http://www.newsvine.com/oil-spillNewsvine - oil-spillen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:30:57 +0000Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:11:56 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18908697-brazil-on-alert-over-an-oil-spill-from-ecuadorhttp://etva.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/11/18908697-brazil-on-alert-over-an-oil-spill-from-ecuadorbrazilecuadoroil-spillworld-newsWed, 12 Jun 2013 02:38:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17706999-ex-bp-engineer-responds-to-feds-farcical-claimshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17706999-ex-bp-engineer-responds-to-feds-farcical-claimsbusinessusindictmentgulfoil-spillus-newsThu, 11 Apr 2013 17:31:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675946-bp-manager-testifies-at-trial-over-gulf-oil-spillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675946-bp-manager-testifies-at-trial-over-gulf-oil-spillusoiltrialgulfoil-spillspillus-newsdeepwater-horizonTue, 9 Apr 2013 22:25:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672916-bp-calls-first-witness-at-trial-over-gulf-spillhttp://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672916-bp-calls-first-witness-at-trial-over-gulf-spillbptrialenvironmentoil-spillwitnessTue, 9 Apr 2013 16:58:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617591-judge-refuses-to-block-bp-settlement-payoutshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617591-judge-refuses-to-block-bp-settlement-payoutsussettlementgulfoil-spillspillus-newsFri, 5 Apr 2013 16:38:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569166-bp-calls-1st-witness-at-trial-over-gulf-spillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569166-bp-calls-1st-witness-at-trial-over-gulf-spillbusinessusoiltrialgulfoil-spillspillus-newsdeepwater-horizonTue, 2 Apr 2013 13:46:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. A Halliburton employee who worked on a failed cement job linked to a 2010 deadly oil rig explosion in the Gulf is testifying in a trial to determine what caused the blowout. Jesse Gagliano began testifying Tuesday, April 2, 2013, about his work for BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17459287-trial-over-gulf-oil-spill-set-to-resume-tuesdayhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17459287-trial-over-gulf-oil-spill-set-to-resume-tuesdaybusinessuslatrialgulfoil-spillspillus-newsdeepwater-horizonMon, 25 Mar 2013 19:42:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17390167-ex-bp-engineer-accused-of-deleting-voicemailshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17390167-ex-bp-engineer-accused-of-deleting-voicemailsusindictmentgulfoil-spillspillus-newsWed, 20 Mar 2013 21:07:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17367701-bp-seeks-sanctions-over-missing-cement-sampleshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17367701-bp-seeks-sanctions-over-missing-cement-samplesustrialgulfoil-spillspillus-newsdeepwater-horizongulf-oil-spillTue, 19 Mar 2013 08:06:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Steve Newman, president and CEO of Swiss-based Trancocean Ltd., leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Transocean was the owner of the rig Deepwater Horizon, which was being operated under contract to BP when BP's Macondo well blew out on April 20, 2010, setting into motion events that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon sank two days after the blow out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Steve Newman, president and CEO of Swiss-based Trancocean Ltd., leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Transocean was the owner of the rig Deepwater Horizon, which was being operated under contract to BP when BP's Macondo well blew out on April 20, 2010, setting into motion events that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon sank two days after the blow out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Steve Newman, president and CEO of Swiss-based Trancocean Ltd., leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Transocean was the owner of the rig Deepwater Horizon, which was being operated under contract to BP when BP's Macondo well blew out on April 20, 2010, setting into motion events that led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon sank two days after the blow out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p> http://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17352227-bypass-well-was-not-a-sidetrackhttp://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17352227-bypass-well-was-not-a-sidetrackbpenvironmentoil-spillmacondogombpgodbpgosdMon, 18 Mar 2013 05:17:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17329342-bp-seeks-to-block-gulf-spill-settlement-paymentshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17329342-bp-seeks-to-block-gulf-spill-settlement-paymentsussettlementgulfoil-spillgulf-coastus-newsFri, 15 Mar 2013 21:05:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17273223-companies-begin-defense-in-gulf-oil-spill-trialhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17273223-companies-begin-defense-in-gulf-oil-spill-trialbusinessusoiltrialgulfoil-spillspilljustice-departmentus-newsdeepwater-horizonMon, 11 Mar 2013 22:13:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237608-bp-warns-of-rising-costs-from-spill-settlementhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17237608-bp-warns-of-rising-costs-from-spill-settlementussettlementgulfoil-spillspillus-newsFri, 8 Mar 2013 16:11:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150627-ex-bp-rig-supervisor-testifies-at-gulf-spill-trialhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150627-ex-bp-rig-supervisor-testifies-at-gulf-spill-trialbusinessusoillatrialgulfoil-spillspillus-newsdeepwater-horizongulf-oil-spillgulf-oil-spill-trialFri, 1 Mar 2013 23:01:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17122421-bp-trial-a-bloodbath-that-company-must-stop-say-legal-experts-alcomhttp://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17122421-bp-trial-a-bloodbath-that-company-must-stop-say-legal-experts-alcombpenvironmentoil-spillgomThu, 28 Feb 2013 