Category: BP Disaster
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…
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…
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…
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 
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BP knew Costner idea a bust
We know that much of what BP did last summer was all “ponies and balloons.” Publicity stunts to prop up stock prices and quell the…
Nelson’s Me 2 Press Conference
While Sen. Marco Rubio was in Pensacola garnering attention while listening from local and state officials about the BP disaster, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator, Bill…
Feel crazy? Call UF, Thank BP
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a University of Florida-led team more than $6.5 million to study the environmental and psychological effects of the…
UWF left out of $1.5M grants from Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
The University of West Florida was not included in the $1.5 million in grants awarded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. The 17 grants…
BP’s Hayward blistered in depo
AP has an exclusive report on the deposition of former BP CEO Tony Hayward and his role during the BP oil disaster last summer. He…
Buzz:Merrill wants Feinberg to make us whole
Collier Merrill, fresh from a special event at the James Beard House in NYC, told the IN yesterday that he’s tired of hearing excuses from…
Transocean blames BP for oil rig disaster
Reuters reports Transocean Ltd , the owner of the oil drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last year, blamed BP…
BP hopes to restart Gulf production soon
Marketwatch reports Carl-Henric Svanberg, chairman of BP PLC, said today the oil giant was counting on getting permission to restart oil production in the U.S….
Test results on local oysters
From Emerald Coastkeepers: Through funding from Gulf Coast Fund and our members, Emerald Coastkeeper has initiated a long-term oyster sampling project. Every six months we…
IN goes to Task Force meeting
We sent our reporter Jeremy Morrison to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force meeting. Here is his report: EPA Chief, task force visit Pensacola…
