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– $ 85,219,800.00 Retail, Sales and Service: Claims…
Category: BP Disaster
Mabus report fails to recommend BP Go Zone
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 Gulf Coast from the BP oil disaster….
BP’s Safety Division
According to the NY Times, Â BP will soon add a safety division to better prepare for such disasters as the Deep Horizon explosion. BP Managing Director Robert Dudley is quoted as saying…
News: baby fish proliferate
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 grass beds scattered around the northern Gulf…
Feds load up for case against BP
Feds are preparing their cases against BP, Transocean and Haliburton. Read Times Picayune (cool graphic).
Is Oil Really Breaking Down?
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 oil is being eaten up by the…
News: Feinberg says he’s faster now
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 to a drastic jump in the number…
Where are BP funds for research?
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 money would be distributed, according to the…
Jones: We need jobs
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 talked about his 30 years appraising Escambia…
BP denies State of Alabama claim
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 Aug. 12 during a meeting in Montgomery….
Commerce Dept. helps Alabama recover
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 Departmentâs Economic Development Administration (EDA) today announced $175,000 in…
Why the Gulf misses BP
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on Feinberg’s visit to Orange Beach and the claims process: Nearly 1,000 small-business owners from Alabama and Florida’s Gulf Coast were packed into the…