BP settles criminal fines– http://www.abc6.com/story/20107832/bp-to-pay-45-billion-in-oil-spill-settlement Read More
Category: Gulf Restoration – Archive
Archive folders hold news items > 1 year old. News related to Gulf of Mexico restoration following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (e.g., penalties, settlements, programs).
DWH spill data portal
NOAA portal for access to DWH oil spill data– http://noaa.ntis.gov/site/home.php Read More
RESTORE Act Council
President Executive Order signed September 10, 2012, sets conditions for terminating Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, reiterates Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council duties as established in the RESTORE Act, and adds EPA and USDA as NRDA Trustees– available on-line at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/10/executive-order-gulf-coast-ecosystem-restoration Read More
RESTORE Act
President signs Transportation Bill, MAP-21, with RESTORE Act (PL-112-141, subtitle F), which ensures 80% of DWH oil spill settlements and penalties go to Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (versus all going to national Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund)– available at http://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/default.aspx Read More
Recovery progress
Environmental Law Institute (ELI) web site provides excellent information regarding RESTORE Act and progress of DWH spill-related settlements, litigation and penalties– http://eli-ocean.org/gulf/ Read More
Spill impact economics
University of Houston-Victoria faculty, Yong-Gyo Lee and Xavier Garza-Gomez, using market-based measures, estimated loss in oil/gas industry capitalization due to 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to be up to $562 billion — http://www.na-businesspress.com/JAF/LeeY_Web12_1_.pdf. Read More
Recovery publication
Current Biology editor considers where Gulf ecosystem and policies are 2 years after DWH oil spill– http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212005222 Read More
Dispersant publication
2012 NOAA workshop report is good resource regarding dispersant use during DWH oil spill– http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/dispersant_future_11/Dispersant_Initiative_FINALREPORT.pdf. Read More
DWH spill publication
In response to the DWH oil spill, scientists and managers conclude that “modification of laws and policies designed to protect and restore ocean resources is needed in order to accommodate oil drilling in the deep sea and other frontiers” in A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Read More
Oil Spill Commission report
Oil Spill Commission action committee assesses progress towards recommendations made in National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Off-Shore Drilling’s 2011 report (http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/)– http://oscaction.org/wp-content/uploads/OSCA-Assessment-report.pdf. Read More