Category: BP Disaster
BP minces its words on leak
BP may very well have told the truth about the oil found in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion…
BP denies oil from Deepwater well
Press Release: On Aug. 25, 2011, BP confirmed through a standard visual wellhead inspection that there is no release of oil from the Macondo well…
Leaking oil is from Deepwater Horizon
Mobile Press Register reports scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match…
Oops, oil may be leaking from Deepwater Horizon well
Mobile Press Register reports oil is once again fouling the Gulf of Mexico around the Deepwater Horizon well, which was capped a little over a…
DOJ investigating early BP spill estimates
Early in the BP oil disaster in 2010, I wrote about how my sources were telling me that the BP disaster was at a much…
GCCF releases report on first year
Press Release: Today, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, released an executive summary looking back at its first year of operation…
Gulfport pushes claim to higher ups in BP
Gulfport city officials want to deal only with the higher-ups at BP when it comes to negotiating payments and settlements, and they’ll consider “aggressive litigation 
Baldwin County sues BP for $11.95 million
Baldwin County commissioners met in a closed session Thursday and then voted 3-1 to proceed with an $11.95 million damages claim involving the BP PLC…
Buzz: CDC checking impact of BP spill on mental health (audio)
The Center for Disease Control maybe surveying locals about the impact of the BP oil spill on mental health. I received this email from a…
Full Text: Robinson’s Testimony
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson testified on July 21 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science And Transportation, Subcommittee On Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and…
Crabs? Is there a problem?
Stuart Smith reports that a Pensacola fisherman has complained to him about the crabs in the area: Our observation from the last two weeks is…
BP another spill, more charges of recklessness
This Week has an article on the latest BP spill in Alaska. I love this quote: “You’d think that by now,” says Steve Gelsi in…