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NEW ORLEANS, La – Researchers want cleanup workers and volunteers of last year’s BP oil spill to participate in a Gulf study that is looking at the long-term health effects of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill on clean-up workers.

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Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s $20 billion restitution fund, told Congress on Thursday, Oct 27, that he has has paid out approximately $5.5 billion to more than 213,000 victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that occurred over a year and a half ago.

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House has not yet reached an agreement on a bill to allocate oil spill fines to those areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster of April, 10, 2010.

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A bill has moved on to the full Senate for final consideration that would send 80 percent of oil spill fine money to Gulf Coast states.

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NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier in a major 39-page ruling dismissed all state law claims, but instead adopted an expansive view of economic damage that could result from the oil spill and said that some plaintiffs may be able to collect punitive damages from the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

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JACKSON, MS. – Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill fund, wants a federal court to preside over a Mississippi lawsuit, instead of the state court where the suit was filed.

BP Oil Spill Fund Administrator Kenneth Feinberg

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NEW ORLEANS, La – Lawyers for victims of the April 20, 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill say that BP is using “coercive tactics” to force the victims to agree to final settlements with its claims fund.

Attorneys representing property owners, businesses and others claiming harm say victims have been forced to sign releases for inadequate payments because they could no longer afford to wait for full compensation. ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder has annouced Wednesday, July 20, that an independent audit will be performed on the $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of the BP oil spill.

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WASHINGTON – In a letter to federal regulators on Friday, July 15, BP announced that they have adopted new safety standards at drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

In the letter, BP told regulators that the standards exceed existing federal requirements and demonstrate the company’s commitment to preventing a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster which occurred over a year ago 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Read Full Story

NEW ORLEANS, La —  BP Oil Company filed a 29 page document with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility on Friday, July 8, arguing that most Gulf Oil Spill victims should not receive anymore payouts for future losses.

The oil company’s argument is that the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing. ... Read Full Story