News Cycle Turns in BP’s Favor
BP has received one of the biggest maulings in corporate history over the past three months as it struggled to contain the oil gushing from its well in the Gulf of Mexico. Newspapers, TV anchors,...
View ArticleIs the Government to Blame for Oil Spill?
The White House has some tough questions to answer about the Deepwater Horizon disaster in light of a new report from the Center for Public Integrity [1]. In the critical first days after the...
View ArticleSeeking oil spill work, homeless fill Gulf Coast shelters
The director of the homeless service center 15 Place in downtown Mobile calls them "rainbow chasers" -- unemployed, sometimes unemployable, people who've come to Mobile in hopes of striking oil cleanup...
View ArticleHayward Defends Tenure, BP’s Spill Response
LONDON—Tony Hayward, the departing chief executive of BP PLC, is unrepentant about how the energy giant responded to the U.S.'s largest offshore oil spill. In his first interview after agreeing to step...
View ArticleTranscript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen’s Thursday briefing
This is the transcript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen's briefing with reporters July 29 on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The transcript was ditributed by the Deepwater Horizon Incident...
View ArticleGulf states now worry about restoring their image
Louisiana fishermen pray their livelihood will return, hoteliers in Alabama wait for the phones to ring, and New Orleans' finest chefs cook up public relations strategies rather than po'-boys — all...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
HOUMA, La. — Loulan Pitre Sr. was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf...
View ArticleStatic kill of BP well could begin over weekend
NEW ORLEANS -- A procedure intended to ease the job of permanently plugging the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the spill...
View ArticleOil industry safety record blown open
The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over the last decade, killing dozens of people and destroying wildlife and the environment across America, according...
View ArticleSurface of Gulf of Mexico looks better, but millions of gallons of oil remain...
Charter captain Mike Frenette has been wondering whether the news media are living in a parallel universe. The Internet and mainstream media this week are filled with reports that the BP oil disaster...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico oil spill lawsuits should be consolidated, panel of federal...
A federal judicial panel in Boise, Idaho, wrestled Thursday with perceptions of bias and conflict among both judges and geography in figuring out where to consolidate more than 300 lawsuits filed...
View ArticleMany In Gulf On Road To Uncertain Compensation
The economic impact of the Gulf oil spill is reaching far beyond the fishing and tourism industries that were first hit. Everyone from plumbers to beauticians says they're feeling the pain. But some...
View ArticleGulf Residents Face Quandary: Sue Or Settle?
The administrator of BP's compensation fund is trying to persuade Gulf Coast residents not to sue the company, but to take a settlement instead. But many in the region say it's too early to pinpoint...
View ArticleFamilies of Deepwater Horizon victims to face BP in court
The families of the 11 men killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the fishermen who have lost their livelihood to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will today face BP in court for the first...
View ArticleFishing firms prepare to file BP claims
With their livelihoods at stake, some South Florida charter boat businesses, fisherman and related businesses are taking action by filing claims or lawsuits against BP for economic damage from the Gulf...
View ArticleSurvey: 30 percent on Gulf Coast Suffer From Mental Illness in Wake of Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS -- The oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico has inflicted widespread psychological distress among coastal residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, etching scars even...
View ArticleGulf fishermen still skeptical of seafood
(CNN) – With the oil dissipating faster that expected, Louisiana seafood officials want BP to lure the state's fishermen back to the water. Many of Louisiana's 12 thousand fishermen have gotten...
View ArticleSpill Coverage in the UK
While Americans might feel we have a common-sense consensus about the oil company formerly named British Petroleum, it's insightful to note that it's not exactly a worldwide consensus. In fact, the...
View ArticleFeinberg says he will divulge his salary
WASHINGTON – The administrator of a $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund said Tuesday that he will disclose the salary BP is paying him, after initially declining to do so. Ken Feinberg told...
View ArticleResearch team will map underwater oil and gas plumes
A research team will return to the Gulf of Mexico next month to map underwater plumes of oil and gas, a University of Georgia oceanographer said. A team led by oceanographer Samantha Joye tracked one...
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