http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill RSS Feed for WWL - News - Gulf Oil Spill en-us Thu, 03 May 2012 03:38:11 GMT 2012-05-03T03:38:11Z en-us http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Judge-allows-Gulf-oil-spill-settlement-to-proceed-149912815.html - A federal judge in New Orleans has preliminarily approved a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Thu, 03 May 2012 03:38:11 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Judge-allows-Gulf-oil-spill-settlement-to-proceed-149912815.html 2012-05-03T03:38:11Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Shrimp-processors-object-to-BP-settlement-terms--148546595.html A group of Gulf Coast shrimp processors is asking a federal judge to hold off on preliminary approval of portions of BP's proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:43:34 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Shrimp-processors-object-to-BP-settlement-terms--148546595.html 2012-04-23T17:43:34Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Scientific-conference-examines-Gulf-oil-spill-impacts-two-years-later-148005465.html Friday will mark the second anniversary of the start of the Gulf oil spill and the ongoing impacts of the BP oil spill are still front and center for some of the hardest hit areas along the Gulf coast. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:42:29 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Scientific-conference-examines-Gulf-oil-spill-impacts-two-years-later-148005465.html 2012-04-18T23:42:29Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/96835159.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:42:44 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/96835159.html 2010-06-30T18:42:44Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/147658745.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended a deadline for BP and a team of plaintiffs' attorneys to file details of a proposed settlement designed to resolve billions of dollars in economic damage claims spawned by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:21:34 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/147658745.html 2012-04-17T12:21:34Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/147065375.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Justice Department has agreed to turn over at least 100 scientific documents that BP PLC suspects could show the federal government overestimated the amount of oil that spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from the company's Macondo well. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:32:13 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/147065375.html 2012-04-12T07:32:13Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/144264085.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP's blown-out well as the culprit for the slow death of a once brightly colored deep-sea coral community in the Gulf of Mexico that is now brown and dull. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:12:25 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/144264085.html 2012-03-27T13:12:25Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/143009665.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys in the proposed multibillion dollar settlement of lawsuits against BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster expect to present a federal judge with the details of the proposal by April 16. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:30:46 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/143009665.html 2012-03-17T17:30:46Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/RESTORE-Act-could--142118133.html It's hailed as landmark legislation, which could change the course of post-oil spill coastal restoration efforts in the state. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:22:00 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/RESTORE-Act-could--142118133.html 2012-03-09T23:22:00Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/141631103.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The deal is all but done. Now it's time to sell it. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:50:53 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/141631103.html 2012-03-07T14:50:53Z