Oil Pollution Links

BP Said to Seek U.S. Settlement of Gulf Spill Pollution Claims

By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr. - BP Plc (BP/) is negotiating with U.S. officials to settle pollution claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that may leave the company liable for as much as $17.6 billion in fines, a person familiar with the talks said.

Leeds metal thief causes canal chaos

A canal was shut due to oil pollution after metal thieves severed a main power cable serving hundreds of homes.

The Kamchatka power enforced £29th. compensation for oil pollution

Court of arbitration of the Kamchatka Krai recovered with “Kamčatskènergo” in favour of the International Fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1992, (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992) about 29 thousand pounds of unpaid contributions in rubles at the rate set by the Bank of Russia on the day of execution of the decision of the Court.

Eight months after disastrous May spill, oil pollution still threatens White Sea coast in Russia’s north

An unscheduled inspection carried out late last year by the Russian federal environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, at the Belomorskaya oil bulk plant on the shore of the White Sea in Russia’s north revealed the enterprise had still not removed the cause of the ecological disaster it had been responsible for last May – an oil spill that severely polluted over 600,000 square meters of the ...

Any Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement should include money for coastal restoration, Sierra Club says

Trial is to begin Feb. 27 to determine liability under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act