Category: BP Disaster
What surprised Ken Feinberg?
This morning I called Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. We had not been able to meet on Monday when he was…
DOJ: Feinberg group should be spending fund faster
CNN reports that the Justice Department Friday urged changes to speed up the process and to pay more claims from BP’s $20 billion fund. Associate…
Judge: Feinberg is not independent
Bloomberg reports: U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans concluded yesterday that Kenneth Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility can’t identify himself…
Locals travel to Orange Beach and Destin for Feinberg
Ken Feinberg’s bypassed Pensacola on his recent barnstorming tour of the Gulf Coast. Locals had to travel to Destin and Orange Beach to be heard….
Don’t feel sorry for BP
In the last few days, BP has won the exploration rights to Siberia and has been given oil exploration permits off the Australian coast. Rosnef,…
Unbelievable report from BP subcontractor
County staff reported today that the BP clean-up contractor is reporting that 99 percent of the workers on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are residents…
County Commission to address BP clean-up workers
Spoke with Commissioner Grover Robinson last yesterday afternoon. He said he has also heard from other locals laid off by the clean-up subcontractor Southern Cat…
BP clean-up scandal
The subcontractors that are handling the clean-up on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key are laying off Escambia County workers and replacing them with out-of-town workers…
Walton County TDC will file BP claim
WMBB TV reports following in the footsteps of Bay County’s Tourist Development Council, the Walton TDC is filing a claim against BP. Walton County has…
Petition started to oust Feinberg
A petition drive has started in Louisiana to remove Ken Feinberg has head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. It involves residents with Grand Isle,…
BP: Show us the contracts
Mobile Press Register:The Center for Justice and Democracy A nonprofit group on Tuesday asked Gulf Coast attorneys general to pressure the Gulf Coast Claims Facility…
Tar balls in the Pensacola Pass
No, the BP oil hasn’t gone away. Friends are calling to report that near Fort Pickens you can see tar balls everywhere. Maybe if we…
Palast arrested
BP-controlled police arrested investigative reporter Greg Palast in Azerbaijan. I interview Greg Palast, who investigated BP’s ties to the Exxon-Valdez disaster, for my cover story:…
It’s not over…BP mess still with us.
Wall Street Journal reports that there is still plenty of oil left in the Gulf of Mexico, lodged in the sediment. But, eight months after…
A Tale of Two Claims
From an IN Reader: A decade ago, I borrowed money from my family, took a second mortgage on my house, and risked and sacrificed everything…
Panama City hires attorney, gets $1.2M from BP
The Pensacola City Council has been afraid to hire a law firm to represent it against the BP for the city’s lost revenue. Meanwhile Panama…
Gulf partially closed to shrimping
Mobile Press Register reports that NOAA has closed 4,200 miles of Gulf to trawling for royal red shrimp. Why? A shrimper found tar balls in…
WYMHM:BP cited as criminally negligent
What You May Have Missed: Pro Publica is reporting that a federal probation officer for BP filed a petition last Wednesday asking a Alaskan federal…
BP to hold another round of forums
BP is holding a series of public forums across the panhandle all month to answer questions about the recovery process. BP representatives, U.S. Coast Guard…
Brian Barr appointed to BP Legal Team
Brian Barr has been appointed by Federal Judge Carl Barbier to the Steering Committee that will oversee the hundreds of lawsuits filed against BP and…
