Oil spill – The Mississippi Link

BP oil spill: Judge rejects BP attempt to lessen fines for Gulf of Mexico spill, $13.7 billion in civil fines await

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP wants to lower the fine per barrel of oil spilled during the 2010 Deep Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier felt differently. The federal […]

New trial ordered for ex-BP engineer, obstruction of justice conviction tossed

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NEW ORLEANS — A new trial was ordered Thursday for a former BP engineer convicted of deleting text messages related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval […]

Oil spill closes 65-mile stretch of Mississippi River in Louisiana

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 65-mile stretch of the Mississippi River, including the Port of New Orleans, was closed to all water traffic Sunday as crews cleaned up oil that spilled from a barge after […]