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 (MC252). In addition, BP also conducted a…
Category: BP Disaster
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 for the hundreds of millions of gallons…
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 year ago. Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of small,…
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 larger scale than the 1,000 barrels a…
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 with an update on claims statistics, successes…
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†if their demands aren’t met. Council members…
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 oil spill. The Baldwin County Public Schools…
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 reader: I wanted to make you aware…
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 Coast Guard. Here is the full text…
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 the number of these sick crabs has…
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 MarketWatch.com, “their turn in the hot seat…
Did we screw ourselves?
Our state and local leaders have been so quick to declare that the beaches, seafood and Gulf Coast are doing fine that we may have screwed up the chances of the remaining…