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BP's Settlement With Plaintiffs Addresses Unpaid Medical Claims

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.19.2012

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Gulf residents will have another shot at getting spill-related, medical claims paid following a proposed settlement between BP and plaintiffs, announced in early March.

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BP Investigating New Oil Sheen In Gulf Of Mexico

AP | By RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 10.18.2011

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LONDON (AP) -- A new oil sheen was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, although energy company BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its op...

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BP Defends 'F' Ratings On Alaska Oil Pipelines

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Internal "F" ratings of pipeline sections operated by BP PLC in Alaska's North Slope show the company's corrosion monitoring...

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Massive Stretches Of Oil Spotted In Gulf Of Mexico

Nola.com | Matthew Hinton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf ...

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'It's as if a Nuclear Apocalypse has Gone Off in the Gulf'

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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All the right rich people want the Gulf squared in their rearview mirrors. The oil companies want to drill, and many politicians want the oil companies to stay happy so they can secure their donations come election time.

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Too Bad to Fail

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of too big to fail, BP is too bad to fail. We cannot set in motion the laws that would ruin it because in doing so they may not have the resources to make good on the damages.

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Ka-ching of Ka-chings

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the godification in our culture, you'd think there'd be more examples of folks in high places leading peace-loving, selfless, humble, pious lives. And maybe they kinda are. Take the environmentally conscious BP.

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Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Beg For A Chance To Take Basic Measurements

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of independent scientists, frustrated and dumbfounded by the continued lack of the most basic data about the 77-day-old BP oil disaster, has p...

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BP Oil Spill: 7 Secrets BP Doesn't Want You To Know (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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BP made its name synonymous with "Beyond Petroleum" in 2000, rebranding itself as a company that sees a future past dependence on fossil fuels. But te...

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Louisiana Oil Spill Brings New Questions About Regulation, Self-Policing After Accident

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Suddenly, everything changed. For days, as an oil spill spread in the Gulf of Mexico, BP assured the government the plume was mana...

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BP Needs a Time Out

April Rudin | Posted 11.17.2011

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As with children, grievous mistakes must have the appropriate and serious consequences. In this case, BP shouldn't be allowed to leave its room

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Interview with Prof Ivor van Heerden: the latest on his wrongful firing by LSU

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just as the long Memorial Day weekend began, federal Judge James Brady scolded administrators at Louisiana State University (LSU) over their handling ...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Latest Federal Government Estimate Still Understates Oil Flow

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week's much-ballyhooed new federal estimate of how much oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico -- 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day, or two to four ...

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Punching Holes in so-called Free Market Economics

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.25.2011

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This piece co-authored by Stewart Acuff & Bill Fletcher, Jr. We have found ourselves wondering why President Obama is being 'red-baited' ...

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BP Says It Has Made 'Giant' New Oil Discovery

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oil giant BP says it has made a "giant" new oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico....

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BP Makes "Giant" Oil Discovery In Mexico

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) BP PLC said Wednesday that it had made a "giant" oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico but had not yet determined the size and commercial potential...

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