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Fishing Haul Way Down in Estuary Near BP Spill

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:05 CDT

The seafood stats are in for the Gulf's 2011 harvest, and though the finger-pointing (at BP and the oil spill, of course) has begun, the numbers paint a complicated picture. Last year was the first full year of fishing since the spill, and some areas definitely saw a depressed catch:...

Exxon Mopping Up New Oil Spill

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:15:59 CDT

Amid reports of eyeless shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, some good news for BP: There's a new oil spill, and it's not theirs. Rather, Exxon Mobil is cleaning up about 80,000 gallons of oil that spilled from a pipeline in rural Louisiana. The company says the pipeline was...

Feds: Engineer Deleted 200 BP Spill Texts

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:06:05 CDT

The Justice Department said today it filed the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, accusing a former BP engineer of destroying evidence. Kurt Mix was arrested on two counts of obstruction of justice, and is accused of deleting a string of 200 text...

Eyeless Shrimp? Report Raises Concerns in Gulf

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:08 CDT

Shrimp missing their eyeballs (and even eye sockets), fish covered in lesions, deformed crabs, and other mutated sea creatures are showing up in unsettling numbers in the Gulf of Mexico two years after the giant BP oil spill, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera English . "The fishermen have never...

Ailing Dolphins May Be Linked to BP Spill

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:43:51 CDT

Another sign that the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is taking a serious toll on the local dolphin population: Researchers conducted physicals on 32 of them last summer in a particularly hard-hit bay and discovered that many suffered from anemia, low blood sugar, low weight, and...

BP Reaches $7.8B Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill

Mark Russell — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:46:21 CST

BP has agreed to pay about $7.8 billion to thousands of individuals and businesses around the Gulf of Mexico in economic and medical compensation for the massive 2010 oil spill, reports the Washington Post . About $2.3 billion will go to compensation to the seafood industry alone. BP also...

BP Faces $52B in Gulf Spill Fines

Mark Russell — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:45:39 CST

With the trials set to begin tomorrow for BP and the other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP alone could conceivably face up to $52 billion in fines and compensation, reports the AP . Under the Clean Water Act, which requires a minimum of $1,100...

Charges Loom in Deepwater Disaster

Kevin Spak — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:40:45 CST

US authorities are on the verge of bringing their first criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, with several Houston-based engineers and at least one BP supervisor likely facing felonies, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The men are suspected of providing false information to regulators regarding the risks...

BP: Halliburton Torched Evidence in Gulf Oil Spill

Kevin Spak — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:20:55 CST

Halliburton has both intentionally destroyed and conveniently lost evidence relating to the Deepwater Horizon disaster , according to court documents filed by BP. “Halliburton has steadfastly refused to provide these critical testing and modeling results in discovery,” BP’s court filing says, according to CNN . “BP has now learned the reason for...