Read This Dramatic Account Of BP Well Blowout
In one of the most detailed accounts of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon oil rig earlier this year, New York Times reporters David Barstow, David Rohde, Stephanie Saul and Ian Urbina tell...
View ArticleTop Morning Stories 2/3/12: Single Member Districts Endorsed, Millions for...
Committee Supports Expanding City Council, District RepresentationYesterday, a city committee recommended a major change to the Austin City Council: That it expand from seven members to 11, and members...
View ArticleAM Update: Funeral, Escort for Slain Officer, Ron Paul Stays Put, Poor...
Funeral, Motorcade for Officer Padron TodayMayor Lee Leffingwell and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo are among the scheduled speakers at the funeral of a fallen APD officer today.APD Senior Police...
View ArticleGovernment Files First Criminal Charges In BP Oil Spill
"The first criminal charges in connection with the BP oil spill have been filed against a former BP engineer named Kurt Mix," NPR's Carrie Johnson reports exclusively.Carrie just told our Newscast unit...
View ArticleBP Pleads Guilty, Pays Record Fine in Gulf Oil Spill Criminal Case
Update at 11:30 a.m. ET: Oil giant BP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal misconduct related to the 2010 Gulf Oil spill and will pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties, the company just...
View ArticleTransocean to Pay $1.4 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig where 11 men died in April 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties to resolve Justice Department allegations over its...
View ArticleJudge OKs Transocean's $1 Billion Civil Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill
A federal judge in New Orleans has approved a $1 billion civil settlement over its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill where 11 men died in April of 2010, the AP reports.As we reported back in...
View ArticleRead This Dramatic Account Of BP Well Blowout
In one of the most detailed accounts of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon oil rig earlier this year, New York Times reporters David Barstow, David Rohde, Stephanie Saul and Ian Urbina tell...
View ArticleTop Morning Stories 2/3/12: Single Member Districts Endorsed, Millions for...
Committee Supports Expanding City Council, District RepresentationYesterday, a city committee recommended a major change to the Austin City Council: That it expand from seven members to 11, and members...
View ArticleAM Update: Funeral, Escort for Slain Officer, Ron Paul Stays Put, Poor...
Funeral, Motorcade for Officer Padron TodayMayor Lee Leffingwell and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo are among the scheduled speakers at the funeral of a fallen APD officer today.APD Senior Police...
View ArticleGovernment Files First Criminal Charges In BP Oil Spill
"The first criminal charges in connection with the BP oil spill have been filed against a former BP engineer named Kurt Mix," NPR's Carrie Johnson reports exclusively.Carrie just told our Newscast unit...
View ArticleBP Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $4 Billion In Criminal Penalties For Gulf Oil Spill
Update at 11:30 a.m. ET: Oil giant BP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal misconduct related to the 2010 Gulf Oil spill and will pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties, the company just...
View ArticleTransocean To Pay $1.4 Billion In Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig where 11 men died in April 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties to resolve Justice Department allegations over its...
View ArticleJudge OKs Transocean's $1 Billion Civil Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill
A federal judge in New Orleans has approved a $1 billion civil settlement over its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill where 11 men died in April of 2010, the AP reports.As we reported back in...
View ArticleHow Bad Was the BP Oil Spill? Three Years On, Some Answers
The extent of the environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the BP oil disaster is largely unknown to the public; much of the data remains sealed because of litigation. But now scientists at...
View ArticleTexas Legislature Left Out of Loop on $5M from BP to Governor's Office
Today when a Texas House panel hosted a hearing to get an update on money from BP after the Deep Water Horizon explosion, lawmakers learned about money BP gave to the Governor’s office, without looping...
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