Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Legal Issues            

Photograph provided by Melissa Schneider, MASGC

 

 

Fact Sheets –––––––––––––––––

What Every Alabaman Should Know

What Every Mississippian Should Know

The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

Water Log Articles ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Dept. of Interior Held in Contempt over Drilling Moratorium (May 2011)

Dept. of Interior Held in Contempt over Drilling Moratorium (February 2011

Tough New Offshore Drilling Rules (December, 2010)

Mabus Panel Recommends BP Funds for Gulf Restoration (December 2011)

Louisiana’s Lawsuit Against BP to Remain in Federal Court (December 2011)

Drilling Ban Lifted: Feds Accused of “Manipulating” Court Jurisdiction (December 2011)

Groups Petition EPA to Make Rules on Dispersant Use (December 2011)

BOEM to Tighten NEPA Oversight for Offshore Drilling (December 2011)

Groups Petition EPA to Make Rules on Dispersant Use (December 2011)

Alabama Lawsuit Causes Internal Strife (December 2011)

Federal Judge Blocks Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling (July 2010)

Streamlining Oil Spill Litigation in Federal Court (July 2010)

Federal Court Invalidates One-Sided Vessel Charter Agreement (July 2010)

A Look at Possible Criminal Charges Arising from the Gulf Oil Spill (July 2010)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Special Edition

Who Will Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill?

Natural Resource Damage Claims under the Oil Pollution Act: A Backgrounder

Slide Shows ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Recovering from the BP Oil Spill: NRDA and the Clean-up of the Gulf Coast

Natural Resource Damage Assessment: An Economic Perspective

Other Resources ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Deepwater Horizon Natural Resourse Damages Assessment: Where Does the Money Go?

Rights and Recourses of Residents and Fishermen: Interview with Stephanie Showalter, Director of MASGLP on Mississippi Public Broadcasting