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Court Stops BP Forcing Oil Spill Clean-Up Volunteers to Sign Away Their Rights

photo: US Coast Guard via flickr. A federal court in Louisiana has issued the first in what is bound to be many blows against BP: The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has stopped BP from forcing fisherman volunteering to help with oil spill clean-up efforts from signing away their right to free speech, from holding BP harmless for any accidents that might occur, and requiring them to give the oil giant a month’s notice before filing any legal claims…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Court Stops BP Forcing Oil Spill Clean-Up Volunteers to Sign Away Their Rights

BP Gulf Oil Spill Cheat Sheet: A Timeline of Unfortunate Events

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig ablaze. Image: U.S. Coast Guard . It’s been a strange month in the world of energy. On the heels of the West Virgina Massey coal mine tragedy followed and an oil spill caused by a coal-carrying ship near Australia, disaster struck again on the eve of Earth Day when a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Below is a timeline of what has happened so far. We’ll also be updating this space as news develops . … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Gulf Oil Spill Cheat Sheet: A Timeline of Unfortunate Events