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'BP should pay they've done a lot of damage': Gulf workers hail ruling

2014-09-05 14:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Environmentalists, recreational fishermen and people who make their living on the Gulf of Mexico are hailing a federal judges ruling that could mean $18 billion in additional fines for BP over the nations worst offshore oil spill. Lisa Smith cheered and gave an emphatic yes Thursday afternoon when she heard about the decision as she fished off a beach bridge in Florida. BP should have to pay, theyve done a lot of damage, Smith said. In the town of Lafitte, Louisiana, David Robin said...

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Florida officials appeal gay-marriage ruling

2014-09-05 03:08:29| Telecom - Topix.net

Attorney General Pam Bondi's office filed the notice Thursday on behalf of Surgeon General Dr. John H. Armstrong, Secretary of Management Services Craig J. Nichols and Washington County Clerk of Court Harold Bazzell. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle in Tallahassee ruled on Aug. 21 that the ban violates the 14th Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.

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BP could face $18bn in extra fines after US ruling Gulf Mexico spill

2014-09-04 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: BP could face up to $18bn (11bn) in further fines after being found guilty of gross negligence for the Deepwater Horizon blowout that killed 11 workers and led to millions of barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil firm had repeatedly expressed confidence it could avoid such a damning verdict over America's biggest offshore oil accident but a US district judge, Carl Barbier, ruled on Thursday that BP had been reckless as well as negligent. The long-awaited decision from the...

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'Worst Case' BP Ruling on Spill Means Billions More in Fines

2014-09-04 23:28:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

BP Plc faces billions more in potential penalties after a judge found it acted with gross negligence in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, dealing a blow to the company's efforts to expand its drilling program as costs rise and production slips. In a turning point after four years of legal wrangling over responsibility, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier's ruling laid the bulk of the blame on BP for the explosion, which killed 11 men and caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

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Judge's ruling on Gulf oil spill could cost BP billions

2014-09-04 18:03:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier's ruling today could nearly quadruple the amount of civil penalties for polluting the Gulf of Mexico with oil from BP's Macondo well in 2010. Barbier presided over a trial in 2013 to apportion blame for the spill that spewed oil from April 20 to mid-July 2010.

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