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Report shows impact of legislation that directs BP oil spill fines to coastal … – Tampabay.com 0

Posted on December 05, 2011 by bp complaints

WTSP 10 News

Report shows impact of legislation that directs BP oil spill fines to coastal
Tampabay.com
Restoring the Gulf Coast: new Markets for Established Firms was completed for the Environmental Defense Fund. It comes as Congress is taking up legislation to direct 80 percent of fines levied as punishment for the 2010 BP oil spill to restoration
Group: Spend Oil Spill Fines on RestorationWCTV
How to Spend BP Oil Spill FinesCapitol News Service
Report: Federal RESTORE Act would generate many jobs for Florida businessesFirst Coast News
MarketWatch (press release)
all 18 news articles »

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Proposed legislation would funnel BP fines to Gulf Coast – The News Herald 0

Posted on July 23, 2011 by bp complaints

Telegraph.co.uk

Proposed legislation would funnel BP fines to Gulf Coast
The News Herald
PANAMA CITY — Senators from the five oil spill-affected states have proposed legislation to direct 80 percent of the fines levied against BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster to economic and ecological recovery in Gulf Coast states. Sens.
Official Deepwater Horizon report delayed againHouston Chronicle
Teaming up for the coastTbo.com
US Investigators Delay Report On Deepwater Horizon SpillNASDAQ
The Hill (blog) –Reuters India
all 46 news articles »

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US Senate Approves Deepwater Horizon Legislation – Helicopter Association International 0

Posted on June 10, 2011 by bp complaints

Dalje.com

US Senate Approves Deepwater Horizon Legislation
Helicopter Association International
The US Senate Commerce Committee approved S. 183 this week, making it easier for victims of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and their families to recover money in court. The bill would modify the Shipowners' Liability Act of 1851 to exempt legal claims
Transocean criticizes USCG draft report on Deepwater HorizonPennEnergy- Energy News (press release)
US Senate Bill Would Expand Remedies For Deepwater Horizon Rig Workers, FamiliesGulf Coast Maritime
Deepwater Horizon families could sueUPI.com
Houston Chronicle –Kansas City Star –FuelFix (blog)
all 37 news articles »

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New Legislation Would Restrict Gulf Oil Drilling – Daily News Pulse 0

Posted on March 20, 2011 by bp complaints

Telegraph.co.uk

New Legislation Would Restrict Gulf Oil Drilling
Daily News Pulse
Companies already are required to develop response plans before they can get drilling permits, but Graham said that in the case of the Deepwater Horizon spill, BP offered a response plan that it was not capable of carrying out – a problem he said was
Potential new deep water oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico-100 mile sheen reportedExaminer.com
Third Drilling Permit Is GrantedWall Street Journal
Probing BP's spill estimates: An editorialNOLA.com
Gulf Coast Maritime –MarineLink –The INDsider
all 176 news articles »

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Study Mirrors Capps’ Legislation – Santa Barbara Independent 0

Posted on March 10, 2011 by bp complaints

Moneycontrol.com

Study Mirrors Capps' Legislation
Santa Barbara Independent
Lois Capps (D-Calif) commended the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its launch of a national study to track possible health effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill on the 55000 clean-up workers and volunteers in Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi
Approaching the BP Spill's One Year Anniversary: The Disaster in the Gulf Lives OnHuffington Post
BP: No Bonuses For Heads Of Gulf OperationsNPR (blog)
Oil Spill Commission: Gulf disaster could have been preventedWorld War 4 Report
Daily Comet –KVAL –DailyFinance
all 489 news articles »

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Martha Collins: US Senate needs to pass drilling reform legislation now – TCPalm 0

Posted on November 23, 2010 by bp complaints

Fox News

Martha Collins: US Senate needs to pass drilling reform legislation now
TCPalm
Federal law governing offshore oil exploration and development is badly out of date. The Gulf of Mexico disaster has exposed a system in which industry is
BP Continues to Make a Comeback (NYSE:BP)King of All Trades
BP Gulf Oil Spill: Seven Months LaterAfricana Online (blog)
Macondo partners parry payment claims from BP for oil spillOil & Gas Journal
Kansas City Star –Houston Chronicle –London South East
all 400 news articles »

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Senate Democrats hold off on Gulf oil spill legislation – MiamiHerald.com 0

