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BP and Justice Department try for deal ahead of Deepwater Horizon trial

2013-02-24 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The US Justice Department and BP were engaged Sunday in efforts to forge a last-minute deal to avert a trial over 2010's deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster, set to begin in New Orleans on Monday. Over the weekend it was reported that the Justice Department and Gulf states were prepared to offer BP a $16bn deal to settle civil claims related to the fatal oil rig fire that cost 11 lives and triggered the largest oil spill in US history. But such a deal is at the high end of legal forecasts and...

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