All the headlines from our Energy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2010 // 71As of June 5, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals had received 71 reports of health complaints thought to be caused by exposure to pollutants from the British Petroleum oil well blowout off the coast of...
Jun 21 2010 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clarified that in the event of a declared flooding disaster, flood insurance coverage will apply even if oil from the BP deep well blowout mixes with floodwaters.The National...
Jun 18 2010 // Fear that oil from a huge BP Plc spill will damage Mississippi’s coast is hurting the state’s economy more than oil damage itself, according to a new report.Tourists are staying away from restaurants and hotels...
Jun 17 2010 // The White House offered an explanation Wednesday of how its new independent claims process would work for those harmed by the BP oil spill, including details of a $20 billion escrow account funded by the British oil...
Jun 17 2010 // The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will cost Mississippi’s coastal counties nearly $120 million in lost tourism and service industry revenues this summer season, even though the state’s beaches have not been hit by...
Jun 17 2010 // There have been 109 reports of health complaints believed to be related to exposure to pollutants from the BP oil spill, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. That number is up from 71 complaints...
Jun 16 2010 // President Barack Obama promised that life would return to normal for people living on the stricken Gulf Coast, and BP said new efforts will more than triple the amount of oil it captures from a ruptured undersea well. But...
Jun 16 2010 // President Barack Obama, seeking to demonstrate strong leadership on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand today that BP set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe.A day after he vowed to fight...
Jun 14 2010 // President Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.The move comes as Obama, who will...
Jun 14 2010 // BP said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had already cost it $1.6 billion and that it would begin operating an additional mechanism to capture more crude from the leaking well in the coming days. London-based BP said in...
Jun 14 2010 // North Carolina’s current cap for monetary damages it could receive from oil spills would be eliminated in legislation approved last week by a House committee in response to the BP disaster in the Gulf of...
Jun 11 2010 // The chances of BP declaring bankruptcy to deal with oil-spill claims are remote for now, bankruptcy professionals said, although that option would be open to the company if liabilities became overwhelming — and that...
Jun 11 2010 // Attorneys general in Florida and Mississippi are upping the political pressure on BP over the oil gusher that is threatening their states and the entire Gulf Coast.Florida Attorney General McCollum sent a letter to BP...
Jun 10 2010 // According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a fourfold increase in demand for and production of solar photovoltaic (PV) is expected between 2008 and 2012. To help protect its clients who are installing solar...
Jun 10 2010 // BP Plc shares tumbled nearly 16 percent on U.S. exchanges to a 14-year low Wednesday on rising fears about how the wounded company will cope with the massive costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.The stock has now lost...
Jun 10 2010 // Reacting to BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a high-ranking U.S. senator Wednesday sought to toughen prison sentences for corporate officials who are found guilty of environmental crimes and to broaden fines for...
Jun 10 2010 // Twenty-nine workers hired for oil spill recovery tasks have complained along with 42 others of diverse ailments including nausea, vomiting and flu-like symptoms since May 2, state health officials reported.Several of those...
Jun 10 2010 // Property appraisers from three Panhandle counties and a state representative say the Legislature should allow tax appraisers to lower coastal property values immediately because of the oil spill. Appraisers from Escambia,...
Jun 9 2010 // Global Special Risks (GSR), the wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent of Willis’ subsidiary, London-based Faber & Dumas, announced it has established an office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to...
Jun 9 2010 // Dr. Robert Hartwig, an economist and president of the Insurance Information Institute, will testify today at a hearing before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, in...