Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg marked the one-year anniversary of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility by saying the fund has at least looked at 97 percent of the claims it has received. #
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the second of its three-part package of bills aimed at encouraging offshore drilling on Wednesday. #
More than two dozen Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, but the Florida delegation voted strictly along party lines, with More…
The Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team (JIT), comprised of representatives from the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, today released Volume I (PDF) of its exhaustively titled “Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of Eleven Crew More…
Oil Spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg marked this week’s anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (the rig exploded on April 20, 2010) by highlighting the fund’s progress and defending the fact that the bulk of the claims paid by the fund have been so-called quick payments. More…
Reuters is reporting that an Alaska environmentalist is returning to court to force the company responsible for the Exxon Valdez oil spill to pay for its long-term ecological consequences: #
Exxon has not paid the bill, and the governments have yet to take
In a letter to oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. Department of Justice called on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility to release more cash to oil spill victims. #
The letter stresses the urgency of making payments quickly. Last summer More…
A federal judge in Louisiana ruled Wednesday that oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg cannot keep referring to himself as “neutral” or “independent” from BP. #
The company set up the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (aka the GCCF), which Feinberg oversees, and pays More…
Oil spill claimants will be eligible for final payments equal to twice the value of their documented damages for 2010, according to a draft methodology (available below) released Wednesday by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. #
Claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg said the doubling More…
Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg is set to release the methodology for calculating oil spill claims payments. According to The New York Times, his estimates predict the gulf region will recover by late next year: #
Based on the work of environmental
The Hill has a nice interview with the presumptive next chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) The key takeaway? Hastings plans to look into the oil spill response bill passed by the House and the new regulations established by the Obama administration, but he’s More…
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