Posted on August 04, 2010 by bp complaints

Senate Democrats hold off on Gulf oil spill legislation
MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON — Despite months of public outrage over the massive BP oil spill, frustrated Democratic Senate leaders
Senate Democrats punt on spill billPolitico
Senate Pulls the Plug on Drilling ReformsNewsweek (blog)
Oil Industry Pleased With Spill Bill DelayThe Washington Independent
New York Times –AFP –The Associated Press
all 586 news articles »

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House approves oil spill legislation – Los Angeles Times 0

Posted on July 30, 2010 by bp complaints

Reuters

House approves oil spill legislation
Los Angeles Times
In its most sweeping response to the gulf oil spill, the House on Friday approved legislation that would impose new environmental safeguards for offshore
House approves oil spill legislationThe Associated Press
Offshore Drilling Overhaul Passed by House After BP Oil SpillBusinessWeek
House to vote on oil spill bill, including several Markey provisionsBoston Globe
MiamiHerald.com –AFP –Wall Street Journal
all 376 news articles »

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Partisan bickering delays oil spill legislation – The Associated Press 0

Posted on July 29, 2010 by bp complaints

Environmental Data Interactive

Partisan bickering delays oil spill legislation
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Partisan disagreements in the Senate will delay passage of legislation responding to the Gulf oil spill until at least September, when
House Dems face resistance from their own on spill planThe Hill (blog)
Sen. Mary Landrieu proposes oil spill liability compromiseNOLA.com
Compromise on Oil Spill Liability Starting to Look LikelyGuruFocus.com
istockAnalyst.com (press release) –NASDAQ –Bloomberg
all 51 news articles »

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President Obama Meets with the Cabinet to Discuss Economy, Iraq, BP Oil Spill and Energy and Climate Legislation 0

Posted on June 23, 2010 by bp complaints

Click here to see the video.

Yesterday, President Obama held a Cabinet meeting at the White House to discuss a variety of topics with the Cabinet ranging from economic growth, national security and the war in Iraq, the BP Oil Spill, and the need for comprehensive energy and climate legislation. 

Following the meeting the President gave brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room.  The President began his remarks by mentioning the Cabinet’s discussion of economic growth.   Over the past five months we have seen job and economic growth, but the President emphasized that there is still more work to be done to help the “millions of Americans out there who are looking for work, or looking for more hours, or are behind on their payments because they experienced unemployment very recently.”

Vice President Biden also gave a briefing on Iraq:

We also got a full briefing from our national security team as well as Vice President Biden on Iraq.  It hasn’t received a lot of attention lately, but we are on pace to meet every target that we set at the beginning of this administration, to have our combat troops out and to transfer security responsibilities to the Iraqis.  And we had a discussion about the progress that’s been made in terms of government formation there.

We also discussed the importance of the transition from a Defense-weighted U.S. approach to a more State Department-weighted approach, and the need to make sure that we are adequately funding and supporting all the diplomatic measures that are going to be necessary so that we can partner effectively with a new Iraqi government over the long haul.

The Cabinet also discussed the BP Oil Spill and measures that have been taken over the past few weeks to stop the leak, clean up the oil and compensate those whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the oil spill. 

We had a discussion about the oil spill in the Gulf and the important measures that are being taken both in capping the well, in making sure that we are dealing with the consequences on the shorelines and estuaries and bays across the Gulf, and also making sure that ordinary Americans who are being devastated economically are compensated properly.

Ken Feinberg has already traveled to the Gulf, and he is meeting with governors and local officials with the billion fund that has been set up.  We want to make sure that that money is moving out as quickly as possible, as fairly as possible, and that some of the people who I’ve had a chance to talk to down in the Gulf who are just desperate for relief are getting help as quickly as possible.

Finally the Cabinet discussed the importance of passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation:

And finally, we talked about energy.  In the context of the oil spill, as I said last week during my Oval Office address, this has to be a wakeup call to the country that we are prepared and ready to move forward on a new energy strategy that the American people desperately want but for which there’s been insufficient political will.  It is time for us to move to a clean energy future.  I think the American people understand that it is a jobs creator, that it is a national security enhancer, that it is what is needed environmentally.

And we have the opportunity to build on actions that have already been taken in the House of Representatives.  The Senate has an opportunity before the August recess and the elections to stand up and move forward on something that could have enormous, positive consequences for generations to come.  And the entire Cabinet here recognizes, with all the other stuff that they’re doing, that if we get energy right, that an awful lot of things can happen as a consequence.

 

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