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BP seeks to have Gulf Coast oil spill settlement payments suspended
2013-09-23 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: BP on Monday renewed its request for a federal judge to temporarily suspend settlement payments to Gulf Coast residents and businesses affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing a scathing report on alleged misconduct within the court-supervised program. In a court filing, BP attorneys said the report, issued earlier this month by the former FBI director Louis Freeh, shows the settlement program is plagued by problems that need to be fixed. US district judge Carl Barbier has already...
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