USM will conduct survey of coast since oil spill BusinessWeek Students from the University of Southern Mississippi will be visiting more than 250 homes south of Interstate 10 on Saturday, to survey residents about their lives after the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. USM officials say the homes … Researchers: Deepwater Spill's Effects Long-Lasting for Louisiana Fish PopulationHSToday Firm offers to investigate if BP oil spill affected local economyNorth Florida Herald USM will conduct survey of Coast since oil spillSunHerald.com
Government will conduct surprise oil rig inspections Reuters Bromwich, who was brought in this summer to reform a scandal-ridden bureau marred by the massive BP spill, said the unannounced inspections are part of the … US Asks Judge to Dismiss Gulf Deep-Water Drilling Ban Suit as IrrelevantBloomberg Take Profits in Offshore DrillersTheStreet.com Platts Energy Podium: BOEM's Bromwich Defends U.S. Drilling Permits HandlingPR Newswire (press release) Oil and Gas Insight (registration) all 47 news articles »
Following the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Barack Obama placed a hold on all offshore oil drilling that drilled deeper than 500 ft. That moratorium put many people out of work and jeopardized companies engaged in offshore drilling operations. Some filed a lawsuit. The case was assigned to federal judge Martin Feldman. On June 22, 2010 the judge issued an injunction lifting the moratorium. There is a major problem with that order. Judge Feldman reported in 2008 on some ten pages his investments, many of which in companies that engage in offshore drilling or related business. Among those companies is Halliburton, which caused the Horizon disaster by delivering a faulty cement job. He even owned stock — some 000 worth, in Transocean. Now, how can a judge not be influenced in deciding an offshore moratorium when he owns stock in companies that engage in offshore drilling?
As the BP oil spill investigation heats up, the question has arisen as to whether or not BP’s negligence (which led to the deaths of 11 men) border on manslaughter. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to discuss the possibilty of criminal convictions against BP.
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