Deepwater Horizon

So said the European Commission in 2011 when it tabled legislation to tighten EU rules on offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe the year before. The Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Directive was adopted two years later, ushering in strict requirements aimed at ...

Contractors combed Gulf beaches for oil damage after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Photo by Andy Brack.)By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolinians can learn something from an Alabama Christian leader who is trying to unite people through what may seem an unlikely issue – the ...

Lawmakers disagree over Deepwater Horizon settlement monies ... JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) - State lawmakers have again failed to agree on a plan for spending part of Mississippi's compensation from 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. House and Senate negotiators did not agree on a plan for how to ...

Oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico became increasingly controversial after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, which killed 11 workers and released millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The catastrophe caused $17.2 billion-worth of damage to natural resources, according to a study ...

Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte, would redirect fiscal year 2019 payments from the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement into the state's general fund, where it could be applied to the deficit or directed into the state's $14 billion backlog of stymied infrastructure projects. Louisiana will receive at least $8.7 billion from ...

The Trump administration is putting Florida's Panhandle at increased risk for the next BP-style blowout by expanding the reach of oil and gas drilling while rolling back common-sense safeguards drawn from the lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. And Congress continues to operate in a state of ...

Now he is the top official at the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, a division created under President Obama to toughen safety standards and enforcement in offshore drilling because of problems exposed by Deepwater Horizon. Mr. Angelle spent his first months on the ...

Law360 (March 7, 2018, 9:31 PM EST) -- A Louisiana federal judge Tuesday tossed the Mexican state of Yucatan's lawsuit against BP, Transocean and Halliburton over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, finding the state's claims under Florida's Oil Pollution Act of 1990 were preempted by federal law. U.S. District Judge ...

Recently, the Northeast has been experiencing severe weather fluctuations, patterns that are primarily caused by one of today's biggest hot button issues: climate change. Global warming, a euphemism for climate change referring to the temperature of the Earth slowing rising, is observed through a series ...