BP Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 25: Activists holds signs during a protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the Deep Water Horizon oil rig spill on February 25, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 11 men were killed during the accident and over 4 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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In the period of 2006 through the present, Ted and Bridget worked to ensure the restaurant's reopening after Hurricane Katrina, weathered the (BP) oil spill (in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010) and economic recession, and entered into agreements for the redemption of two of the partners' shares of stock. These were difficult economic times
We started the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF) because we didn't like the feeling of helplessness that came with environmental catastrophes such as the BP oil spill
The American public expects to see BP's oil spill money spent on projects that will restore the health of the Gulf Coast, not on pork-barrel projects like a convention center.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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High-stakes trial begins in 2010 Gulf oil disaster
trial has started for the high-stakes case against BP and other companies involved in a deadly rig explosion that spawned the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico .U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday Read more »
Around the web
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New marketing efforts have made buying Louisiana seafood even more irresistible
pride for Louisiana fishermen who three years ago had to endure insults and doubts about Gulf seafood in the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill. Back then, some East Coast restaurants would advertise that they did not serve Louisiana seafood, a bitter pill for 4:14 AM from The Daily Advertiser Read more »
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Judge delays ex-BP engineer's trial
to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill. Kurt Mix's trial was scheduled to start June 10, but U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. agreed to reschedule it for Dec. from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »
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Oysters continue to struggle post-spill
why. Those grounds typically provide almost 50 percent of the state’s oyster harvest. But crops were killed after the BP oil spill in 2010, and unsuccessful reproductive cycles since then have failed to replenish stocks. Many oysters were killed when the state from Houma Today Read more »
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Icahn Wins Ouster of Transocean Chairman
the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, setting off an enormous offshore oil spill . The company agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with the Justice Department for its role in the disaster. Mr. Icahn owns from The New York Times Read more »
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Texas joins other Gulf states in suing BP for damages related to oil spill
owner Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton, BP's cement contractor on the rig. Last month, Florida and Mississippi sued BP over the oil spill. Louisiana and Alabama sued BP earlier and are participating in a federal trial that is ongoing in New Orleans to determine from Gulf Live Read more »
