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$7.8B Settlement Reached By BP and Plaintiffs in Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

Lexis.com subscribers may click here to access Related Court Documents, Including Briefs, Pleadings and Motions for the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation . NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation court... Read More

Tags: Gulf Oil spill , economic loss , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon , seafood , Louisiana , oil rig explosion , multidistrict litigation , Settlement , offshore drilling , BP , fishing

Bryant Gardner Examines Legislative Developments as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted on 2 Aug 2010 by Winston & Strawn LLP

“The tragic loss of the DEEPWATER HORIZON on April 20, 2010 and still mounting environmental damages from the leaking "Macondo" well at Mississippi Canyon Block 252 have produced a robust, if not always like-minded reaction, in Washington... Read More

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California sets forth indicators of disproportionate impacts of climate change on environmental justice communities
Posted on 5 Jan 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

To assist Cal-EPA with the examination of potential environmental justice concerns associated with climate change, Cal-EPA requested the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) [best known for its role in setting drinking water related... Read More

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EPA Spanish Web Site to inform Spanish-speaking public about health, environmental impacts of Oil Spill
Posted on 25 May 2010 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

WASHINGTON – As part of the ongoing federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, EPA has launched a Spanish language Web site to inform the Spanish-speaking public about the spill’s impact on the environment and the health of... Read More

Tags: oil pollution , charter fishing , workplace hazards , Environmental Claims , environmental contamination , financial loss , economic loss , fishermen , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon , environmental cleanup , shrimp harvest , BP , Environmental Disaster , fishing , Gulf of Mexico , EPA

$7.8B Settlement Reached By BP and Plaintiffs in Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff

Lexis.com subscribers may click here to access Related Court Documents, Including Briefs, Pleadings and Motions for the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation . NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation... Read More

Tags: Gulf Oil spill , economic loss , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon , seafood , Louisiana , oil rig explosion , multidistrict litigation , Settlement , offshore drilling , BP , fishing