01:28:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17099135-bp-probe-of-gulf-spill-didnt-explore-cost-cutshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17099135-bp-probe-of-gulf-spill-didnt-explore-cost-cutsusnew-orleansoilaptrialgulfoil-spillspillhurricane-katrinagulf-coastus-newstony-haywarddeepwater-horizongulf-oil-spillanother-bpoil-spill-trialTue, 26 Feb 2013 10:21:19 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this aerial file photo madeWednesday, April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, an oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns. Nearly three years after the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal Court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal Court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>FILE - In this Sunday, June 6, 2010 file photo, a small oil-covered fish floats on the water's surface at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf oil spill settlement trial has started in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. The trial is designed to identify the causes of BP's well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>FILE - Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water as the sky is reflected in sheen on Barataria Bay, off the coast of Louisiana, in this June, 7, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - This file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows oil leaking from the drill pipe of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig after it sank on April 22, 2010, two days after it exploded. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP photo/US Coast Guard, File)</p><p>FILE - BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward asks members of the media to step back as he walks along Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., in this file photo taken May 24, 2010, about a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Hayward visited the beach to observe efforts to clean oil that washed ashore from the spill. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)</p><p>Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP's Upstream unit, left, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to testify at the federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP's Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP's Upstream unit, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to testify at the federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP's Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE TO TUESDAY, FEB. 26 - Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP's Upstream unit, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to testify at the federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP's Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP's Upstream unit, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. McKay testified Tuesday that BP and its contractors share responsibility for preventing blowouts like the Macondo well blowout and rig explosion off Louisiana that killed 11 workers on April 20, 2010, spawning the massive spill. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090892-a-guide-to-the-complex-gulf-oil-spill-casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090892-a-guide-to-the-complex-gulf-oil-spill-caseusguidenewsoil-spillspillus-newsgulf-oil-spillMon, 25 Feb 2013 22:39:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089100-ap-photos-a-look-back-at-the-2010-gulf-oil-spillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089100-ap-photos-a-look-back-at-the-2010-gulf-oil-spillapoil-spillspillphotous-newsgallerygulf-oil-spillMon, 25 Feb 2013 18:24:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, in this April 21, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)</p><p>FILE - Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill floats on the water as the sky is reflected in sheen on Barataria Bay, off the coast of Louisiana, in this June, 7, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - This file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows oil leaking from the drill pipe of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig after it sank on April 22, 2010, two days after it exploded. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP photo/US Coast Guard, File)</p><p>FILE - Oil floats in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., in this file photo taken May 4, 2010, two weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)</p><p>FILE - A sea bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast in this June 3, 2010 file photo. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - United States Fish and Wildlife biologist Kayla Dibenedetto attempts to catch an oiled Brown Pelican at Grand Isle, La., in this June 5, 2010 file photo. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala., in this June 12, 2010 file photo. Large amounts of the oil battered the Alabama coast, leaving deposits of the slick mess some 4-6 inches thick on the beach in some parts. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)</p><p>FILE - A small dead fish floats on a pool of oil at Bay Long, off the coast of Louisiana, in this June 6, 2010 file photo. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - Greenpeace worker Lindsey Allen collects samples of oil that washed up along the mouth of the Mississippi River near Venice, La., in this file photo taken May 19, 2010, a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>FILE - An oil-soaked bird struggles against the oil-slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, in this May 9, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)</p><p>FILE - In this May 24, 2010 file satellite image provided by NASA, sunlight reflects off the lingering oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion off the Mississippi Delta. