Bp Settlement

US Reaches Pollution Settlement At BP Refinery

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil...

Corexit Maker Nalco Gets Louisiana Credits For Plant

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.22.2012

Susan Buchanan

Nalco Company, the maker of Corexit used to disperse oil from the BP spill, is using Louisiana state credits to build an $18.7 million polymer facility at its Garyville plant -- 35 miles upriver from New Orleans.

Judge To Hold Hearing On Gulf Oil Spill Settlement

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a hearing on a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions...

Lynne Peeples

Gulf Oil Spill Anniversary: Debate Continues Over BP Disaster's Impacts On Children's Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 04.20.2012

SOUTH PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- Julie Creppel raises six children here, steps away from the lapping waves of the Gulf of Mexico. Her modest mobile ho...

BP Settlement Offers Hope For Victims With Health Concerns

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.04.2012

BOOTHEVILLE, La. — A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring hea...

BP Begins To Put Oil Spill Behind It With Settlement

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY, CHRIS KAHN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.03.2012

NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potent...

Lucia Graves

BP Gets Preferential Treatment Compared To Lindsay Lohan, Says Lawyer Suing Oil Giant

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

David Perry, the lawyer suing BP over the safety of its Atlantis deepwater oil drilling platform, says that there is a double standard in the legal sy...

Sam Stein

Justice Department's BP Investigation Ongoing Even After $20 Billion 'Settlement'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

White House and Justice Department officials confirmed on Wednesday that investigations into criminal negligence by BP will continue even after the oi...

BP to pay almost $180 million in pollution case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The international energy giant BP has agreed to pay almost $180 million to settle a pollution case with the government. BP Product...