Midnight Deadline Approaches for Oil Spill Settlement ClaimsABC NewsWith a midnight Monday deadline approaching to file claims under a 2012 settlement over the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the claims administrator said he expected a last-minute rush of fil …

FuelFix (blog)Last-Minute Rush as Deadline Nears for Oil Spill SettlementABC NewsBrisk business was reported at Gulf Coast offices and on the Internet as people filing claims for losses blamed on the 2010 BP oil spill rushed to meet a midnight deadline. Cl …

KOMO NewsFeds seek maximum of 10 years in Bellevue hash-oil blastKOMO NewsIn this 2013 photo provided by the Bellevue Fire Department, the smoldering remains of a 10-unit building at the Hampton Greens Apartments are shown after an explosion from a hash-oi …

De Smog Blog (blog)Crews Say 44 Percent of California Coast Oil Spill CleanedABC NewsCleanup teams have determined 44 percent of 96.5 miles of California coastline clear of oil from the Refugio Oil Spill. California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswo …

De Smog Blog (blog)Pipeline Firm Told California Oil Spill 'Extremely Unlikely'ABC NewsA Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line while …

Deliberations near in ex-BP executive's oil spill trialWashington PostNEW ORLEANS — Closing arguments are set for Friday in the case of a former BP executive charged with lying to federal investigators about the 2010 BP oil spill. Prosecution and defen …

Santa Barbara IndependentFisherman Sues Pipeline Owner Over Santa Barbara Oil SpillABC NewsA commercial fisherman sued the owner of the oil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast, alleging the environmental disaster …

Sun Sentinel (blog)Ethics Commission finds no wrongdoing in engineering contractsSun Sentinel (blog)McConnell, who has worked for the county since 1986, headed the “short list committee” responsible for determining the finalists for the county engineering …

RTUS Says Decade-Old Gulf Oil Leak Could Last Another CenturyABC NewsFor more than a decade, oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico where a hurricane toppled a drilling company's platform off the coast of Louisiana. Now the federal government is …

The Globe and MailRecent Oil Train Crashes in the US and CanadaABC NewsSweeping regulations to boost the safety of trains transporting crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids were announced Friday by U.S. and Canadian officials. The long-awaited reg …