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BP oil spill trial: Federal judge issues order outlining key questions
NOLA.com
The federal judge overseeing the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation issued an order Wednesday (April 24) outlining what he believes are the key questions from the first phase of the sprawling civil trial, which wrapped up a week ago. carl-barbier ...
Halliburton Reports Loss on Gulf Oil Spill Legal CostsBloomberg
The Gulf Coast may never recoverSalon
Florida sues BP on 3-year anniversary of oil spill - MissoulianThe Missoulian
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FuelFix (blog)
Gulf oil spill judge poses questions on gross negligence issue
FuelFix (blog)
The federal judge who must decide whether BP and its partners were grossly negligent in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is offering some clues as to how he will formulate his decision. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued an order ...
Halliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil SpillABC News
BP oil spill trial: Federal judge issues order outlining key questionsNOLA.com
Halliburton in Talks Over Gulf Oil Spill Settlement, Takes ChargeInsurance Journal
The Hill (blog) -FOX 9 News -The Republic
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Treehugger (blog)
BP's lies about Gulf oil spill should worry Arkansas victims of Exxon spill
Treehugger (blog)
What has not been revealed until now is how BP hid that massive amount of oil from TV cameras and the price that this “disappearing act” imposed on cleanup workers, coastal residents, and the ecosystem of the gulf. That story can now be told because an ...
Halliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spillWDSU New Orleans
Haliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spillWWL
Halliburton in Talks Over Gulf Oil Spill Settlement, Takes ChargeInsurance Journal
NOLA.com -FuelFix (blog) -PRI's The World
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WTSP 10 News
Clearwater and Dunedin sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
WTSP 10 News
CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) - Two cities along the Gulf of Mexico are suing oil giant BP over tens of millions of dollars in lost tax revenues from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dunedin and Clearwater join other local governments such as Tampa and ...

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Halliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill - Insurance Journal
Insurance Journal
BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced that it is trying to negotiate a settlement over its role in the disaster, a focus of trial testimony that ended last week. Halliburton Chief Financial ...

3 years later: Gulf oil spill cleanup, study carries on - Ravalli Republic
Ravalli Republic
BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs ...

Salon
3 years later: Gulf oil spill cleanup, study carries on - Missoulian
The Missoulian
BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs ...
Three years after the BP oil spill, clean-up efforts remain agonizingly slowSalon

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ThinkProgress
The Spilling Fields: How BP Made The Gulf Oil Disaster More Toxic While ...
ThinkProgress
Mark Hertsgaard has a must-read piece in Newsweek on how “The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was even worse than BP wanted us to know.” His piece is about the dangers created by the 1.84 million gallons of Corexit used to “clean up” the 210 million ...
Halliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil SpillABC News
3 years later: Gulf oil spill cleanup, study carries on - MissoulianThe Missoulian
Haliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil SpillW*USA 9
Insurance Journal -PRI's The World -Bloomberg
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DEO bill would re-route oil spill fine dollars from 8 Gulf counties
The Florida Current
A proposed amendment to a Senate bill dealing with the Department of Economic Opportunity would remove eight Panhandle counties from the decision-making process for spending money from fines in the 2010 Gulf oil spill, according to commissioners ...

Treehugger (blog)
Halliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill
ABC News
BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced Monday that it is trying to negotiate a settlement over its role in the disaster, a focus of trial testimony that ended last week. Halliburton Chief ...
BP's lies about Gulf oil spill should worry Arkansas victims of Exxon spillTreehugger (blog)
Gulf oil spill judge poses questions on gross negligence issueFuelFix (blog)
BP oil spill trial: Federal judge issues order outlining key questionsNOLA.com
The Hill (blog) -Insurance Journal
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Halliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spill - Times-News
Twin Falls Times-News
The April 20, 2010, blowout triggered an explosion that killed 11 workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans presided over the trial without a jury and heard eight weeks of testimony ...

Halliburton takes a hit of $1bn to settle Gulf oil spill claims
The Independent
The news came days after the end of court proceedings for the first phase of the trial over claims by the US government, Gulf Coast states and private parties affected by the US oil spill. Halliburton did the cement work on the Macondo well, which shed ...

Newsweek
Halliburton Seeking Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill
NPR
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced Monday that it is trying to negotiate a settlement over its role in the disaster, a focus of trial testimony that ended last week ...
Haliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spillMiamiHerald.com
What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf SpillNewsweek
Halliburton in Talks Over Gulf Oil Spill Settlement, Takes ChargeInsurance Journal
The Hill (blog) -UPI.com -The Republic
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WWL First News
BP oil spill settlement claims can be paid while BP appeals
NOLA.com
Lafayette lawyer Patrick Juneau, the court-appointed claims administrator, can continue making payments to businesses affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico while BP appeals a judge's decision in a dispute over the payouts, a three-judge ...
Gulf Coast Nonprofits File Oil Spill ClaimsChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog)

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WWL First News
Order permits businesses to be paid for Gulf oil spill claims while BP appeals ...
The Republic
NEW ORLEANS — A court-appointed claims administrator can continue making payments to businesses affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico while BP appeals a judge's decision in a dispute over the payouts. A three-judge panel from the 5th ...
Gulf Coast Nonprofits File Oil Spill ClaimsChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog)

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Halliburton in Gulf spill settlement talks, stock jumps
路透社
The news came only days after the end of court proceedings for the first phase of the trial over claims brought by the U.S. government, Gulf Coast states, and private parties affected by the worst U.S. offshore oil spill. The second phase, due to start ...

PRI's The World
Report Alleges BP Hid Health Impact of Gulf Oil Dispersant
PRI's The World
CEO Robert Dudley's comments on dispersants used in the Gulf oil spill begin at 2:16:11. Read More; Newsweek: What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill · Corexit: Deadly Dispersant in Oil Spill Cleanup - Government Accountability ...

Three Years After the Gulf Spill, Oil Is Still Washing Up in Louisiana
Motherboard (blog)
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that "Cleanup workers, doctors, divers and Gulf Coast residents interviewed by a Washington watchdog group have reported health problems from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including blood in the urine, heart ...

KOMO News
Haliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spill
KOMO News
This April 21, 2010 file photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in ...

WWL First News
Gulf Coast Nonprofits File Oil Spill Claims
Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog)
The tourism industry suffered following the spill, and many people lost their jobs, causing state tax revenues to tumble. Some Tampa Bay area groups, including Community Action Stops Abuse and Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas, which claims it lost out ...
BP oil spill settlement claims can be paid while BP appealsNOLA.com

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