Oil Spill
Zoned treatment in BP spill recovery; some get A list, others potluck
PASCAGOULA -- An outlet mall on U.S. 49 in Gulfport won't be treated the same as an outlet mall in Key West if they both put a claim in the BP oil spill legal settlement.
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Judge recuses herself from engineer’s case
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge in New Orleans has recused herself from the criminal case against a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company’s response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Former BP worker claims evidence proves innocence
NEW ORLEANS -- A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about how much oil was leaking from the company’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico claims evidence not given to federal investigators will prove his innocence.
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Judge allows BP oil spill settlement to proceed
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge on Wednesday preliminarily approved a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ex-BP engineer faces obstruction charges
NEW ORLEANS -- A former BP drilling engineer was indicted Wednesday on charges he deleted text messages that indicated the company’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well was spewing far more crude than BP was telling the public.
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Rally on spill's anniversary points out problems, recommends oversight
More than 50 fishermen and shrimpers rallied at the Lee Street docks this morning to remember those who died in the Deepwater Horizon blowout two years ago and protest the lack of response to the needs of the community in the wake of the BP oil spill.
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BP: Two-thirds of state's coastline now clean
BP officials took a helicopter tour of Mississippi beaches this morning and announced that two years after the country's worst oil spill, almost two-thirds of the state's coastline is considered clean.
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Mexican plan for Gulf deepwater wells sparks new worries
Two years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Mexico's state oil company is about to test its hand at drilling at extraordinary depths in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hood wins request to remand Feinberg/GCCF suit to state court
Mississippi Attorney General Hood won his request to have his subpoena enforcement action against the Gulf Coast Claims Facility and its administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, heard in a state court.
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Deadly bacteria found in dolphins stranded since BP spill
NOAA officials are saying the BP oil spill could have played a role in the deaths of dolphins in unusually high numbers in the northern Gulf, but they said further testing is needed to draw any conclusions.
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Feinberg: Audit will vindicate GCCF claims handling
Attorney Ken Feinberg told the Sun Herald today that he expects that an independent audit of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility should be completed by Thanksgiving.








