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BP
NIH study: BP’s use of dispersants harmed human health
The first scientific study has just been published connecting human health problems with the dispersants used by BP after its 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster; our guest on WMNF News’ MidPoint was Tampa Bay Times staff...
Update on Gulf ecosystem 6 years after BP oil disaster
One question that remains six years after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is how the use of dispersants affected the Gulf ecosystem. To find out, Thursday morning WMNF News interviewed David Hollander, a...
St. Pete plans to upgrade sewer infrastructure
In a newspaper column Wednesday, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Krisemen wrote he is recommending to City Council using money from the BP disaster settlement on storm resiliency and sustainability. That’s after the city dumped fifteen million...
Tampa will use some BP money on Riverfront Park
The City of Tampa will use some money from the settlement with BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster to help fund redevelopment on the west side of the Hillsborough River. The city’s...
Tampa Bay Estuary Program gets $2 million from Gulf oil spill
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program announced Thursday that it will be getting $2 million from Clean Water Act fines to fund seven local projects; the money is from a settlement with TransOcean and other companies...
Pinellas County projects could get help from recent BP settlement
Pinellas County projects could get help from recent BP settlement
Florida to get $3.25 billion from BP in Gulf oil disaster settlement
Florida to get $3.25 billion from BP in Gulf oil disaster settlement
USF researcher looks back at five years of impacts on Gulf of BP disaster
USF researcher looks back at five years of impacts on Gulf of BP disaster
Fewer skin lesions on fish is evidence BP oil is to blame for the ailment: USF scientist
Fewer skin lesions on fish is evidence BP oil is to blame for the ailment
Hands Across the Sand Fuels Local Support
Since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20th, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush into the Gulf. This Saturday, the public anger against BP rose above the level: thousands...
