BP Loses Two Rulings on Spill Suits
A federal judge has dealt oil giant BP a pair of setbacks in its efforts to shield itself from billions of dollars in damage claims related to last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Today, a judge...
View ArticleBP Seeks To Improve Image With Ad Campaign on Gulf Cleanup
Now that BP is resuming oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, the energy giant is looking to revive its image among those who remember the tragic Deepwater Horizon leak that spilled almost 5 million...
View ArticleCriminal Charges Possible Against BP Engineers For Gulf Oil Spill
"U.S. prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP PLC employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst...
View ArticleGovernment Files First Criminal Charges In BP Oil Spill
"The first criminal charges in connection with the BP oil spill have been filed against a former BP engineer named Kurt Mix," NPR's Carrie Johnson reports exclusively.Carrie just told our Newscast unit...
View ArticleAM Update: West Nile in Travis Co., Barton Springs Reopens, Oil Drilling...
Local West Nile Virus Case ConfirmedThe Texas Department of State Health Services confirms there have been 32 cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Texas so far this year. One case has been...
View ArticleBP Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $4 Billion In Criminal Penalties For Gulf Oil Spill
Update at 11:30 a.m. ET: Oil giant BP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal misconduct related to the 2010 Gulf Oil spill and will pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties, the company just...
View ArticleEPA Temporarily Halts New Federal Contracts For BP
Citing a "lack of business integrity," the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was temporarily suspending the oil giant BP from entering into new contracts with the federal government.In a...
View ArticleTransocean To Pay $1.4 Billion In Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig where 11 men died in April 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties to resolve Justice Department allegations over its...
View ArticleBP Wants Unspent Spill Recovery Money Back
From The Texas Tribune: After watching a $5 million grant to Gov.Rick Perry’s office go unspent nearly four years after it was presented in the wake of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and...
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