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Expert: Concern about risk of gas pipeline rupture at NYC-area
nuclear plant — Could lead to multiple meltdowns — “Possible severe
damage to fuel in spent fuel pools” — Sissonville, San Bruno cited as
examples
Ongoing Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster:
Oil Spill Attorney Stuart Smith’s Blog:
Our fight for a fair BP settlement will go on
It may well be a accident of timing — all of us are racing to complete
unfinished tasks before the Christmas holiday — but a major piece of
news regarding BP and the ongoing quest for justice in the news was
released late on Friday, heading right into the 12 days of Christmas when
folks are spending time with their loved ones, and not watching the news.
But it’s a story that BP surely doesn’t want you to dwell much upon,
as it races ahead in its mad dash to put the horrors of the 2010 Deepwater
Horizon catastrophe behind it: A federal judge has turned aside multiple
objections and approved the $7.8 billion settlement between BP and
thousands of Gulf residents and business owners:
A federal judge signed off on BP’s settlement with
businesses and people hard hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans issued a
125-page ruling Friday night on a class-action suit. He gave the
settlement preliminary approval in May and overruled questions
and criticism of the agreement in his Friday ruling.
“None of the objections, whether filed on the objections
docket or elsewhere, have shown the settlement to be anything
other than fair, reasonable, and adequate,” the ruling said. “The
low numbers of objections and opt-outs are evidence of the
settlement’s fairness.”
BP has estimated a settlement of about $7.8 billion paid
from a $20 billion trust. Thousands of businesses and