BP, owner of the “Deepwater Horizon†oil platform that exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and spewing 205.8 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, won a major…
Category: BP Disaster
Mr. Robinson Goes to Washington
After a week in D.C., his layover at the Atlanta airport must have seemed almost calming. “Gawww-lee,†said Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson. “Washington is crazy.†Robinson was returning from Washington D.C….
Buzz: Gulf Coast may not get BP fine money
I’m hearing that the U.S. Senate and House are  balking at the Restore Act – which would guarantee that the majority of the BP fine money related to the 201o oil spill…
Settlement possible in BP massive lawsuit
UPI is reporting that there is still a chance BP will reach settlements with the federal government and the affected states before the Feb. 27 trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico…
BP to spend half billion to reinvent itself
BP North America told its marketers and franchisees that it is putting $500 million into marketing in the US over the next two years, in an attempt to revamp its brand, reports…
Drill, Maybe, Drill?
With less than two years having passed since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, nearly 80 percent of Floridians support increased oil and natural gas development. This…
BP hid potential spill volumes
The trials on the 2010 BP oil disaster are going to reveal what really happened on the Deepwater Horizon rig when it exploded–killing 11 men and spewing millions of gallons into the…
Oil Spill Restoration Meeting in Gulf Shores
There’s another chance tonight to comment on initial oil spill restoration projects slated for the Gulf Coast. After a holding meetings in Florida earlier this month, officials presenting the Deepwater Horizon Oil…
Mother Jones: White House pressured scientists to underestimate BP spill
BP misled the public on the volume of crude spewing from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead into the Gulf of Mexico. They wanted people to believe that it would be capped quickly–knowing that…
Health challenges in wake of BP oil disaster
Video on the health challenges faced by Gulf Coast residents in the wake of the BP Oil Disaster:
Boos for Bondi
I’m writing weekly for the website Florida Voices. My columns are published every Wednesday. My latest on Pam Bondi and BP – http://www.floridavoices.com/columns/rick-outzen/bondi-sides-bp-against-gulf-coast-businesses-citizens
The Doctor Is In
The GuLF STUDY—a federal exploration into possible health impacts following the 2010 oil spill—is heading south for another tour. “Just Florida this time,†said Dr. Dale Sandler, as she prepared for her…
Bondi goes after attorneys representing those hurt by BP disaster
Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a brief in the multi-district oil spill proceedings in New Orleans challenging a plan to take hundreds of millions of dollars from the individual and business…
The ‘Make Us Whole’ Boat Ramps
How will we be ‘made whole’ following the 2010 oil spill? For starters, how about some boat ramps for $4.4 million? Over the next few weeks, the Gulf Coast public is being…
Oil Spill Restoration Meeting
The second in a series of meetings to explore early oil-spill restoration will be held tonight at the University of West Florida. The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees are…
BP clean-up contractors say they are owed millions
Biloxi Sun Herald reports the companies that responded to the BP oil catastrophe claim that they are still fighting for payments due from the time the Deepwater Horizon oil well exploded in…
Oil Spill Health Study Comes to Town
Following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers of various stripes have been studying the disaster’s possible impacts. What did the spill do to the environment? What did the…
From the Obvious Dept: New study shows BP oil spill was avoidable
The risk management company Licata Risk Advisors calls the BP Gulf oil spill “the worst risk management story, and the best risk management story.” The company believes the spill illustrates how a…
Reading Between BP’s Lines
BP’s latest PR blitz—stressing the company’s ‘ongoing commitment’—has a glitch. It hides amidst shots of sparkling beaches and good times on the Gulf Coast. You’ve got to look quick, but there they…
BP Gulf Coast Claims Facility halts payments
This notice is on the GCCF website: IMPORTANT NOTICE In an Order and Reasons of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, dated December 28, 2011, the Gulf…
