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Baldwin County planning to pay BP lawsuit legal fees with leftover grant money

May 22, 2012

FAIRHOPE, Alabama — Baldwin County commissioners agreed at their work session today to use $1.38 million leftover in Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill grant funds tp pay their team of attorneys involved in settling the $11.565 million lawsuit against oil giant BP.

Settlement won’t delay BP trial according to Alabama AG

May 1, 2012

A proposed settlement hearing with BP shouldn’t delay the trial to determine fault in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident, according to a story on Bloomberg.com.

Baldwin County votes to settle BP claim for $11.565 million

May 1, 2012

BAY MINETTE, Alabama — Baldwin County commissioners voted today to accept a settlement offer of $11.565 million in their lawsuit against BP PLC relating to damages arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.

Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case, say engineer destroyed evidence (Updated)

April 24, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Justice Department said on Tuesday it filed the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, accusing a former BP engineer of destroying evidence.

BP still cleaning up oil spill mess, two years later

April 16, 2012

MOBILE, Alabama — Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP continues to clean up the mess.

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2010: Are we beginning to see more environmental concerns materialize?

April 13, 2012

Scientists are not holding out hope that the Gulf of Mexico was “relatively unaffected” by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, according to a story in the The Wall Street Journal.

Department of Pubic Health encourages Deepwater Horizon oil spill volunteers to enroll in study

March 27, 2012

The Alabama Department of Public Health is encouraging volunteers who helped with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup to be a part of a study that will look at possible long-term health effects associated with that cleanup, according to a story in the

U.S. Senate passes RESTORE Act for Gulf Coast states

March 14, 2012

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate today passed a transportation bill that includes the RESTORE Act, a provision that requires 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines against companies responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to be split…

Gulf Shores settles with BP for $6.5 million to cover future losses

March 12, 2012

Gulf Shores has settled with BP to the tune of $6.5 million to cover any future financial losses to the city due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a news release.

South Mobile students still suffering from Gulf oil spill

January 31, 2012

For the children of south Mobile County, the effects of 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill didn’t wash away as shorelines were cleared of tarballs and as waters reopened to fishing. Their pains are still evident every day at school

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