Oil Spill Liability

Lucia Graves

Liability Cap Fight May Sink Senate Spill Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top Senators argued Wednesday over whether oil firms should have to pay for all spill-related damages, and whether that requirement should be applied ...

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Sam Stein

GOP's Oil-Spill Liability Bill Would Have BP Only Paying $150 Million

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under the leading Republican plan for BP's post-spill economic liability, those affected would receive potentially as little as $150 million due to th...

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Gulf Drilling Firms Gear Up For Spill Liability Fight

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As BP opens its checkbook to pay damages related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it is beginning to do battle over a high-stakes question: Who else b...

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Sam Stein

Obama's Support For Unlimited Oil Spill Liability May Not Include BP: Congressman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a...

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Schumer Calls For Repeal Of Liability Limit Shield

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he will introduce a bill to repeal a law that could allow the owner of the oil drilling rig that sank ...

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