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Gulf oil spill claim payouts reach $5.5 billion
Nation NowA year and a half after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the administrator of BP’s $20-billion restitution fund told Congress Thursday that he has has paid out about $5.5 billion to more than 213,000 victims of the nation’s worst offshore... -
Texas announces $50-million settlement with BP over explosion
Nation NowBP settlement: Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that the state's settlement with the oil company resolves 72 emissions violations the company accrued during the past six years.... -
Nelson files bill seeking to discourage oil drilling off Cuba
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Hoping to discourage oil drilling in Cuban waters near South Florida, Senators Bill Nelson and Robert Menendez introduced a bill on Wednesday that would make it easier for Americans to sue foreign... -
Chevron faces millions of dollars in fines for oil leak off Brazil
World NowBrazil Oil Spill Chevron: Brazil's environmental agency says Chevron will be fined nearly $28 million for an oil spill at a well off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. An investigation into the leak, which began Nov. 7, is ongoing. Penalties against Chevron... -
Bondi files lawsuit against BP, Halliburton seeking $5.4 billion
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she filed a lawsuit against BP after the giant oil company did not respond to her proposed $5.4-billion settlement offer for damages caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill three years ago. “We complied with...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, BP Plc
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Hampton oil spill update
Via a Hampton news release: City, state and federal authorities continue to monitor the spread and cleanup of 3,000 to 3,500 gallons of used motor oil that leaked Sunday from an old oil tank at the back of a building in the 2100 block of Mingee... -
Sens. Warner, Kaine hope to end offshore drilling ban
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced legislation Wednesday that would lift the federal ban on exploration and drilling for natural gas and oil off the coast of Virginia. The moratorium, which lasts through 2017, was put in place by President...Tags: U.S. Senate, Wind Power, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Bob McDonnell
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Report: 87 shipwrecks, most from WWII, could leak oil near US, but no 'ticking time bombs'
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Environmental Issues
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AR Attorney General opens hotline for Mayflower oil spill victims
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has started a hotline for concerns related to the crude oil spill from an ExxonMobil pipeline in Mayflower. McDaniel also said Thursday that his office has conducted air quality monitoring...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry
The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...
Tags: Science, Environmental Pollution, Mexico, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology
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Enbridge Oil Spill Still A Concern To Residents
FOX 17 NewsEnbridge says it has paid the federal government's 3.7 million dollar fine in full for the 2010 spill that dumped nearly a million gallons of oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River in 2010. The fine was handed out by the Pipeline and Hazardous...Tags: Sales, Fines, Business, Punishment, Property
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Feds: Neglect, inaction caused Enbridge Kalamazoo River oil spill
DETROIT (AP) — A Canadian company's failure to deal adequately with cracks in an oil pipeline and its slow response to a 2010 rupture in southwestern Michigan likely caused the most expensive onshore oil spill in U.S. history, the National...
Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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