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Proof of 2010 BP coverup shows company and feds can’t be trusted today

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Information, Greenpeace: Dead sperm whale discovered by the NOAA research vessel Pisces on June 15, 2010.   This is becoming a somewhat old -- and tragic -- story by...

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Arbitrary and capricious BP settlement needs a do-over

As regular readers know, I have been working on behalf of a long list of everyday residents business owners and citizens of the Gulf region, and I have strongly objected to the terms of the $7.8...

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UPDATED: The “largest criminal penalty in U.S. history” still isn’t enough to...

UPDATE: The settlement has been announced and there's bad news and good news. The criminal fine -- while on one hand it is indeed the largest in American history, at $4.5 billion -- falls far short of...

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After Black Elk: Rig disasters a byproduct of America’s addiction to oil

Here's a promised update on the oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana on Friday. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out this Thanksgiving week to the loved ones of the two crew...

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It’s about time: Feds bar BP from new contracts

I rarely get a chance to say this, but the feds are on a roll when it comes to the matter of BP. Although I've been quite critical over the last two-and-a-half years of the government's response to the...

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Scientists: Efforts to disperse the BP spill made it much, much more toxic

One of the least understood aspects of the environmental devastation caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill in 2010 is the role of the chemical dispersant -- known by its brand name...

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We’re keeping the pressure on BP to stop spilling more oil into the Gulf

Late last week, we won a big victory in federal court when a judge signed off on a plan that will require BP and its rig partner Transocean to monitor the Deepwater Horizon site and nearby to identify...

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The national media notices that BP is leaking fresh oil in the Gulf

Nothing will ever make right BP's negligence that caused the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. But there's been a flurry of recent news that authorities are finally listening to some of our pleas for...

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Gulf doctor: BP settlement won’t help my sick patients

Dr. Michael Robichaux is frustrated. Since the earliest days of the Deepwater Horizon spill, Dr. Robichaux -- based in Mathews, La. -- has done little else besides treating fishermen, cleanup workers...

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33 months later, oil persists near the Deepwater Horizon site

In Louisiana, we are blessed to have a one-woman environmental protection agency by the name of Bonny Schumaker. A retired NASA physicist and pilot, Schumaker has found a way to merge her love of all...

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Yet another study questions the use of Corexit

It's looking more and more like the federal government's massive civil suit against BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is actually going to trial -- although you never know what's going to...

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BP begs for settlement as sharpened sword of justice looms

In a few hours, the government's massive civil case against BP in the Deepwater Horizon spill is finally slated to come to trial. As we noted on the blog last week, it's unusual for a case this large...

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Feds investigate wrongdoing by lawyer on plaintiff’s committee in BP case

There's a huge twist in the complicated legal fight surrounding BP and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. Federal prosecutors are now investigating one of the lawyers on the powerful Plaintiff's...

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BP trial showing the world that Big Oil cannot be trusted

Like a lot of you, I've been keeping a close eye on what is happening with the BP civil trial here in New Orleans. As I wrote last week, the airing of what really happened on the Deepwater Horizon rig...

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BP trial exposing the risks of extreme offshore drilling

The ongoing BP civil trial here in New Orleans continues to expose two things: The human tragedy and sorrow of what happened aboard the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon rig on that night nearly four years...

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New photo evidence that Gulf is drenched in oil, as BP trial drags on

Sometimes it feels like conversations about the Gulf of Mexico -- nearly three years after BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe unleashed roughly 5 million barrels of fresh crude -- take place in...

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Surprise, surprise: New evidence about BP disaster suddenly turns up

At the start of the BP civil trial now underway in New Orleans, I expressed my pleasure that more of the facts of what happened on the Deepwater Horizon rig on, and leading up to, the night of April...

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Three years after BP spill, the Gulf ecosystem is still collapsing

If you're a regular reader of the blog, it will come as no surprise to you that the ecological health of the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill is considerally worse...

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3-year-anniversary bombshell: Whistleblower says BP covered up health risks...

Today is the three-year-anniversary of the event that changed life for so many of us here on the Gulf of Mexico: The explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig off Louisiana, which killed 11 people and...

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How 25 whistleblowers blew the lid off BP’s Corexit scandal

It's hard to keep secret. But it's really hard to keep a secret when hundreds, if not thousands, of American citizens have been sickened from exposure to a highly toxic chemical -- even when it's one...

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