California's Public Utilities Commission is recommending that PG&E be fined $2.25 billion for the 2010 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion that killed ten people in San Bruno, California. If it holds, it will be one of the largest in history.
A judge accepted a guilty plea, forcing BP to pay fine of $4 billion. But that doesn't encompass the massive oil spill and widespread contamination that the Deepwater explosion led to, and a "massive" trial still awaits the oil giant.
The Islamic militant group holding a French intelligence agent for last three years says he survived the botched rescue attempt made by his countrymen, but that they have decided to kill him anyway in retaliation.
On the day three employees of BP are to be arraigned on criminal charges, the United States announced that the company is banned from winning any new government contracts until they get their act together.
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BP has pleaded guilty to 14 criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of April 2010 and will pay a record penalty of $4.5 billion, which includes $1.26 billion for criminal felonies, according to CBS News.
Coast Guard's tests have concluded that a "sheen" (not of the Charlie variety) spotted on September 16 on the Gulf of Mexico in the area of BP's massive spill matches from oil the 2010 disaster.
New court filings by the Justice Department claim that BP was guilty of "gross negligence and willful misconduct" in the case of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago.
The Justice Department has filed its first criminal charges related to the massive Gulf oil spill in 2010, a watershed moment indeed, except that the charges aren't for the alleged crimes one might expect.
Down along the Gulf coast, the beaches look cleaner, the birds less tar-covered, but the longterm consequences of the BP oil spill are leaving their mark under the ocean's surface.
Scientific American on predicting tornadoes and hurricanes, Time on climate change and natural disasters, The New York Times on a Hawaiian nature preserve, Tara Parker-Pope on going vegan, and Mother Jones on the BP oil still out there
A new class action lawsuit alleges that BP avoided hiring Asian-American fishermen to help with cleanup efforts in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, bringing fresh attention to the difficulties the Asian-American community faced in the aftermath of the disaster.
The guy Europe's financial lobby hired to fix its image feels "pipe-and-slippers at home in a disaster zone," the Telegraph once wrote, which makes sense, since he's tried to manage some of the worst PR disasters in recent memory.
100,000 victims of the nightmarish BP oil spill have been awarded $7.8 billion in damages, with the contingency that any of them can reject it and sue the company directly.
Despite some debate over whether or not its actually recovered from the Deep Water Horizon spill, the Gulf of Mexico will soon welcome BP to start drilling under its waters.
A lot of people are not pleased with President Obama after he approved a plan for BP to drill up in the Gulf of Mexico, the first of its kind since last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion.
The settlement could save both BP and Anadarko billions in added government fines
Coast Guard report shares blame but says BP made critical decisions that led to disaster
Alleges a "cover up scheme" to conceal cutting corners to speed up well work
Putin seems like he wants to send a message to Exxon
Plus: one more thing that shrinks your brain
The petroleum giant would like to pay less for recovery efforts now, please
Championed as a cleanup savior, they had their share of dirty laundry
Analysts say the stiff per-barrel cost could result in $21 billion for Gulf
American media portrays the company as a villain; foreign press see it a little differently
The $40 billion BP wants from Transocean is twice what it committed for spill recovery
The Gulf is still oily, the politicians paid, and off-shore drilling more popular than ever
British officials met with oil executives to ensure they got "a fair slice of the action"
At least 1,000 barrels of oil a day are still leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon well
The memos aren't pretty
BP has been touting recovery, but reports from the foreign press are damning
At least the Kenny Loggins and Lynryrd Skynyrd were there too
That statement "may have been insensitive," Transocean then mused
There's no deal with regulators yet, but BP officials are optimistic
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