Category: BP Disaster

It has long been the position of the IN that our local governments should hire local professionals and consultants first – engineers, architects, attorneys, etc….

Claims for Lost Profits by Industry Fishing: Claims paid 11837–$ 253,976,900.00 Food, Beverage and Lodging: Claims paid 13763– $ 179,184,100.00 Rental Property(ies): Claims paid 7643–…

The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, held a press conference at Sanders Beach today to tout his plan for the recovery of the…

According to the NY Times,  BP will soon add a safety division to better prepare for such disasters as the Deep Horizon explosion. BP Managing…

Mobile Press Register reports that scientists have found baby snapper, trout, grouper and grunt everywhere. Early results from an annual count of juvenile fish in…

Feds are preparing their cases against BP, Transocean and Haliburton. Read Times Picayune (cool graphic).

A Greenpeace boat is housing a team of researchers near the site of the Deep Horizon disaster. The group is hoping to discover if the…

Mobile Press Register: Oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg said Tuesday that he is “satisfying his worst critics” by speeding up his review process, pointing…

On May 24, BP promised $500 million to research impact of its oil disaster on the Gulf. A panel of scientists would determine how the…

Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones talked about the economy and the real estate market at Real Estate Council’s seminar on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Jones…

Gov. Bob Riley submitted the state of Alabama’s interim lack of revenue claim for $148 million claim directly to incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley on…

Press Release: BP Oil Spill Recovery Efforts in Alabama Get $175,000 Boost from the U.S. Department of Commerce WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic…