Tag: Deepwater Horizon
Over $1 billion spent on Deepwater Horizon settlement projects in Alabama
On Friday, David Rainer with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported that the Deepwater Horizon settlement has paid for over $1 billion of...
Alabama Trustees approve more funds for the Bayfront Park Restoration and...
The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group has approved using earned interest for the Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement – Phases IIa and IIb Project (Bayfront...
New report: Oil spills from offshore transportation way down
Oil and natural gas spills from tankers and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to one...
U.S. Treasury approves Alabama’s multiyear implementation plan for Gulf Coast recovery
A multiyear plan developed to help restore the Gulf Coast in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been approved by...
Kay Ivey details 8 new restoration projects thanks to additional BP...
Governor Kay Ivey announced on Monday the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) approved more than $48 million for eight new projects, which focus...
Alabama House to debate how to spend BP oil spill settlement
The Alabama House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan on Tuesday for spending Alabama's settlement money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon "BP" oil spill in the...
Judge: BP not to pay oil industry losses from moratorium
A federal judge ruled that BP does not have to pay for economic losses other businesses suffered when the federal government shut down deep-water...
Opening statements to begin in trial of former BP rig supervisor
Federal prosecutors and lawyers for a Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor are ready to tell jurors what they expect to prove as 65-year-old Robert Kaluza...
Robert Bentley announces $20 million Transocean settlement
Thursday Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced the state has agreed to a $20 million settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc., the company that owned...
Landmark settlement with BP over 2010 Gulf oil spill finalized
The Justice Department and five states have finalized a settlement worth more than $20 billion arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in...
