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TigerHawk.com 6/17/2010 When you’re in a lot of trouble, sometimes you’d rather your friends just said nothing: BP’s Russian partners, who had sparred with the British company over management at the venture in recent years, last week came out publicly to defend BP’s environmental performance amid the Gulf crisis. Mikhail Fridman, who leads the group […] June 19th, 2010 | Tags: British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill | Category: Energy, Environment, Russia | Comments are closed
The president’s energy speech was fueled by hot air Editorial The Washington Times 6/16/2010 In his Oval Office address on Tuesday night, President Obama issued a ringing challenge to “embark on a national mission to unleash American innovation and seize control of our own destiny” through developing clean alternative energy. The president stated that the […] June 17th, 2010 | Tags: British Petroleum | Category: Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Socialism | Comments are closed
William Jacobson Legal Insurrection 6/14/2010 There is something profoundly bass ackwards in the way Obama is reacting to the disaster in the Gulf. Obama keeps focusing on legal liability: President Obama will use his first Oval Office speech Tuesday night to outline a plan to legally compel BP to create an escrow account to compensate […] June 14th, 2010 | Tags: British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, liability, oil spill | Category: Barack Obama | Comments are closed
The Sunday Times [UK] 13 June 2010 BP is considering putting several billion dollars into a ring-fenced clean-up fund to appease American concerns over the soaring cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The fund is one of several options to be put to the company’s board tomorrow ahead of a meeting on Wednesday […] June 13th, 2010 | Tags: British Petroleum, clean-up fund, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, Transocean | Category: Barack Obama, Congress | Comments are closed
Dan Riehl Riehl World View 6/8/2010 Via Big Government, at the behest of lobbyists, Senate [sic] Dick Durbin has introduced an amendment to the financial reform bill, one which will ultimately punish consumers, while benefiting companies like BP and Wal-Mart. I wonder if Wal-Mart traded this for their support on government health care? The Durbin […] June 13th, 2010 | Tags: 'Restoring American Financial Stability Act', British Petroleum, Sen. Dick Durbin, Wal-Mart | Category: Congress, legislation, Lobbying | Comments are closed
CAJ note: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse…Rhode Island’s other gift that keeps on giving… by Jordan Fabian The Hill 6/8/2010 The criminal case against oil giant BP has essentially been proven and investigators should be determining how harshly it will be penalized, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Tuesday. Whitehouse (D-R.I.) — a former U.S. Attorney who successfully […] June 8th, 2010 | Tags: British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Category: Crime, Department of Justice, Rhode Island | Comments are closed
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