Health challenges in wake of BP oil disaster

Video on the health challenges faced by Gulf Coast residents in the wake of the BP Oil Disaster:

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Boos for Bondi

I’m writing weekly for the website Florida Voices. My columns are published every Wednesday. My latest on Pam Bondi and BP – http://www.floridavoices.com/columns/rick-outzen/bondi-sides-bp-against-gulf-coast-businesses-citizens

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The Doctor Is In

The GuLF STUDY—a federal exploration into possible health impacts following the 2010 oil spill—is heading south for another tour. “Just Florida this time,” said Dr….

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Bondi goes after attorneys representing those hurt by BP disaster

Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a brief in the multi-district oil spill proceedings in New Orleans challenging a plan to take hundreds of millions…

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The ‘Make Us Whole’ Boat Ramps

How will we be ‘made whole’ following the 2010 oil spill? For starters, how about some boat ramps for $4.4 million? Over the next few…

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Oil Spill Restoration Meeting

The second in a series of meetings to explore early oil-spill restoration will be held tonight at the University of West Florida. The Deepwater Horizon…

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BP clean-up contractors say they are owed millions

Biloxi Sun Herald reports the companies that responded to the BP oil catastrophe claim that they are still fighting for payments due from the time…

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Oil Spill Health Study Comes to Town

Following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers of various stripes have been studying the disaster’s possible impacts. What did the spill…

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From the Obvious Dept: New study shows BP oil spill was avoidable

The risk management company Licata Risk Advisors calls the BP Gulf oil spill “the worst risk management story, and the best risk management story.” The…

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Reading Between BP’s Lines

BP’s latest PR blitz—stressing the company’s ‘ongoing commitment’—has a glitch. It hides amidst shots of sparkling beaches and good times on the Gulf Coast. You’ve…

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BP Gulf Coast Claims Facility halts payments

This notice is on the GCCF website: IMPORTANT NOTICE In an Order and Reasons of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…

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BP to party at Sugar Bowl like its pre-2010

Press Release: The Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee yesterday announced the 2012 Gulf Coast Seafood & Tourism Bash presented by BP in conjunction with the Allstate…

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