Gulf Watchers Tuesday - Survey Says...Well, Nothing Yet.. - BP Catastrophe...
Survey to wellhead completed; no info released. Louisiana will be a major player in BP litigation. Shell considers BP bid. BP sell chunk of North Sea field. Lawsuit to challenge plans for offshore...
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Gulf Watchers Tues. - Transocean faces no felonies even with 11 dead - BP...
Topics: Unlike BP, Transocean likely off the hook for felony charges related to workers' deaths in 2010 Gulf spill, Transocean to pay $1.4 billion to settle pollution, safety violations in Gulf oil...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Judge OKs $4 Billion Settlement - BP Catastrophe AUV...
Judgement Day for BP. Motion to extend deadline for seafood industry settlement rejected. TransCanada makes a boo-boo.You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe AUV #604. AUV #603 is...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - $34 billion in state/local claims against BP - BP...
Topics: BP hit by new $34bn Deepwater Horizon claim, BP objects to $34 billion oil spill claims sought by states, Transocean and federal prosecutors defend plea agreement in memo to judge; blame BP for...
View ArticleBP on Trial...Finally (With small update) - Gulf Watchers Special Edition
The civil trial of BP gets underway in New Orleans Federal Court today - and the legal wrangling continues on the dollar amount the British oil giant should pay for the April 2010 explosion and...
View ArticleBP on Trial - Witness Says BP Obsession With Profit Caused Catastrophe - Gulf...
As the BP trial enters the second day, the first witness called was Robert Bea, a University of California-Berkeley professor who was consulted by the White House commission that investigated the...
View ArticleBP Drilled Despite Unsafe Conditions, and Tony Testifies - Gulf Watchers...
The third day of the BP trial has featured a combative BP higher-up, a BP senior executive who resigned from BP in disgust, expert witnesses in the drilling field, and the star of today's show...the...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - No regulator testimony against BP at trial - BP...
Topics: Second week of BP oil spill trial focuses on gross negligence, Engineer who did forensic analysis of blowout preventer continues testimony in BP Gulf oil spill trial, Oil Executives, Experts...
View ArticleInterior Secretary admits Shell "screwed up" in the Arctic Sea
The headline in the Los Angeles Times says it all: Salazar on Arctic drilling: 'Shell screwed up in 2012'. The story tells us what we already know. Royal Dutch Shell fought for approval to drill off...
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FL-04: What are the Issues in Congressman Ander Crenshaw's District?...
Florida's 4th Congressional DistrictTo all Kossacks: Please take note that these Congressional District Information Diaries are not meant to evaluate whether or not the districts are beatable. They...
View ArticleGrayson Amendment Fails ON A TIE. House Proceeds to Give Big Oil a Great Big...
While you were watching the Senate take the steps toward final passage of its immigration bill, the House was voting on some legislation of its own, in particular H R 1613. This bill would implement a...
View ArticleWhich 16 Democrats Voted to Give Big Oil a Great Big Hug Today?
Yesterday, I reported on some of the votes the House was taking on the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. Of course, the word "jobs" is in the title to make the bill look good and to show that the House...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Cross-posted with EcoWatchIn June, after more than four years as president, President Obama finally proposed a climate action plan for America. True to form, the president gave an eloquent speech, with...
View ArticleMSNBC "Leans Forward" Into Running "Native Ads" Promoting Fracking
Three years into its “Lean Forward” re-branding campaign, MSNBC has given new meaning to the catchphrase, leaning forward into running branded content promoting hydraulic fracturing (“fracking).Looking...
View ArticleMary Landrieu as Energy Chair: An Environmentalist's Nightmare
Earlier in the week, we found out that Obama will likely soon nominate Senator Max Baucus to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to China.Baucus is currently the Chair of the powerful Senate Finance...
View ArticleExxon's Russia Partnerships Challenge US Exports As Energy Weapon Narrative
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogIn a long-awaited moment in a hotly contested zone currently occupied by the Russian military, Ukraine’s citizens living in the peninsula of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to...
View ArticleHouse Rs Attached a Slew of Anti-Environment Amendments to Energy Approps....
Yesterday, the House passed its latest appropriations bill, that on energy and water appropriations. And, as to be expected, House Republicans attached a lot of anti-environment amendments to it. Let's...
View ArticleNot Just the Atlantic: Obama Leasing Millions of Gulf Acres for Offshore...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogDeploying the age-old “Friday news dump,” President Barack Obama’s Interior Department gave the green light on Friday, July 18 to companies to deploy seismic air guns to...
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DEADLINE Wednesday to sign the petition: Don't let Exxon kill whales and otters!
I am posting this SierraRise alert on behalf of Jim Hines, the Sierra Club's Los Padres Chapter Conservation Chair in Ventura, CA.Beautiful -- but threatened. I never get tired of watching humpback...
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