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The 2010 explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered an environmental catastrophe and resulted in unbelievable human heroism – so it was a natural fit for Hollywood. But what do you do when your film leads you into conflict with a corporate oil giant? The film’s director, Peter Berg, explains
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I think that the making of the Deep Water Horizon film was an excellent way to bring this catastrophic event even greater attention and to educate the public about what happened and overall keeping it relevant even 6 years later. I watched the Deep Water Horizon Film and after watching it I was out on a mission to compare the film to what actually happened which led me to find this interesting article. While the Deep water horizon was the largest oil spill in the history of the U.S. and so many of the events that ultimately led to the spill itself have been publicized its interesting to see how BP still is very cautious about how much they release to the public about the spill especially when it comes to making a Hollywood film.
Karina Barron's comment,
October 9, 2016 5:15 PM
This was a great article because it shows how far is a company willing to go to preserve their image. Plus it's a good thing that the film is trying to get as close to the real event and how it happened. I will definitely go watch the movie.
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Baton Rouge, LA /News/Opinion/: Six years after BP’s devastating rig explosion and oil spill, the legal battles are behind us — finally. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has approved the $20.8 billion settlement with BP for the massive environmental damages it caused the five Gulf state
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The next battle: making sure politicos don't steal away funding for coastal restoration.
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Some $25 billion is headed to the five Gulf states that were devastated in the 2010 BP oil disaster. Just a fraction of the government fines and court settlements have been paid — but not all of it will end up repairing the damaged ecosystem. Louisiana, which suffered the most damage in the spill, has used the fines and settlements to rebuild its coast, one that was already fragile and disappearing. When it took a direct hit from the BP disaster, oil choked off vegetation that is critical to holding together what land is left.
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Researchers have studied the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on communities of beach microbes. Via Anita Woodruff
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Politico readers have to go through ten paragraphs of someone telling them BP's historic oil spill was environmentally negligible before they know that the writer is one of BP's top executives.
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This is just sick.
See also:
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-bp-pr-release-20141023-column.html
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A research team has estimated the total mass of oil that reached the Gulf of Mexico shore in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout. It's the first time such an estimate was reported.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is lower than I had guessed, but not by that much. It actually confirms what we saw in the field, observed in the water column, and predicted from our conceptual models. The problem was oil and other hydrocarbons IN THE PELAGIC and/or deep BENTHOS.
See:
http://bit.ly/JvFGya, http://bit.ly/XLBgXO & http://bit.ly/VR3AuG
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This is what happens when BP spills coffee. SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBComedy If you liked this video, check out more videos from UCB Comedy: ...
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An absolute classic.
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A lawyer being sued by oil giant BP over allegations that he falsely claimed to represent thousands of deckhands who lost money in the 2010 Gulf oil spill has asked a federal court to delay the lawsuit while a criminal investigation plays out.
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The recovery from the BP oil spill took a big step last month with the announcement of $100 million in restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Download a PDF of "Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for free. Description: Gulf Coast communities and natural resources suffered extensive direct and indirect damage as a result of the largest accidental oil spill in US history, referred to as the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. Notably, natural resources affected by this major spill include wetlands, coastal beaches and barrier islands, coastal and marine wildlife, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, commercial fisheries, deep benthos, and coral reefs, among other habitats and species. Losses include an estimated 20% reduction in commercial fishery landings across the Gulf of Mexico and damage to as much as 1,100 linear miles of coastal salt marsh wetlands.
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The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Effective Approaches for Monitoring and Assessing Gulf of Mexico Restoration Activities just issued this report laying out a framework for Gulf Coast restoration efforts in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The restoration process, guided by three major programs, is a $16 billion undertaking. This report focuses on best practices in monitoring, evaluation, and management of the restoration process. The recommendations are centered around promoting unified action among the various restoration programs and projects, standardizing metrics and goals for progression assessment, utilizing existing programs and networks, promoting open and long-term data access, and implementing adaptive management strategies. The full text of the report can be found here (you can register as a guest if you don't want to register fully).
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Two Texas trial attorneys have been sued in connection to identity theft.
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'Deepwater Horizon' Starring Mark Wahlberg casting call for oil riggers in Louisiana The highly anticipated feature film, 'Deepwater Horizon', is now looki
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Oh my God! Wahlberg is going to screw up another movie. This keeps hitting too close to home for me.
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Assessing the environmental damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill has been a challenge Via clare wormald
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BP has asked a New Orleans court to amend a judge's ruling that the company could be liable for as much as $18 billion in damages levied for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or possibly even grant it a new trial.
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This thing just keeps drawing out...
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A U.S. District judge on Thursday ruled that BP was “grossly negligent” in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 men and allowed millions of barrels of oil to flow out of the Macondo oil well into the Gulf of Mexico. “The court concludes that the discharge of oil was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct,” by BP, the ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier said. He found that BP was at fault for 67 percent of the spill. Two other companies involved—Transocean and Halliburton—were responsible for 30 and 3 percent, respectively. “The law is clear that proving gross negligence is a very high bar that was not met in this case,” BP said in a statement. “BP believes that an impartial view of the record does not support the erroneous conclusion reached by the District Court. The court has not yet ruled on the number of barrels spilled and no penalty has been determined. The District Court will hold additional proceedings, which are currently scheduled to begin in January 2015, to consider the application of statutory penalty factors in assessing a per-barrel Clean Water Act penalty.”
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A split decision of a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday (Jan.
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This may spell the end to the appeals process.
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Over the past few decades the five Gulf States have built artificial reefs both inshore and offshore Via Anita Woodruff
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ummmmm....nope they can't (by themselves).
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