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DEP and FWC respond to record BP settlement, applauds Gulf Coast recovery progress

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BP has agreed to pay a record $18.732 billion to resolve claims by five Gulf States of violating the Clean Water Act, harming natural resources, and other economic damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As a part of the agreement announced Thursday, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. The overall deal has BP on the hook for more than $3 billion above the $43.8 billion initially set aside for dealing with the worst offshore spill in U.S.…

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Madeira Beach restaurant goes after BP for denied settlement

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A Madeira Beach restaurant is suing British Petroleum, the oil company behind the infamous 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, for breach of contract. Lisa’s Café filed a claim with BP for damages associated with business losses incurred as a result of the oil spill. Owner Lisa Ammons claimed business plummeted, food prices skyrocketed and her menu options shrank. In 2010 her original claim was awarded her business $123,858 in compensation. However a month later, according to Ammons’ lawsuit, BP…

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Scientists gather at USF St. Pete, to address questions that still remain about BP oil spill

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Five years after 11 people lost their lives on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the Macondo oil well began leaking more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, questions still remain about the environmental effects of the largest oil spill in history. BP committed $500 million over a 10-year period for scientists to independently study the effects of the spill and conduct crucial research to help mitigate future spills. By the end of this year…

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Offshore oil drilling has been off the table in Florida since 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill

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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 likely shut the door politically on oil drilling in Florida waters, a Florida State University oceanography professor said Monday on the five-year anniversary of the spill. In April 2010, a Florida House committee led by future House Speaker Dean Cannon was considering draft legislation to allow drilling in state waters 10.6 miles off the Gulf Coast. But the Senate said it wouldn’t take up a bill. Then the Deepwater Horizon explosion 42 miles off…

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5 years after BP spill, drillers push into riskier depths

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Five years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, the industry is working on drilling even further into the risky depths beneath the Gulf of Mexico to tap massive deposits once thought unreachable. Opening this new frontier, miles below the bottom of the Gulf, requires engineering feats far beyond those used at BP’s much shallower Macondo well. But critics say energy companies haven’t developed the corresponding safety measures to prevent another disaster or contain one if it happens — a…

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BP ‘pleased with progress’ — but makes no promises

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Hopes that BP would finally cap the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by Monday were dashed when company officials announced Sunday that it could take at least six more days to secure a new replacement cap over the spill’s source. Until then, oil continues to stream into the Gulf at full force after robotic submarines were able to remove the old, leaky replacement cap on Saturday. The removal was the first step in making way for a…

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BP ‘pleased with progress’ — but makes no promises

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Hopes that BP would finally cap the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by Monday were dashed when company officials announced Sunday that it could take at least six more days to secure a new replacement cap over the spill’s source. Until then, oil continues to stream into the Gulf at full force after robotic submarines were able to remove the old, leaky replacement cap on Saturday. The removal was the first step in making way for a…

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