BP, Anadarko ask appeals court to reconsider Clean Water Act liability issues
BP and its Deepwater Horizon partner Anadarko Petroleum Corp. asked the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week for another chance to demonstrate they should not be penalized for Clean Water Act...
View ArticleFlesh-eating bacteria in Gulf linked to BP oil spill
Cases of beach-goers contracting the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus continue to occur in the warm water of the Gulf Coast this year, and one Auburn University professor has uncovered a link...
View ArticleBP asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear its oil spill settlement case
As if causing the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history weren’t enough of a blow to the U.S., BP appears determined to waste millions of taxpayer dollars by fighting every court decision...
View ArticleNew study finds BP oil dispersant chemicals still linger in the Gulf
Chemical oil dispersants BP used in 2010 to break up its Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still turning up in samples collected from the Gulf’s beaches and deep sea corals, a new scientific study has...
View ArticleFuture looks bleak for oyster production after BP oil spill
Louisiana oyster beds that have yielded rich harvests for generations now produce little more than dozens of “empty, lifeless oyster shells,” the Associated Press reported, underscoring the death blow...
View ArticleNew study confirms BP oil spill is destroying deep-sea coral reefs
BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill had a broader, deeper impact on life in the Gulf of Mexico than researchers previously thought, according to a new study conducted by Pennsylvania State University...
View ArticleHalliburton agrees to $1.1-billion resolution of Deepwater Horizon oil spill...
Beasley Allen lawyers and other members of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) leading the BP oil spill litigation announced they have reached a $1.1-billion settlement with Halliburton Energy...
View ArticleJudge strikes down BP’s efforts to recoup money paid on oil spill claims
A federal judge in New Orleans overseeing the BP oil spill litigation said that the company will not be permitted to take back hundreds of millions of dollars it paid out to victims harmed by the...
View ArticleCleanup workers sickened by BP oil spill face legal limbo with medical claims
Cleanup workers and coastal residents who were exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants from BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be forced into the same kind of protracted litigation that...
View ArticleAlabama getting $93.8 million for BP oil spill recovery and restoration projects
Alabama is set to receive $93.8 million in oil spill money for coastal restoration projects in the third and largest installment to come from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, which was...
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