Gulf Coast
May 10, 2010 -
The United Commercial Fishermen's Association has won a temporary restraining order in federal court that requires BP to take responsibility for any hazardous chemical exposures suffered by fishermen employed in the Gulf Oil disaster cleanup. "We are thankful this motion has not been denied and the public interest in promoting worker safety and expediting the clean-up of the environmental disaster will be served," said lead counsel Stuart Smith.
May 10, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest British Petroleum is, rightfully, taking a lot of grief for the
May 9, 2010 -
Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen of Alabama and volunteer pilot Tom Hutchings of SouthWings flew over the Gulf of Mexico on Friday to get a look at the massive oil slick spreading from the site of the BP disaster.
May 7, 2010 -
In the take of the Gulf oil disaster, news reports have continued to surface of company representatives encouraging -- some would say coercing -- affected individuals to sign agreements limiting their legal rights and ability to file future claims.
May 6, 2010 -
With oil still gushing fr
May 3, 2010 -
the largest offshore oil drilling contractor in the world. Transocean has its roots in Birmingham, Ala., where it spun off from Sonat, Inc. in 1993.