Embattled BP CEO removed from spill oversight
Embattled BP CEO removed from spill oversight
BP removed Chief Executive Tony Hayward from day-to-day oversight of the Gulf oil spill crisis a day after he was pummeled by lawmakers in an appearance on Capitol Hill, the company’s chairman said Friday.
Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press
Special report: Will the cleanup make the BP oil spill worse?
Special report: Will the cleanup make the BP oil spill worse?
More than half an inch of oil covered the sea when Dennis Kelso’s boat, piled with a few newly dead birds, nudged up against the side of the Exxon Valdez on Friday, March 24, 1989.
Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Florida Class Action Filed in BP Oil Spill Disaster
Florida Class Action Filed in BP Oil Spill Disaster
As the devastating BP oil spill increasingly threatens Florida’s fishing, maritime and tourism industries, a team of nationally known attorneys led by Tallahassee lawyer and Northeastern University Professor P.
Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
BP Oil Spill Waivers Capped Liability Payments To Coastal Residents At $5,000
BP Oil Spill Waivers Capped Liability Payments To Coastal Residents At $5,000
What’s Your Reaction? VENICE, La. — BP PLC said Monday that it will pay for all the cleanup costs from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that could continue spewing crude for at least another week.
Read more on The Huffington Post
Categories: Personal Injury Settlement Tags: $5000, Capped, Coastal, Liability, Payments, residents, spill, Waivers
Spill could become much worse, BP warns
Spill could become much worse, BP warns
BP executive concedes crippled Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Gulf of Mexico could spill as much as 60,000 barrels a day of oil.
Read more on The Age
Q&A: BP’s role in Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Q&A: BP’s role in Gulf of Mexico oil spill
A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to cause substantial environmental damage along the Louisiana and Florida coastline.
Read more on CNN
Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits
Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits
A senior BP executive said the crippled oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could spill as much as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow.
Read more on New York Times
BP says it is ‘absolute responsible’ for oil spill damage – Summary
BP says it is ‘absolute responsible’ for oil spill damage – Summary
London – British Petroleum (BP) is absolutely responsible for the consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and vowed to pay all necessary and appropriate clean-up costs, the company said Monday….
Read more on EARTHtimes.org
Categories: Personal Injury Laws Tags: 'absolute, damage, responsible', Says, spill, Summary