By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Halliburton Energy Services and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling on Friday sought to dismiss two states' economic damage claims in the consolidated Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation. Both companies seek dismissal of claims from Alabama and Louisiana in Pleading Bundle C, which covers claims for economic damages filed by governmental entities. Halliburton and [...]
Is the Yazoo Pump finally dead? U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock last month ruled against it. But then, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had previously vetoed the project as provided under the Clean Water Act. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners had challenging the EPA veto. It's really a terrible idea. Democratic Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called the plan to [...]
By: Susan Buchanan, Contributing Writer Posted: Monday, April 4, 2011 3:40 pm Residents along the Gulf Coast wish they could forget how last year's oil spill tore the fabric of local life by destroying jobs, harming health and reducing seafood consumption. But as the one-year anniversary of BP's well explosion nears on April 20, scientists and coastal advocates continue to [...]
By TENNILLE TRACY WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department is consolidating its criminal investigations into BP PLC's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, folding the work of three different offices and divisions within the department under one task force. Justice said Monday it had formed the Deepwater Horizon Task Force to oversee all facets of the criminal investigation, which is being undertaken by the [...]
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Louisiana demands more than $1 million a day from each of the companies responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in accord with the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991, the Oil Pollution Act, and the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act. In his federal complaint, Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" [...]
