Category: BP Disaster

Press Release: Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01), today announced that an agreement was reached to include the provisions of the RESTORE Act in the Transportation Reauthorization…

Times-Picayune reports today that Senate and House negotiators are nearing agreement on a two-year transportation bill that includes key components of legislation that would funnel…

Antonio Juhasz, author of “‘Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill,” has calculated the total cost to BP for its Deepwater Horizon…

Communities of microbial organisms — species such as nematodes, protists and fungi — on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico changed significantly following the Deepwater…

Mather Economics released on Tuesday its report on the economic impact associated with wetland restoration and risk mitigation spending in the Gulf Coast Region, if…

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some cleanup workers and volunteers have raised questions about their health. Yesterday,…

In its analysis of BP’s settlement agreement with plaintiffs over economic and property damages—estimated value $7.8 billion, Reuters points that BP has the right to…

From Gulf Coast News Today: “A dredge contractor working for the Army Corps of Engineers hit a submerged oil matt Saturday morning causing a strong…

My latest column for Florida Voices is up: Remembering Papa Bear Thursday, April 19, 2012 — Rick Outzen On April 20, I will be thinking…

The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, which included provisions of the RESTORE Act. Congressmen Jeff Miller…

BP Gulf oil spill fine money tied to transportation bill NOLA.com Mary Landrieu, D-La., who led efforts to pass the RESTORE Act in the Senate,…

After spotting a sheen in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, a federal agency has required to Royal Dutch Shell to send down a remote submersible…