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The Sun Herald: Ward 4 Councilman Rusty Walker said Tuesday he’s upset with BP’s offer to the city to cover damages from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil gusher, as well as how the company is dealing with city officials. Walker said the company’s offer of about $77,000 works out to about $1.11 per resident for damages [...]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: An internal investigation by the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year largely blames oil giant BP for the disaster. The Transocean report released today said the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill was the result of a succession of well design, [...]

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: Hindsight is 20-20, as the saying goes, and Gov. Haley Barbour was right to be sharply critical in the delays for resumption of Gulf oil drilling that cost the region dearly. But lest the Republican governor’s partisan jabs at the Democratic presidential administration get too much applause, the conditions that [...]

The Associated Press: The massive BP oil spill might have contributed indirectly to the unusually high number of young dolphins dying in the Gulf of Mexico recently, a University of Central Florida marine researcher said Thursday. The oil, and dispersants used to clean up the spill, may have disrupted the food chain and prevented dolphin [...]

The Associated Press: BP PLC asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss most of the court claims filed against the oil giant by businesses and individuals who say they suffered economic damage from last year’s massive Gulf oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier didn’t immediately rule after hearing arguments from attorneys for BP and [...]

The Clarion-Ledger: Gulf Coast advocates urged lawmakers Tuesday to support efforts to help the region recover from last year’s oil spill by backing legislation giving their states most of the money BP will pay in fines. “I don’t want them to dither around and not get forward momentum with the legislation because they can’t agree,” [...]

The Mississippi Press: Jackson County supervisors on Monday said they will consider joining other coastal counties and cities in an effort to receive BP PLC compensation for the lasting effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. After being approached by attorneys from Dogan & Wilkinson in Pascagoula, the board agreed to review a contract [...]

The Associated Press: Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it could be too late to assess the crude’s impact on pelicans, shrimp and other species by the time studies begin. The spring nesting and spawning season [...]

The Associated Press BP on Wednesday sued the maker of the device that failed to stop last year’s calamitous Gulf oil spill and the owner of the rig that exploded, alleging that negligence by both helped cause the disaster. The British company said in papers filed in federal court in New Orleans that it is [...]

Mississippi Public Broadcasting: It’s unusual for James A. “Catfish” Miller to be sick. He’s a fisherman and likes to be on the water. So after the oil spill, when the waters were closed for fishing, Miller started working for BP’s Vessels of Opportunity, called the VOO program. “I was working for the VOO program on [...]