Law firm hosted town halls for BP Oil Spill victims in Gulfport
A Miami-based law firm, the Downs Law Group, hosted free town halls in Gulfport for victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill.…
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LSU Report: Traces of BP Oil Spill still detected
Traces of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill were still detectable as recent as two years. According to a Louisiana State University report, small amounts of highly…
AP Was There: Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 20, 2010, a well blew wild under a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers were missing that day, and would later be declared dead. The blast touched off…
Stennis Airport receives RESTORE grant for technology park
Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission received $2.2 million in RESTORE Act funds for a technology park at Stennis International Airport. The 40-acre technology park will consist of multiple buildings built in phases. The funding, which stems from the 2010…
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig
Today marks 11 years since an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers and causing the largest marine oil spill in history. The Deepwater Horizon, which was being leased by BP, was located off the Coast of…
Ten year anniversary of the BP Oil Spill
April 20, 2010: the BP Oil Spill made its mark on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and it’s marine wildlife. The largest oil spill in U.S. waters remain one of the worst environmental disasters in history. “It’s the tenth anniversary of…
Deepwater Horizon: Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, gulf waters sparkle in the sunlight,…
Dolphins, turtles among marine life still at risk a decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (April 7, 2020) — A new National Wildlife Federation report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later: A Look at Gulf Restoration after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, summarizes the latest information available about ten wildlife species that were affected by…
Nearly $226M to restore open Gulf after 2010 BP oil spill
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal agencies have approved nearly $226 million for 18 projects to restore open ocean in the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 BP oil spill. The projects range from $52.6 million…
Northern Legislators Fight For Money
South Mississippi Legislators along with Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves want to make sure BP Oil spill settlement funds are mostly spent on the gulf coast, but North East Mississippi Legislators are saying not so fast. Representative William Tracy Arnold a…
Actors and Director on Coast For Q&A
The movie "Deepwater Horizon" chronicling the BP Oil Spill is set to open September 30th, but a few of the film's actors are on the coast today. Actors Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson along with director peter Berg will be…
Town Hall Meetings
The state of Mississippi is set to receive 750 million dollars over the next 15 years from the BP Oil Disaster and you can tell your lawmakers exactly how you want them to spend the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Money.…
Supreme Court Denies BP's Appeal on Claims
Nearly five years after the massive spill, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied hearing BP's appeal on private and business claims, meaning the British oil giant must continue to make the payments on the $7.8 billion agreed on for those claims after the spill.
Local Fishermen Continue to Struggle After BP Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster claimed 11 lives in 2010, but has continued to affect both the environment and countless industries along the Gulf Coast.
Local Fishermen Show Officials Struggles After Oil Spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the worst ecological disasters in history, and Monday, local fishermen took a big step forward in the recovery process.