FEMA: If storm hits, expect oil to flood homes (VIDEO)

Hurricanes and Oil: Will Your Insurance Policies Protect You From Oil Damage?, WJGH Channel 7 ... Read more >>

Insurance expert: You’ll be “out there with a rake cleaning up tar balls”; Oil on property from hurricane not covered (VIDEO)

Hurricanes and Oil: Will Your Insurance Policies Protect You From Oil Damage?, WJGH Channel 7 ... Read more >>

Investment Banker: Best thing for BP shareholders is to “try to spread the cost of this remediation out as long as” possible

Says BP is playing 'Russian Roulette' with the people in the Gulf region

Is BP rejecting ... Read more >>

BP Fund Chief: “There’s not enough money in the world” to pay home owners with plunging property values

Fund chief says not all spill claims can be met, The Age (Australia), July 2, ... Read more >>

Senate Witness: BP using dispersants so oil hits “beaches for 10 or 15 years”; To benefit from long-term amortization of costs (VIDEO)

Fred McCallister to Testify Before U.S. Senate Regarding Oil Spill, Red Tape, KSWO Channel 7 ... Read more >>

BP ‘firewalling’ U.S. operations difficult: North American division includes Latin America, Trinidad & Tobago, and Angola (CHART)

Attention knife-catchers, Financial Times, June 28, 2010:

But as has been discussed before, firewalling BP's North ... Read more >>

"Vast majority" of homeowner's insurance policies will not cover oil contamination (VIDEO)

Insurance may not cover hurricane damage from oil contaminated water, ABC Action News Tampa Bay, ... Read more >>

CONFLICT?: State of Florida “holding onto 170 million dollars worth of BP stock and bonds”; participates in BP shareholder meetings

States BP Investments, Capitol News Service:

The state is holding onto 170 million dollars worth of ... Read more >>

Keys Attorney: “BP claims offices are staffed with insurance adjusters”; Must file claim with BP to initiate a future lawsuit

Prepare carefully for oil spill damage claims against BP, other firms, The Citizen (Florida Keys), ... Read more >>

FL Supreme Court says tourism and sea-related companies can sue polluters of public waters

Floridians & Gulf Oil Spill, ABC Channel 20 WCJB North Central Florida, Jun 18th 2010:

A ... Read more >>

2007 Flashback: “18 years on, Exxon Valdez oil still pours into Alaskan waters… ecosystem is struggling to recover”

18 years on, Exxon Valdez oil still pours into Alaskan waters, The Guardian, February 2, ... Read more >>

75 percent of board overseeing major study into effects of oil spill have ties to BP

Florida marine research group gets $10 million from BP to study oil spill's effects, Palm ... Read more >>

Florida Keys could be like “an abandoned mining town”; Ad campaign for ‘reef fest’ reaches 1.5 million people, only 6 show up

Florida Skips Offshore Oil Binge but Still Pays, New York Times, June 12, 2010:

Gov. Charlie ... Read more >>

Bankruptcy no protection for BP, still must pay damage claims and cleanup costs

BP Bankruptcy Would Be No Protection From Gulf Spill Costs, Bloomberg, June 15, 2010:

BP Plc, ... Read more >>

Engineer to Congress: BP “horribly negligent” when completing well

US Congress to tell BP boss: you broke rules, cut costs and it ended in ... Read more >>

Legal Experts: Up to 15 years in prison for any criminally negligent BP executives

Excerpts from BP executives could face 15 years' jail, Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2010:

Jody ... Read more >>

2006 appraisal: “$1.3 Trillion are at risk” from oil spill; only for Mississippi Delta

$1.3 trillion figure does not include other areas to be affected by the BP ... Read more >>

WTXL ABC Tallahassee: “We’re 98 percent under normal occupancy”; “Schools, state agencies, even the police could be jeopardy”

Oil spill could mean troubles for local governments and schools, ABC Channel 27 WTXL Tallahassee, ... Read more >>

Attorney: “Most or all of the judges” in the Louisiana district “have a conflict and cannot preside” over oil spill cases

Many Gulf federal judges have oil links, Associated Press, June 6, 2010

New Orleans Judge Sells ... Read more >>

The Playbook: Inside BP’s PR secrets

As BP executives repeat amorphous phrases like "all legitimate claims" and "make things ... Read more >>

BP chief sold 33% of stock days after company requested advice "on how to respond to oil spills"

On June 5, The Telegraph reported:

Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding ... Read more >>

Florida gov’t study: ‘Average spill’ estimated ‘between 52 and 182 barrels a year’

Excerpts from a WUSF report on a shocking study commissioned by Florida's House of Representatives ... Read more >>

Speculation that BP is 'becoming a takeover target'; $40 billion loss since blowout

The market commentary seemed to shift quickly at the market open on Tuesday from last ... Read more >>

Crist appoints former BP lobbyist to spearhead Florida’s legal response to BP oil spill

News Press Excerpts:

Gov. Charlie Crist appointed the political odd couple - Democrat Bob Butterworth and ... Read more >>

New Florida law: $50 million cap on what state can pay private attorneys

Palm Beach Post excerpt:

[A] battle will unfold if Florida decides to sue BP. Florida Attorney ... Read more >>

State of Florida directs Gulf County to “terminate” oil spill litigation agreement with law firm

Excerpts from the Walton Sun:

Gulf County has rescinded its oil spill litigation agreement with a ... Read more >>

Miami Herald: Charter-boat company sues BP, contending perception of oil caused lost business

Captain Duck is suing British Petroleum, saying the oil company giant is responsible for his ... Read more >>

Miami Herald: BP seeks oil-tested judge on lawsuits

Excerpts from the Miami Herald:

Facing some 100 lawsuits after its Gulf of Mexico oil spill ... Read more >>

CNN: Gulf’s $234 billion economy at risk

Excerpts from CNN Money:

Tourism is the second largest industry in the Gulf, and it ranks ... Read more >>

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