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" [...]
By Steve Hargreaves, senior writerFebruary 18, 2011: 4:56 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A federal court ordered the Obama administration Thursday to act on five deep water drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico within 30 days, calling the delays in issuing new decisions "unreasonable, unacceptable, and unjustified." In a case brought by the drilling company Ensco, U.S. District [...]
By Ada McMahon, Bridge the Gulf On Monday, Feb. 14, the Sierra Club took Mississippi Power's proposed lignite coalmine and power plant to court, as part of its ongoing attempt to stop the project from being built. In a morning press conference, the environmental group and a diverse range of residents and advocates voiced their opposition to the project, calling [...]
By Amy McCullough GULFPORT — While lawyers prepared for the hearing upstairs, more than 20 Gulf Coast residents rallied in the lobby of the Harrison County Chancery Court this morning (Feb. 14), as Mississippi Sierra Club director Louie Miller explained a lawsuit with a pair of flip flops. Miller held up a pair of the popular beach sandals with the [...]
