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News Round-Up: September 11, 2012

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A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
Ohio Rally, March to Protest Hydraulic Fracturing
Hurricane Isaac Washed Up Gulf Oil Spill Remnants, Auburn University Researchers Confirm
Shanghai-Fukushima Flights Still in Limbo as China Cancels Meeting With Governor

Louisiana unloads and blows giant hole in BP settlement

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For the last 29 months, I’ve been chronicling the widespread and still-very-much-ongoing fallout from BP’s gross negligence — “a corporate culture of recklessness,” as U.S. government lawyers called it — that killed 11 people and spewed an astronomical 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, BP, arm in arm with the class action lawyers...

News Round-Up: September 5, 2012

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A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
Residents Fear Fracking on Former Idora Land
Feds Slam BP in Key Court Filing, Admit Pollution From 2010 Spill Continues to Ravage Gulf
2 Minor Injuries in French Nuclear Plant Incident

Breaking: Spill settlement unraveling as Halliburton slams deal; BP stock plunges

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BP’s $8.7 billion attempt to put the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill behind it continues to come undone. In the latest unraveling of the oil giant’s proposed settlement with thousands of Gulf residents and businesses harmed by the offshore disaster, key rig contractor Halliburton has filed court papers (here and here) slamming the deal as unfair and lacking transparency, and urging a...

Worst fears about BP oil washing ashore after Isaac are coming true

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Last week, I reported on this blog there were early indications that Hurricane Isaac had indeed whipped up some of as much as 1 million gallons of BP’s spill oil that remain in the Gulf, assaulting beaches from Florida to Louisiana with tarballs and other goo most likely linked to the 2010 catastrophe. Tonight, there are growing indications that the Gulf’s beaches are under assault...

Bombshell: Feds slam BP in key court filing, admit pollution from 2010 spill continues to ravage Gulf

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In a bombshell federal court filing, U.S. government lawyers are slamming British Petroleum for making false and misleading statements that seek to both dodge blame for 2010’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and ignore the ongoing environmental devastation, from diseased dolphins to destroyed wetlands. The papers filed late last week by the U.S. Justice Department’s top environmental...

News Round-Up: August 31, 2012

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A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
Endangered California Wildlife Could be Further Imperiled by Fracking
Ocean Physicist Says Current Clean-Up Methods Useless In An Arctic Oil Spill
Post-Fukushima Concerns Taken Note Of

BP cleanup crews spotted as Isaac stirs up oil, bad memories

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For residents of the battered Gulf Coast, Hurricane Isaac didn’t just bring sheets of rain, pummeling winds, and a powerful storm surge. The slow moving, deceptively destructive Category 1 hurricane stirred up tragic memories of Hurricane Katrina, which arrived seven years earlier to the very day, and it stirred up something else.  Oil. As much as a 1 million barrels, the remnants of a man...

News Round-Up: August 30, 2012

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A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
France to Keep Shale Ban Until Fracking Alternative Emerges
Isaac May Churn Up Oily Debris from BP Spill; Here's How to Report What You May See
Fukushima Hot Cod Stopped from Entering U.S.

News Round-Up: August 29, 2012

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A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
France to Keep Shale Ban Until Fracking Alternative Emerges
Gulf Coast Leaders Want BP to Clean Up Its Mess
Striving to Go Nuclear-Free

Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters.
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