BP Complaints

White House: BP Will Pay B Into Gulf Spill Fund
At the White House, the president and the oil company’s top executives reached an agreement on the escrow fund the administration demanded to compensate victims of the Gulf Coast spill.
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BP, White House Escrow Deal Stalled on Size, Manager (Update1)
June 15 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc and the Obama administration haven’t reached agreement on setting up an escrow fund to pay cleanup costs and claims stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, people familiar with the negotiations said today.
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BP press releases

White House: Obama ready to seize claims process
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — President Obama is poised to seize the handling of oil-spill damage claims from BP, his chief spokesman said Tuesday, as Mr. Obama sought to reassure people he’s up to the enormous challenge of helping them recover from the environmental disaster. He will outline his specific plans …
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Oil spill response open house tonight in Houma
The U.S. Coast Guard and BP will host an open house tonight at the Houma Civic Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Agencies involved in response, such as the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response.

Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response.

Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

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Coast Guard account of Deepwater aftermath contradicts White House timeline (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom – Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity — a nonprofit that funds investigative journalism — reveal that the Coast Guard knew from the get-go that the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion was an environmental catastrophe in the making. The newly released Coast Guard log entries — which the center analyzed in conjunction with the New York Times — contradict public …
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response