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Three years after Gulf spill, BP fights huge fines - PhysOrg.com
Phys.Org
BP's lawyers are trying to convince a federal judge that the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was not a result of gross negligence and to shift some blame—and cost—to its subcontractors at a blockbuster trial in New Orleans. But after weeks of damning ...
First phase of BP oil spill trial ends - New StatesmanNew Statesman
BP Manager Cites Rig's Safety-System Delay as Trial EndsBusinessweek
Testimony Ends in Deepwater Horizon Trial's First PhaseLawyers.com Blog (blog)
Port St. Joe Star -Daily Journal
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First phase of BP oil spill trial ends - New Statesman
New Statesman
The company concluded its evidence with Patrick O'Bryan, who was vice president in charge of drilling wells in the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the accident, and Andrew Mitchell, a maritime expert of Transocean, the owner and operator of the Deepwater ...
BP Manager Cites Rig's Safety-System Delay as Trial EndsBusinessweek
Testimony Ends in Deepwater Horizon Trial's First PhaseLawyers.com Blog (blog)
County declines BP offerPort St. Joe Star
Daily Journal
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Testimony ends for 1st phase of BP oil spill trial
Austin News
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Testimony concluded Wednesday for the first phase of a high-stakes trial over the deadly 2010 rig explosion that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill, but the presiding judge didn't immediately rule in the case. After BP PLC ...
Testimony in first phase of BP oil spill trial nearing completionNOLA.com
Gulf spill judge says ruling could take monthsFuelFix (blog)
BP Manager Testifies at Trial Over Gulf Oil SpillABC News
Loyola University New Orleans -Evansville Courier & Press
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FuelFix (blog)
Gulf spill judge says ruling could take months
FuelFix (blog)
An activist holds a sign during a protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Eleven men were killed during the accident and over 4 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf.

Testimony Ends for 1st Phase of BP Oil Spill Trial
ABC News
The trial's second phase, scheduled to start in September, is designed to determine how much crude spilled into the Gulf and would explore BP's efforts to stop the flow of oil. Barbier heard eight weeks of testimony without a jury. Barring a settlement ...

Testimony ends for 1st phase of BP oil spill trial
U.S. News & World Report
The trial's second phase, scheduled to start in September, is designed to determine how much crude spilled into the Gulf and would explore BP's efforts to stop the flow of oil. Barbier heard eight weeks of testimony without a jury. Barring a settlement ...

Testimony wraps up in first phase of BP oil spill trial
NOLA.com
Testimony in the first phase of the sprawling BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial concluded Wednesday (April 17), almost three years to the day after the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 workers and caused one of the ...

Ex-BP Executive Testifies at Gulf Oil Spill Trial
ABC News
The first phase of a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster neared an end Wednesday with testimony by a former BP executive who helped supervise the company's Gulf of Mexico drilling operations. Patrick O'Bryan, BP's vice president of ...

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BP Official Says Rig Captain Delayed Safety System Start
Businessweek
The case is In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, 10-md-02179, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans). To contact the reporters on this story: Allen Johnson Jr. in federal ...
Ex-BP executive testifies as 1st phase of trial over Gulf oil spill nears endDaily Journal

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Testimony in first phase of BP oil spill trial nearing completion
NOLA.com
Testimony in the first phase of the sprawling BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial is expected to wrap up this week, possibly by Wednesday (April 17), nearly three years to the day of the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed ...

NPR
Lionfish Attacking Atlantic Ocean Like A Living Oil Spill
NPR
A gluttonous predator is power-eating its way through reefs from New York to Venezuela. It's the lionfish. And although researchers are coming up with new ways to protect some reefs from the flamboyant maroon-striped fish, they have no hope of stopping ...

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Oil spill commission praises industry, Obama administration, but faults ...
NOLA.com
The report gives the Obama administration a grade of B, the oil and gas industry a B- and Congress a D+. Congress gets credit only for enacting legislation that will funnel 80 percent of any Clean Water Act fines from the disaster to the five Gulf ...

FuelFix (blog)
Investigators blast Congress for inadequate Gulf spill response
FuelFix (blog)
Investigators who probed the 2010 Gulf oil spill blasted Congress on Wednesday for doing little to prevent a repeat of the disaster. While federal regulators and the oil industry have made changes to boost the safety of offshore drilling, lawmakers are ...

FuelFix (blog)
BP blame-game highlights wrap-up of defense in Gulf oil spill trial
FuelFix (blog)
An activist holds a sign during a protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Eleven men were killed during the accident and over 4 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf.

NPR
Lionfish Attack The Gulf Of Mexico Like A Living Oil Spill
NPR
A gluttonous predator is power-eating its way through reefs from New York to Venezuela. It's the lionfish. And although researchers are coming up with new ways to protect some reefs from the flamboyant maroon-striped fish, they have no hope of stopping ...

Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Gulf Coast Advocates Call for BP to Face Full Penalty for Oil Spill
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Environmentalists, residents, and community activists along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are calling for BP to face the maximum penalty for the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, Saturday marks the 3rd anniversary of what's considered the ...
Oil Spill Commission grades Congress D-plusThe Advocate
Offshore drilling in U.S. seen as safer than before BP spillRichmond Times Dispatch
Congress gets poor grade on offshore drilling safetyThe Hill (blog)
Huffington Post -Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
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BP oil spill trial continues as demonstrators note upcoming 3-year anniversary ...
NOLA.com
"Three years later, the oil spill is still a living disaster with ongoing effects, many of which will remain unknown for decades to come. Real restoration for the Gulf is possible, but not until BP pays its justified fines. The sooner BP's case is ...

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Gulf advocates say oil spill recovery still not complete
WLOX
Against a backdrop of shrimp boats and working fishermen getting ready for the season, the Gulf Restoration Network held a news conference Tuesday to reflect on the impact of the BP oil spill three years later. Other groups represented included the ...
Gulf seafood industry rebounding from oil spill impactWBXH

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Gulf seafood industry rebounding from oil spill impact
WBXH
Jackson faced the formidable task of promoting gulf seafood after the oil spill. "The task was how do we convince the rest of the country and the rest of the world that our seafood is safe and healthy. When you have a seafood industry that is tied ...

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BP Execs Clashed Over Drilling Plans Before Gulf Oil Spill
Lawyers.com Blog (blog)
A wells team leader for oil giant BP testified today that he was “frustrated” by his superiors' response to the wishes of the crew aboard the Deepwater Horizon, which exploded and sank after a 2010 blowout that fouled the Gulf of Mexico with millions ...