Tag: BP

The shoreline of Bay Jimmy, which was heavily impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is seen in an area that has tar mats and oozing crude oil on the marsh platform, in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Sept. 27. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Energy and Environment

BP caused 2010 gulf spill to last longer, victims’ lawyers say

Bloomberg News · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix arrives at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments Monday in Mix's trial on two counts of obstruction of justice. He is charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

Energy and Environment

Ex-BP engineer convicted on 1 obstruction charge

Associated Press · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix arrives at the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments Monday in Mix's trial on two counts of obstruction of justice. He is charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

Energy and Environment

Trial winds down for former BP engineer

Associated Press · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

A boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. A federal judge has refused to declare a mistrial in the case of former BP drilling engineer charged with obstruction of justice following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Judge rejects mistrial motion for ex-BP engineer

Kevin McGill · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A construction project in West Pensacola, Fla., funded by oil giant BP and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill, is shown on May 13. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)

Energy and Environment

Judge suspends BP spill payments to businesses

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Here’s the man who knows what Ronald Reagan would do

Ron Arnold · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Ronald Binz, former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and nominee to the Federal Regulatory Commission, speaks at an Energy and Natural Resources Committee meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Energy and Environment

FERC nominee Ron Binz grilled over ‘shadow team’ of lobbyists, PR flacks

Michal Conger · September 17, 2013 12:00 am

President Bush's presidency functionally came to an end in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If President Obama isn't careful, his presidency will suffer a similar fate.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

If Obama doesn’t pick Janet Yellen, Syria could become his Katrina

Conn Carroll · September 16, 2013 4:00 am

A gas station pump with various grades of fuel, including E15, which contains 5 percent more ethanol than the current 10 percent norm sold at most U.S. gas stations. (AP/Renewable Fuels Association)

Energy and Environment

Congress should repeal ethanol mandate before it does more harm to consumers, the environment

Wayne Winegarden · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Tony Podesta bought 131 C St SE in 2009 for $1.57 million.ÃÂ (Photo by Wikipedia user GrapedApe, used under a Creative Commons license)

Tony Podesta hires Mary Landrieu’s husband to sell lobbying townhouse

Timothy P. Carney · August 27, 2013 4:00 am