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Payout official set for surge in BP spill claims

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings.

Emergency Personnel Participate in Oil Spill Response Program

Nearly 250 first responders participated in a National Preparedness Response Exercise Program in Los Angeles including U.S. Coast Guard, Chevron, California Department

Payout official set for surge in BP spill claims

The deadline for claims against BP in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away. ||| New Orleans - The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. Show More Summary

Top Chef's oil spill money prompts bullshit from Bravo, Anthony Bourdain vs. Andy Cohen vs. David Simon

News that Top Chef received $200,000 from the oil spill fund the Deepwater Horizon disaster has prompted controversy and a debate of sorts between Bravo VP Andy Cohen, chef Anthony Bourdain, and TV auteur David Simon. All of this was...Show More Summary

Low-grade cotton offers more ecologically-friendly way to clean oil spills

When it comes to cleaning up the next massive crude oil spill, one of the best and most eco-friendly solutions for the job may be low-grade cotton from West Texas.

Treme Creator David Simon Takes Down Bravo’s Andy Cohen Over Top Chef New Orleans’s BP Oil Spill Cash

It's beginning to look a lot like a big, hot mess. On Monday, the Times-Picayune reported — somewhat innocuously — that the forthcoming season of Top Chef, which is going into production soon in New Orleans, will benefit from $200,000 supplied by BP in conjunction with the 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Show More Summary

BP to ask UK government to intervene on Gulf spill payments: BBC

LONDON (Reuters) - British oil company BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene with the U.S. government over the escalating cost of compensating U.S. companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010, the BBC reported Thursday.

Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills

With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly answer, with an amazing ability to sop up oil. Show More Summary

Cotton Offers Green, Low Cost Way to Clean Oil Spills, Study Finds

Unprocessed raw cotton may be an ecologically friendly, lower cost solution to clean up oil spills, according to a report published in the American Chemical Society journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. The report, Crude Oil Sorption by Raw Cotton, describes research by scientists at Texas Tech University and includes some of the first scientific [...]

Arctic Council Signs Oil Spill Response Deal

Foreign ministers from the Arctic Council’s member states have signed a legally binding agreement on preventing and responding to oil spills in the Arctic to protect the region’s waters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

Arctic Council Signs Oil Spill Response Deal

Kvichak Deliver Oil Spill Skimmers to the US Navy

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. recently completed delivery of fifteen 30’ Rapid Response Skimmers to the U.S. Navy. With the addition of these skimmers

Thank the BP Oil Spill for the Forthcoming Top Chef New Orleans

Wonder what Emeril Lagasse thinks about all of this. The Times-Picayune reports (via Eater) that season eleven of Top Chef was partially funded with a total of $375,000 from local agencies, with $200,000 coming from the Louisiana State Office of Tourism and another $175,000 from the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp. Show More Summary

Top Cheffage: Top Chef Gets $375,000 From NOLA and Louisiana (Using BP Oil Spill Recovery Funds)

Here's more news on Top Chef's decision to head to New Orleans for its eleventh season. The Times-Picayune reports that Louisiana and the city of New Orleans tourism offices are giving Bravo $375,000 to sponsor the ">recently announced Top...

New Orleans, Louisiana paid $375,000 for Top Chef; some money came from oil spill fund

It's no longer a secret that cities and/or states pay to host a season of Top Chef. The show is headed to New Orleans for its 11th season, which has been known for about a month now, but was only confirmed by Bravo on Friday. Today,Show More Summary

BP plc (ADR) (BP), Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (RDS.A): Where’s The Oil?

BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) is in the news again because of problems at one of its drilling platforms. Although the North Sea event didn’t have the massive implications of the Gulf of Mexico spill, it continues a trend that should worry investors. Hard to find Oil is increasingly difficult to find. That’s a big problem [...]

A Closer Look at BP's Big Growth Hopes

LONDON -- BP  has sold almost $38 billion of assets since 2010, in order to deal with the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Although this would have destroyed most companies, BP's size and strong balance sheet has enabled...Show More Summary

DOJ's Top Environmental Lawyer to Step Down

After an action-packed tenure that included litigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Ignacia Moreno, the head of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced today she is stepping down June 7. On her watch, the 490-lawyer division won...

An Eventful April for Oceana's Climate and Energy Team

Mock oil spills like this one were staged around the country in April to demonstrate disastrous effects of oil drilling on the oceans. Photo: Sarah Schwimmer Oceana’s climate and energy campaign had an eventful April. In our ongoingShow More Summary

Vegan News 5.8.13

Bp oil spill keeps on giving, satellite to monitor Earth's forests, toxic caterpillars sprayed by helicopters, findings from rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean.