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27 Jan 2012, 8:08 am
Here's exactly what Towers Watson says: The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were the key drivers in the 5.1% increase in U.S. tort costs in 2010, according to the 2011 Update on U.S. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 8:08 am
Here's exactly what Towers Watson says: The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were the key drivers in the 5.1% increase in U.S. tort costs in 2010, according to the 2011 Update on U.S. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 2:43 pm
The DeepwaterHorizon Oil Spill Trust and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: the “Superfund” myth and the law ofunintended consequences. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:26 pm
"But with only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 1:23 pm
In the months ahead, we will continue to look for new ways to partner with the oil and gas industry to increase our energy security -- including the potential development of an oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico -- even as we set higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and invest in alternatives like biofuels and natural gas. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 12:00 am
Three companies that owned or operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig will appeal citations issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI) in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 8:30 am
While the administration is warning it would rather say "no" than rush a decision, the oil industry's lobby arm, the American Petroleum Institute, has already issued a threat that Obama must approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline or face "huge political consequences" in an election year.In 2012, Public Citizen will launch a new campaign, "We Can't Afford the Keystone Pipeline," which will focus on the economic burden that the pipeline… [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 1:23 pm
KXL will divert Tar Sands oil now supplying Midwest refineries, so it can be sold at higher prices to the Gulf Coast and export markets. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 12:31 pm
Not only that, but we’ve known how to burn coal for 300 years and oil for 200. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 12:45 pm
They include the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund established by Congress in 2001, the Gulf Coast Claims Facility established by BP following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and a settlement fund arising out of claims by victims of the use of the compound Agent Orange during the Vietnam war. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 4:35 pm
We can put people to work today building the foundation of the economy of the future, or allow the stubborn subservience of congressional conservatives to millionaires and big corporations to cause more economic pain, widen the gulf between the very wealthy and struggling workers, and fuel more Occupy movements. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 10:58 am
It is bad enough that the Keystone XL pipeline will only create a small number of jobs during its construction and is intended for exporting Canadian tar sands oil overseas; little if any oil would end up being used in the U.S. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 1:28 pm
Donald Winter, former secretary of the Navy, professor of engineering practice at the University of Michigan, and chair of the committee that wrote the report said, "The need to maintain domestic sources of oil is great, but so is the need to protect the lives of those who work in the offshore drilling industry as well as protect the viability of the Gulf of Mexico region. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 9:51 am
ARABIAN GULF OIL COMPANY), AGOCO Building, P.O. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
Despite assurances to the contrary, questions remain about the safety of Gulf seafood, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.4. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 3:18 pm
Exhibit 2: U.K. oil giant BP was put through a similar wringer after the Gulf oil spill of 2009. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 1:42 pm
And it owed no small debt to the Occupy Wall Street protesters shamefully evicted from Zuccotti Park last night, who helped everyone understand the power of corporate money in our daily lives. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 9:10 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi [official website] Tuesday remanded to state court [order, PDF] the Mississippi attorney general's lawsuit against the administrator of the British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] $20 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] reparations fund, the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website]. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 3:00 am
He banged on insurance companies after Katrina and BP after the Gulf Oil Spill. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 2:05 pm
He also served as a senior analyst on national security and defense issues with the Center for Naval Analyses, Science Applications International Corporation, SRS Technologies, R&D Associates and System Planning Corporation. [read post]
