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1 Feb 2007, 4:10 pm
  Increasingly, however, those answers are coming from business leaders, who by working with government officials, and engaging the international community, are helping to create a much clearer forecast of how the global warming debate will take shape in the United States in the near future. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 10:57 am by Dr. Elliot J. Feldman
As Williams correctly observed, “the decision had little to do with science and more to do with limiting the visual impact of the oil spill by keeping oil in the Gulf out of the viewfinders of television cameras. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 10:57 am by Dr. Elliot J. Feldman
As Williams correctly observed, “the decision had little to do with science and more to do with limiting the visual impact of the oil spill by keeping oil in the Gulf out of the viewfinders of television cameras. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 3:57 am by Kevin LaCroix
In April 2010, the rig exploded and ultimately sunk, resulting in the deaths of eleven workers as well as in a massive oil spill. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 4:00 am
In the Gulf of Mexico, unusual turtle and marine mammal mortalities are being attributed to the millions of gallons of oil released because of the 2010 BP oil spill (prior posts available here), and because of BP’s subsequent decision to dump massive quantities of toxic chemical dispersants.Beset by warming, acidification, bleaching, overfishing, and plastic and other pollutants, the world’s oceans are in serious jeopardy. [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 7:53 am by Shannon O'Hare
Analysts predicted in September 2019 that bondholders are likely to recoup 30 to 40 cents on the dollar on Argentina’s international notes if the country goes through with a restructuring. [read post]
3 Jul 2010, 6:46 am by Jim Walker
CLIA unsuccessfully worked behind the scenes lobbying against the SPILL Act in an effort to deny the widows and children of the oil workers killed in the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster from receiving compensation - a disgusting spectacle we reported on in Cruise Industry Joins Forces With BP to Deny Death Compensation to Grieving Families So it should come as no surprise that most travel writers and the CLIA cruise bloggers chose not to touch these… [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 8:52 am by WIMS
 WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet (click here to subscribe)   National / International News   <> Supreme Court Greenlights California's Clean Fuels Plan - (June 30, 2014) – In a big win for the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court today declined oil and ethanol companies' request to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld [release and background from Natural Resources Defense Council]… [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 9:30 pm by Adam Zimmerman
President Obama’s highly publicized efforts to resolve disputes on behalf of private citizens and the nation, like BP’s oil spill fund, are hardly unique. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 3:04 pm by Emily Chan
BP Oil Spill – The BP Oil Spill was one of the worst oil spill disasters in U.S. history, dumping as much as 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig explosion on April 20, 2010 and with costs for cleanup, government fines, lawsuits, legal fees and damage claims estimated as high as $200 billion by some experts. [read post]
8 Mar 2008, 9:45 am
Rick Callahan reports for the AP:Ambiguous water-quality rules at issue in last year's uproar over a new water permit for BP's Whiting oil refinery will be clarified and approved by December, Indiana's top environmental regulator said yesterday. [read post]
25 May 2012, 11:53 am
See Related Blog Posts: More Serious News About the Dangers of Nutritional Supplements BP's Oil Dispersants Linked to Cancer [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 1:26 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have just posted a preliminary draft of an article that is currently entitled The Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions for the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View from International Law and Standards. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 2:40 pm
Three different types of institutions are considered—private banks, sovereign wealth funds/state owned enterprises, and international financial institutions (IFIs). [read post]
12 Jun 2010, 9:14 pm by Stewart Baker
As the BP oil spill shows, companies are quite capable of setting the stage for catastrophes well beyond their ability to remedy. [read post]
28 Nov 2022, 9:47 am by Andria So
For those unfamiliar, localities and even a few states have filed suits against the likes of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP—those so-called oil and gas supermajors—for their role in our current climate crisis. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 9:30 pm by Grayson Weeks
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) characterized this risk by positing, “imagine if BP had been a bank. [read post]