BP placed a cap on the oil well, which has caused tremendous amount of damage for the Gulf of Mexico in the last few months. The cap seems to be working now and Gulf residents are anxiously watching whether the cap will stay there and collect the oil, or not. The oil spill started after [...]
BP attempted to capture all of the oil leaking in the Gulf Of Mexico by installing a new cap with a tighter seal on the well. According to their statement, this cap will be tested for approximately 48 hours, to check its integrity. If the tests succeed, than BP can start to suck up all [...]
Fannie Mae today announced that servicers may immediately suspend or reduce mortgage payments for borrowers whose properties or income are negatively impacted by the Gulf oil spill. “We want to give homeowners every opportunity to weather this unprecedented disaster, including relief from their mortgage payment if that will help them get back on their feet [...]
Newly released information confirms suspicions that the Gulf oil spill was not indicative of an industry-wide lapse but rather the failure of one company, BP, to maintain its own safety standards. Lapses in recognized industry norms by BP include: * failing to take appropriate action when cementing of its production casing went off track; * [...]
Twenty-eight-year-old Gordon Jones was working as a mud engineer aboard the Deepwater Horizon when the rig exploded, leaving his widow Michelle to care for their two young sons, one born just two weeks ago. Gordon’s father, Keith Jones of Baton Rouge, La., will be one of three Gulf Coast disaster victims testifying today before the [...]
From Padre Island National Seashore in Texas to the Everglades National Park in Florida, the 15 national parks, wildlife refuges and state parks in Gulf states most threatened by the ongoing BP oil blowout are identified in a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO). The [...]
On April 20, 2010, a Mayday call went out reporting an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. That first fateful call triggered an emergency response to save the rig from the deadly blaze, rescue crew members and try to avert an oil spill environmental disaster. Those were the chaotic first 36 hours before the [...]
As the devastating BP oil spill increasingly threatens Florida’s fishing, maritime and tourism industries, a team of nationally known attorneys led by Tallahassee lawyer and Northeastern University Professor P. Tim Howard last night filed an amended complaint in one of the first Florida class action lawsuits over the sinking of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon [...]
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today proposed that the Obama administration and Congress take five steps to limit the damage and recover from the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including passing a $4 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill. The five steps include: 1. Conduct a massive intervention — suitable in scale for a potentially unprecedented [...]