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA, File)</p><p>FILE - People hold hands during a Hands Across the Sand event in Tybee Island, Ga., in this file photo taken June 26, 2010, about two months after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton, File)</p><p>FILE - BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward asks members of the media to step back as he walks along Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., in this file photo taken May 24, 2010, about a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Hayward visited the beach to observe efforts to clean oil that washed ashore from the spill. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)</p><p>FILE - BP senior vice president Kent Wells rubs his eyes while testifying during the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation hearings by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement in Houston in this Aug. 26, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)</p><p>FILE - A Capitol Hill police officer arrests Diane Wilson on Capitol Hill in Washington as BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the Energy and Environment subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill in this June 17, 2010 file photo. A high-stakes trial to assign blame and help figure out exactly how much more BP and other companies should pay for the spill began Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088979-timeline-of-gulf-oil-spill-and-ensuing-legal-caseshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088979-timeline-of-gulf-oil-spill-and-ensuing-legal-casesusgulftimelineoil-spillspillus-newsMon, 25 Feb 2013 18:08:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032519-high-stakes-trial-begins-over-2010-gulf-oil-spillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032519-high-stakes-trial-begins-over-2010-gulf-oil-spillbusinessusnew-orleansoiltrialgulfoil-spillspilljustice-departmentus-newsdeepwater-horizongulf-oil-spillgulf-oil-spill-trialWed, 20 Feb 2013 18:54:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 12, 2010 file photo, crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Ala. The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states most affected by a massive 2010 oil spill have all indicated they would like to reach a settlement on civil claims against BP PLC that would avoid a trial scheduled to start next week. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)</p><p>FILE -In this Wednesday, May 5, 2010 file photo, A shrimp boat is used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La. The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states most affected by a massive 2010 oil spill have all indicated they would like to reach a settlement on civil claims against BP PLC that would avoid a trial scheduled to start next week. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)</p><p>FILE - In this aerial file photo madeWednesday, April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, an oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns. Nearly three years after the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal Court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal Court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>FILE - In this Sunday, June 6, 2010 file photo, a small oil-covered fish floats on the water's surface at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf oil spill settlement trial has started in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. The trial is designed to identify the causes of BP's well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)</p><p>Protestors from the National Audubon Institute, the Gulf Restoration Network and other organizations stand outside Federal court on the first day of the Gulf oil spill settlement trial in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is scheduled to hear several hours of opening statements Monday by lawyers for the companies, federal and state governments and others who sued over the disaster. Barbier is hearing the case without a jury. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988762-china-says-conocophillips-can-resume-productionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988762-china-says-conocophillips-can-resume-productionchinaoil-spillspillworld-newsasSun, 17 Feb 2013 02:34:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16986677-another-slip-and-admission-by-noaa-oil-spill-response-was-well-prepared-before-the-crude-actually-started-gushinghttp://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16986677-another-slip-and-admission-by-noaa-oil-spill-response-was-well-prepared-before-the-crude-actually-started-gushingbpbbcenvironmentoil-spillnoaaSat, 16 Feb 2013 19:56:44 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16985503-government-and-lubchenco-dispersing-lies-about-corexit-to-the-arctic-now-stuart-h-smithhttp://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16985503-government-and-lubchenco-dispersing-lies-about-corexit-to-the-arctic-now-stuart-h-smithgulfenvironmentoil-spillnoaalubchencocorexitSat, 16 Feb 2013 16:17:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16957919-judge-approves-transoceans-1b-spill-settlementhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16957919-judge-approves-transoceans-1b-spill-settlementusgulfoil-spillspilljustice-departmentus-newstransoceantransocean-ltdThu, 14 Feb 2013 08:01:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16748764-next-in-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16748764-next-in-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billionsussettlementgulfoil-spillus-newsTue, 29 Jan 2013 08:01:42 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 21, 2010 aerial file photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice, La., the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. A U.S. judge on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, approved an agreement for British oil giant BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)</p><p>FILE - In a Wednesday, April 20, 2011 file photo, people gather near crosses -11 for the workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and one for the Gulf of Mexico, center - during a vigil to mark the first anniversary of the BP PLC oil spill on a beach in Grand Isle, La. A U.S. judge on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, approved an agreement for British oil giant BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)</p>