico to disastrous levels. In an interview that aired on FoxNews, Hayward says, “I would like my life back.” Nice. So would the eleven workers who died in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil [...]
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Remember that “top kill” procedure BP was using to try and stop the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico? Nice try, but FAIL. A BP exec said today that the effort to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history was unsuccessful and the company is now ready to consider other options for [...]
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