Mike Church: 80% Of Something You Are Entitled To 100% Of Is Not A Bargain
A few months back I threw out the idea that this fuddy duddy little document here, the U.S. Constitution, gave the State Courts near exclusive power over any cases concerning foreign countries and a state. I was told that the Constitution didn’... Read more...
Justice Department makes first arrest in BP Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster investigation
Criminal charges have been filed by the Justice Department against a former BP employee in the investigation of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Read more...
BP Settles Gulf Lawsuit For $7.6 Billion
BP reached an agreement with the group of people who were suing the company over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Read more...
US oks BP's return to deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
BP passed its final hurdle to returning to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, receiving its first permit to drill a new well since its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Read more...
Transocean blames BP for failings leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster
An internal investigation by Transocean, the owner of the rig that suffered a deadly explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last year, concluded that missteps by BP caused the enormous spill. Read more...
Oil slick appears near Venice
Another oil slick appears just off Louisiana coastline. This one is about seven miles long. Read more...
BP Penalty Funds To Go Toward Fed. Govt., Not Coastal Restoration
Long before the BP oil spill, marshes and barrier islands throughout the Gulf Coast were losing ground. Since the 1930s, hurricanes and developers chipped away at this region, leaving many areas vulnerable and defenseless. Read more...
50% Fewer Oysters 1 Year After Oil Spill
In Houma oyster harvesters with Motivatit Seafood say the freshwater diversions to keep oil away killed half of their oysters and WGNO's Vanessa Bolano tells us the fear of uncertainty is even worse. Read more...
P & J Oyster Company Struggles One Year After Spill
An iconic French Quarter seafood distributing company is speaking out about their struggles, both financially and emotionally, one year after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill. Read more...
Report: BP Sues Blowout Preventer Manufacturer Cameron International
BP is suing Cameron International, the maker of the blowout preventer device which failed causing the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, according to the Associated Press. Read more...
