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Under the Oil Pollution Act, BP's liability for economic damages such as lost wages is capped at $75 million. But Tony Hayward, then BP's chief executive [...]

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Eastern District of Louisiana declaring "BP has chosen to waive the statutory [$75 million] limitation on liability" under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA). [...]

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A court filing Monday by BP lawyers says the company is waiving the statutory limitation on liability under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act. They took the action [...]

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In the letter, Bishop Marañon wrote that “thousands of impoverished men, women and children live in an area of 2000 square miles ravaged by oil pollution. [...]

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22 he wrote that the report “will almost entirely exonerate Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years of oil pollution in the Niger delta, causing outrage among [...]

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trial" for claims filed against energy giant BP PLC by individuals and businesses under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act could start as early as June 2011. [...]

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No Coast Guard vessels investigating the environmental pollution. Even though some of these oil spills are natural in nature from oil seeps in the Gulf [...]

Dunnet, G., Crisp, D., Conan, G., Bourne, W. (1982) "Oil Pollution and Seabird Populations [and Discussion]" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Returning to Pandora is now a sure thing, according to James Cameron. The colourful Canadian-born filmmaker plans to direct two Avatar sequels himself, he said this week at his Hollywood studio. "It's in progress right now," Cameron said. "I mean, there's a lot of writing, a lot of de [...]

Well, it would certainly turn out to be a massive bombshell if it's true: BP's attorney has just suggested that the company may seek to invoke the clause in the 1990 Oil Pollution Act that limits polluting companies' liability in a [...]

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The suit alleges that the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused an oil spill that harmed and killed both endangered and threatened species, which may continue to feel the effects long after the cleanup. Three environmental advocacy groups sued BP on Wednesday, alleging the company's Gulf of Mexico oil spill harmed and killed both endangered and threatened species — one of hundreds of civil suits [...]

Invariably when we hear the word 'pollution', we always think of plastics, fertilizers or oil spills. While these pollutants do cause a significant amount of po. [...]

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The study by UNEP – which has been paid for by Shell – is due to report that only 10% of oil pollution in Ogoniland has been caused by equipment failures and company negligence. It concludes that that the rest has come from bunkering [...]

You can easily conduct a do-it-yourself home energy assessment (also known as a home energy audit). With a simple but diligent walk-through, you can spot many problems in any type of house. When assessing your home, keep a checklist of areas you have inspected and problems you found. This list will [...]

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The ads were meant to reference an on-going lawsuit in Ecuador where Chevron is accused of negligence that amounts to $27 billion in oil pollution clean-up costs. Chevron deems this a “meritless case” and, according to the Christian [...]

Going beyond a mere formal milestone, BP has formally “chosen to waive” the legal limit on its liability under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) – the 1990 law that amended the Clean Water Act to essentially create the framework for major oil [...]

A court filing Monday by BP lawyers says the company is waiving the statutory limitation on liability under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act even though it denies engaging in any gross negligence in connection with the April 20 explosion on [...]

Prevention of Pollution by Oil . Oil tankers transport some 1,800 million tonnes of crude oil around the world by sea including 50 percent of U.S. oil imports (crude oil and [...]

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THIBODAUX — Locals will have a chance to learn about the years-long study under way to document and bill BP for environmental damage done caused by its ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]

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If a spill occurred not too long ago, the cleaners often burn it; the disadvantage of this method is that it causes air pollution. Probably the most notable among all of those oil spill facts is that a lot of money is being wasted [...]

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In a court filing, BP lawyers said the company is waiving the statutory limitation on liability under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act even though it denies engaging in any gross negligence in connection with the April 20 explosion on the [...]

Oh, what a surprise!Not!the oil and gas industry is pumping alarmingly high pollution into the skies -- as high as anywhere in the country.Ozone raises its ugly head in rural UtahBy JUDY FAHYSThe Salt Lake TribuneThe problem was on par with the worst summertime ozone tracked by the U.S. Environme [...]

Guarantee polluters – not taxpayers – are required to pay for cleanup and damages when their negligence is responsible for oil spills and other pollution; Permanently ban oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes; Allow Michigan citizens [...]

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Biblical faith to justify their denial of the destructive power of coal and oil pollution. Tea Party organizers in Rep. Baron Hill's (D-IN) district told Broder their denial of pollution was consistent with the Bible's teachings: [...]

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A bill has been introduced in the Senate that would allow oil spill victims to sue more entities for liability. The Oil Spill Victims Redress Act, S. 3862, would alter the Oil Pollution Act to allow victims of an oil spill - including [...]