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Oil spill stretches 10 miles down a river in Mississippi
2013-07-03 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A 10-mile stretch of Mississippi`s Chickasawhay River was fouled by more than 200 barrels of oil after equipment at a drilling well malfunctioned. The Wayne County News reported in an online video that cleanup efforts were complicated by the oil spill`s remote location. The U.S. EPA, Coast Guard, and state and local authorities have responded to the spill, the newspaper reported. The spill was reported by Logan Oil on Thursday, and the emergency clean-up operations are expected to continue...
Sickened by Exxon Oil Spill, Victims Face Confusion of Officials and Doctors
2013-07-03 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When Diane Wilson complained of headaches and coughs after an oil pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., her doctor treated her for allergies. When Genieve Long came down with nausea, rashes and a fever, her doctor couldn't provide a diagnosis. When Ann Jarrell's 6-month-old grandson began wheezing, a doctor sent him home with asthma medication. All three families live within a few hundred yards of the March 29 oil spill that sent more than 200,000 gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil through...
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Judge taps ex-FBI director Louis Freeh to probe alleged misconduct by BP spill ...
2013-07-03 01:56:00| Energy - Topix.net
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was appointed Tuesday to investigate alleged misconduct by a lawyer who helped run BP's multibillion-dollar settlement fund.
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Former FBI director Freeh to head oil spill settlement investigation
2013-07-03 01:16:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A federal judge has appointed former FBI Director Louis Freeh to conduct an investigation of alleged misconduct by a lawyer who worked for the court-supervised administrator of BP's multibillion-dollar settlement along with a team of private attorneys.
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BP compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims at risk of running out
2013-07-02 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: BP could soon run out of cash in the compensation fund set up for victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, unless it is successful in a legal challenge that will be heard in court next week. The company has been fighting the compensation formula drawn up to pay businesses and individuals harmed by the 2010 spill, ahead of a court hearing in New Orleans on July 8. Court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau has processed about a quarter of the 194,800 claims received, and made compensation...
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