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Chevron, Transocean say Brazil drops criminal oil spill charges
2013-02-21 01:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Brazilian judge dropped criminal charges against Chevron Corp, Transocean Ltd and 17 of their employees related to a November 2011 offshore oil spill, the companies said on Wednesday. The criminal case, and a civil suit seeking as much as 40 billion reais ($20.4 billion) in damages, have cast a chill over Brazil's oil industry. The criminal suit carried penalties of up to 31 years. The still-open civil case is Brazil's largest-ever environmental lawsuit, even though the amount of oil spilled...
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Oil spill cleanup on Mississippi River complete
2013-02-07 03:41:05| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Coast Guard has completed cleanup of the oil spill near Vicksburg, Miss., that closed the major shipping channel for days in both directions.
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Draft Arctic Oil Spill Agreement Inadequate
2013-02-06 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Environmentalists are warning that a meeting of environment ministers that took place Monday in Sweden has agreed on a weak and inadequate response plan in case of an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean. According to Greenpeace, an environment watchdog, a leaked copy of the document suggests that the eight member states that make up a group dubbed the Arctic Council have failed to agree on the technical details necessary for dealing with a large-scale disaster, even while it opens the way for increased...
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BP objects to $34 billion oil spill claims sought by states
2013-02-05 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: BP Plc has tallied up claims made by states and local governments on the U.S. Gulf Coast for economic and property damages from the Macondo oil spill, and come up with a figure of $34 billion, which it deems "substantially" overstated. The company has struggled with political, financial and legal fallout ever since the April 2010 explosion, which caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The $34 billion total, provided for disclosure reasons with the company's financial results on...
Arctic oil spill plan 'useless'
2013-02-04 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Environmental campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague. The proposal has been in preparation for two years as oil companies look to increase exploration in the region. Greenpeace says it fails to get to grip with the risks of an accident in an extremely sensitive location. Ministers from the eight nation Arctic Council are due to discuss the plan at a meeting in Sweden tomorrow. As summer ice in the Arctic has declined in...
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