Kevin McGill

Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, file photo, Entergy contractors prepare to detonate transmission lines that fell into the Mississippi River Harahan, in New Orleans, after a tower collapsed during Hurricane Ida.

After Ida Outages, Utility Proposals Include City Takeover

More than a million customers of electric utilities in Louisiana and Mississippi lost power.

A rescue boat is seen next to the capsized lift boat Seacor Power seven miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, April 18, 2021. The vessel capsized during a storm on Tuesday.

$25M Suit Blames Energy, Boat Companies in Fatal Capsizing

They are the first of what is expected to be numerous lawsuits filed over the capsizing of the Seacor Power, a 234-foot-long lift boat.

$248M Settlement with Drywall Maker

The product allegedly gave off sulfur fumes that caused illnesses and corroded metal in appliances, A/C equipment, wiring and plumbing fixtures.

Settlement Reached in Xarelto Lawsuit

25,000 lawsuits allege patients were not adequately warned about the risks of life-threatening complications.

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Pipeline Owes $450 for Trespassing

Three landowners opposed the project, and a judge says the pipeline company owes them each $150 for building the pipeline on their property anyway.

After the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which also killed 11 rig workers, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement decided a new consultation was needed and asked the two agencies to begin work on one in 2010.

Lawsuit Over Lack of Offshore Drilling Reports

Agencies have failed for years to complete required consultations and reporting on the effects that oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could have on endangered species.

Actors Paid to Praise Power Plant

Entergy said it did not authorize such payments and had no knowledge of them until it investigated allegations that paid actors were among "supporters."

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$520M in Lost Seafood Claims

The disbursements will essentially close out the $2.3 billion seafood compensation program arising from the spill.

In this April 21, 2010, file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history.

$20B BP Settlement

Estimates show that the settlement will cost the oil giant as much as $20.8 billion, the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history.

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U.S. Urges Approval for $20B BP Settlement

The Justice Department has said the agreement would be the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history as well as the largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity.

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Ex-BP Engineer's Trial Nears the End

Prosecutors say he botched a pressure test and missed clear signs of trouble before the explosion.

Ex-BP Supervisor Stands Trial

Prosecutors say he botched a test and missed clear signs of trouble.