Bad News Comes In Threes For BP?

Yesterday the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against BP and several other companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, accusing them of disregarding safety regulations leading to the explosion, which led to the spill and caused the death of 11 workers. The other companies are: Anadarko Exploration & Production LP; Anadarko Petroleum [...]

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EPA Subpoenas Halliburton Over Hydraulic Fracturing

As investigations continue into Halliburton’s role in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico last April, the company is now facing subpoenas from the Environmental Protection Agency over natural gas extraction methods and their potentially adverse effects on drinking water and public health. The extraction method, called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” [...]

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Alex Sink Sets Up New BP Claims Website

Due to problems with claims from the BP oil disaster, Alex Sink has set up a new claims website for Floridians. Sink has been critical of new claims czar Ken Feinberg, saying he’s paying “too little, too late:” “I’m kind of the mind-set that enough is enough,” Sink, the Democrat candidate for governor, said at [...]

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BP: $93 Million Spent On Advertising Since Gulf Disaster

Today House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bart Stupak released findings on how much BP has spent on advertising since the oil disaster to Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) who prompted the probe. Among the findings: Between April 2010 and July 2010, BP spent more than $93 [...]

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“Can You Hear Me Now?” BP Claims Go To “Louder” Realtors

For all of you GOP-Tea Baggers in Florida who love the Free-Market, and small government there’s good news about those BP claims: Florida Realtors will divvy up $16 million to cover lost sales in the aftermath of the April 20th Deepwater Horizon rig blast and ensuing massive oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida’s sharing [...]

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Look Ma, No Oil!

Don’t insult my intelligence. Again. Since April 20 when the Deepwater Horizon exploded and killed 11 workers (repeat: KILLED 11, many forget that part) we’ve all watched the disaster unfold in spite of the misinformation, or the lack of any whatsoever, from BP and others. Even after demands were met to put a live camera [...]

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Florida GOP Denies Voters The Chance To Vote On Oil Drilling Ban, Just To Spite Crist

Well, that didn’t take long. 49 minutes. In the midst of one of the biggest oil spill disasters in history, that’s all it took for GOP leaders in Florida to tell voters who want to vote on an oil drilling ban near Florida shores: tough luck suckers! The vote to adjourn the special session without [...]

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BP Cuts Claim Payments: Cites Incomplete Files And Moratorium….Seriously

Millions more gallons of oil from the gusher in the Gulf Of Mexico are now flowing freely as BP has removed the cap from the well. The cap was removed so that another tighter cap can be put in place. BP claims that the other cap could be in place by Monday. Or not. Millions [...]

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