In an opinion piece published Sunday in The Miami Herald, Carl Hiaasen says that recent GOP attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency “ignore the problem” and that claims that the agency is a “job killer” are attempts to get campaign donations from petroleum and coal conglomerates. More…
Last summer, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill helped inspire a series of conferences dedicated to weaning the state off fossil fuels. Solar contractors called for policies that would encourage small-scale installations, like rooftop solar panels. Utilities called for incentives to develop large-scale projects, along the lines of a measure that 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…
Wednesday marks one year since the initial explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig sent around 200 million gallons of crude oil gushing into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A year on, controversies continue to surface over BP’s handling of the spill. On Friday, Greenpeace released a More…
Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg was on the agenda to appear today before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Committee chairman Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, had pledged before the start of this legislative session to bring Feinberg, and possibly BP representatives, to answer questions about the claims process. More…
Just weeks ago, sightings of oily sediment washing up on Gulf Coast shores served as a pointed reminder of the continued devastation of last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill — a mystery that was never solved, despite conflicting reports attempting to find an explanation. Now, Transocean, the More…
The Obama administration has approved the first Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling plan since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill, Reuters reports. Shell Offshore intends to drill for oil and natural gas at a site 130 miles from the Louisiana coast.
In a joint statement with Michael Bromwich, director of the 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…
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