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Judge Issues BP Oil Spill Ruling

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 04.24.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that BP PLC and one of its minority partners in the blown-out Macondo well are liable for civil p...

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BP Contractor's Spill Claims Tossed By Judge

AP | Posted 02.14.2012

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NEW ORLEANS -- A judge has dismissed all of the federal court claims against a BP PLC contractor sued over the deadly rig explosion and massive oil sp...

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Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?

Jackie Savitz | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Code, Congress, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Tax-Cuts, Subsidies, Tax Breaks, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Legislation, Politics, Politics News, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Hastings, Treasury, Oil, Our Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Bill, Green News
Jackie Savitz

Congress and the Administration should be doing much more in response to the Gulf Spill. But at the very least passing the Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act would be a good first step.

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Judge: BP Contract Shielded Transocean From Spill Damages

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.27.2012

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Judge: BP Contract Shielded Transocean In Spill

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'Green News Report' - January 12, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Regulation, Power Plants, Conservation, Iran, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Tar Sands, Drought, Video, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fish, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Methane, Television, Heat Wave, Germany, Solar Power, Thomas Edison, Transocean, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, Haiti, James Hansen, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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BP Faces More Oil Spill Citations

AP | By MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says BP and two other companies are likely to face new citations for alleged safety and environmental violation...

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'Green News Report' - November 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Australia, Oil Subsidies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Epa, Oysters, Renewable Energy, Supercommittee, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Drought, Video, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Steven Chu, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Chevron, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Farming, Carbon Emissions, Ipcc, Brazil, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Transocean, Barack Obama, Dept of Energy, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Ocean Acidification, Fox News, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Seafood, Michael Mann, Climategate, Coal, Radiation, Coal Mining, Fukushima, University of East Anglia, Texas, Water, Japan, Solyndra, China, Hackers, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Offshore Safety Chief Pushes For Stiffer Fines

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The head of the offshore drilling safety agency is telling Congress current fines for offshore violations need to be much stiffer. Mich...

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Transocean: No Sign Of Oil Leak At Deepwater Horizon rig

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.12.2011

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-- Oil rig operator Transocean Ltd. says no oil is leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded last year. Oil sheens were r...

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'Green News Report' - September 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Australia, Al Gore, Exxonmobil, Transocean, Alaska, Hurricanes, Bp, Halliburton, Nascar, Coral Reefs, Water Pollution, Endangered Species, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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BP's Bad Timing

Jackie Savitz | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Bp, Interior Department, Politics, Dolphins, Oil Drilling, Green, Drilling, Our Oceans, British Petroleum, Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Jackie Savitz

If you were BP, wouldn't you wait for the right time to go back to the U.S. government to ask for more permits to drill? What would seem like a good time to do that?

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BP Reduces Its Gulf Disaster Bill By Settling With Partner

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 07.20.2011

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LONDON — BP has struck a deal to receive around $1 billion from one of its minority partners in the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, raising hopes...

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Green News Report: April 21, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Co2, Fracking, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Power Shift, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Van Jones, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Mining, Wildfires, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Iraq, Cap and Trade, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Water Contamination, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Earth Day, Utilities, Transocean, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Hydraulic Fracturing, National Parks, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's hard...

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April 20, 2011, Is the Gulf Oil Spill Deadline for Claims Against Transocean

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Oil Spill Cliams, Green News
Joanne Doroshow

This day carries very real legal significance for residents in the Gulf region who are suing BP, Halliburton and Transocean and hoping to hold them accountable for the tremendous damage these companies caused.

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Questions for BP and the Oil Industry on the One-Year Anniversary of the Gulf Oil Disaster

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 06.20.2011

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Antonia Juhasz

One year ago today, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig -- owned and operated by Transocean and leased by BP -- exploded off the coast of Louisiana. El...

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A Collective Trance: One Year After the BP Oil Spill

Alison Fitzgerald | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Transocean, In Too Deep: Bp and the Drilling Race That Took It Down, Stanley Reed, Books News
Alison Fitzgerald

It was a year ago this week that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in flames, killing 11 men and sending more than a hundred workers fleeing for their lives into the dark sea.

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Green News Report: April 19, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Co2, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Supreme Court, Power Shift, Washington Post, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Van Jones, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Gulf Oil Spill, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Mining, Wildfires, Iraq, Pesticides, Cap and Trade, Factory Farms, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Big Oil, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Earth Day, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, Yosemite, National Parks, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Big victo...

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Fire on the Horizon

John Konrad | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Oil Drilling, Transocean Horizon, Deepwater Drilling, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Transocean, Transocean/Deepwater Horizon, Green News
John Konrad

The investigations into the Deepwater Horizon rig's demise over the one year since that tragedy have all pointed toward the corrupting influence of the same forces I experienced first hand working for the same company.

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Green News Report: April 14, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Google, Co2, House of Representatives, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Penguins, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Renewable Energy Standard, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, California, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Californi...

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Green News Report: April 12, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Iaea, Oklahoma, Climate Change Denial, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Water Contamination, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Utilities, Transocean, Texas, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Smart Grid, Water, Green News, Toxic Waste, Extreme Weather, Google, Antarctica, Fracking, California, Oil Shale, Smog, Alzheimer's, Penguins, Hydropower, Renewable Energy Standard, Dust Bowl, Coast Guard, Brain Damage, Wolves, Endangered Species, Hydraulic Fracturing, Seafood, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: One month...

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Green News Report: April 7, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Transocean, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Toxic Waste, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Wind Power, India, Christiana Figueres, Oklahoma, Paul Ryan, Clean Energy Jobs, American Legislative Exchange Council, Budget, Earthquake, Barack Obama, Senate, Laura Flanders, Green Jobs, Antibiotic Resistance, Drought, Water Contamination, Texas, Koch Brothers, Water, Smart Grid, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Smart Meter, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: More U.S....

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How the Richest "1 Percent" Keep Rewarding Themselves for Epic Failure

Linda Keenan | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Egg Recall, Shadow Elite, Deepwater Horizon, Salmonella, Wall Street Crisis, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Wall Street Bonuses, Income Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz, Business News
Linda Keenan

A signature feature of the shadow lobbyist era is not just a manipulation of public policy, but also an embrace of "failing upward". No matter the track record, the elite 1 percent seek more of the same.

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Green News Report: April 5, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Co2, Natural Disasters, Fracking, Epa, Clean Energy, Coal, Chernobyl, Radioactivity, Iaea, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Japan, BP Oil Spill, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Waste, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Waste Management, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Waste, House of Representatives, Green Business, Don Blankenship, Tennessee, Deepwater Horizon, Paul Krugman, Farm Subsidies, Sewage, Massey Energy, Perchlorate, Bats, Utilities, Transocean, Executive Compensation, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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Suck on This

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Joe Barton, Alan Greenspan, Impunity, Transocean, Wall Street Fraud, Tim Geithner, Connck vs. Thompson, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

Here are some notes from a nation in which the wealthy and powerful increasingly act with near impunity and the lesser off just have to "suck on this" -- in the immortal and unwittingly apt phrase of one of our elite pundits.

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Transocean Execs Get Bonuses For 'Best Year In Safety,' Despite Gulf Disaster

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 06.02.2011

Read More: Business News, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Green News, Deepwater Horizon, Executive Bonuses, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean Horizon, Transocean, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Transocean Ltd. gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the "best year in safety performance in our company's history" &nd...

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