Category Archives: Investigations
On April 22, 2010, top BP officials knew that the crippled Macondo Well would release roughly 82,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico if the leak was unobstructed. An oil spill expert with impeccable credentials had told them so. Yet, two days later, as the federal government was scrambling to mobilize an effective response to the unfolding disaster, BP announced publicly that the well was leaking [...]
Read More »It’s official: The White House engaged in an aggressive campaign to pressure scientists into drastically underestimating the initial size of the BP oil spill – a campaign that impacted the scope, speed and overall effectiveness of the response. There are also legal ramifications, as fines are to be levied against BP based on how much oil is estimated to have been released into the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s how Mother [...]
Read More »Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), a national leader on energy and the environment, calls it “appalling.” And he’s right. In yet another “adding insult to injury” moment for Gulf Coast residents who continue to limp toward recovery, BP and other responsible parties are appealing multiple citations from the Interior Department alleging offshore safety violations in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP’s audacity in refusing to accept any scintilla [...]
Read More »With the federal trial set to begin in February to determine fault in the worst oil spill in U.S. history, legal maneuverings have reached fever pitch on the Gulf Coast. Federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing criminal charges that could put a handful of mid-level BP employees behind bars for their role in last year’s 200-million-gallon oil spill. Based on the enormous scope of the disaster and the egregious nature of [...]
Read More »So who is ultimately responsible for the worst oil spill in U.S. history? BP, the owner of the oil itself, assigns blame to Halliburton, the company that did the cement work on the doomed Macondo Well. And not unexpectedly, Halliburton points the finger back at BP. As the blame game gets set to go to trial in New Orleans early next year, a bombshell legal motion filed Monday by BP [...]
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