BP to Pay $4.5 Billion to U.S. for Gulf Oil Spill November 15, 2012 By Chris Baltimore and David Ingram BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that...
Plaintiffs, BP Urge Judge to Approve $7.8 Billion Oil Spill Settlement November 9, 2012 By Chris Baltimore BP Plc and lawyers representing over 100,000 individuals and businesses claiming economic and medical damages from the 2010 Gulf of...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Unlikely Before Election October 29, 2012 By Chris Baltimore For a president locked in a tough re-election fight, it may look like political gold: a settlement between the U.S....
New Law on BP Oil Spill Promises States More in Restoration Monies July 16, 2012 By Chris Baltimore U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of...
Tropical Storm Debby Heads for Florida Coast, Spares Louisiana June 24, 2012 By Chris Baltimore Tropical Storm Debby meandered slowly to the Florida coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and waves that forced the closure...
Panel Finds Halliburton At Fault for Flawed Cement in BP Oil Well October 29, 2010 By Chris Baltimore Halliburton Co. used flawed cement in BP Plc’sdoomed Gulf of Mexico well, which could have contributed to the blowout that...
BP Reports Some Success in Containing Gulf Oil Spill May 17, 2010 By Chris Baltimore and Steve Gorman Energy giant BP reported a limited success at containing the oil that is gushing unabated into the Gulf of Mexico...
Gulf States’ Wildlife Reserve, Tourism, Fisheries at Risk from Oil Spill April 30, 2010 By Chris Baltimore A massive oil slick from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach a wildlife reserve...
Gulf of Mexico Leak Grows, Oil Slick Near Shore April 29, 2010 By Chris Baltimore The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday five times as much oil as previously estimated was leaking from a well beneath...
Ferocious Hurricane Ike in Gulf of Mexico, Headed for Texas September 11, 2008 By Chris Baltimore Hurricane Ike gathered strength as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters Thursday on a track that would...