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Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2015

Although lawmakers are never pleased when their projects are vetoed out of the state budget, Don Gaetz says the way Gov. Rick Scott handled those vetoes last month still rankles him. “I’ve always had vetoes of projects that I was interested in,” the Niceville senator said of bills axed by Govs. Jeb Bush and Charlie […]

Associated PressJuly 2, 2015

Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion. Federal and state government officials touted the record-breaking $18.7 […]

Phil AmmannJuly 2, 2015

Florida, the federal government and other Gulf Coast states on Thursday came to an agreement with oil producer BP to resolve years of legal claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The historic resolution, tentatively set at $18.7 billion, will be the largest environmental settlement ever. Payments, to be split among Mississippi, Alabama, […]

Phil AmmannJuly 2, 2015

BP has agreed to pay a record $18.732 billion to resolve claims by five Gulf states of violating the Clean Water Act, harming natural resources, and other economic damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As a part of the agreement announced Thursday, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. The overall deal has […]

Shannon NickinsonNovember 9, 2014

The third installment of BP money sent to the Pensacola area under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process includes $18,793,500 for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to build a hatchery and research facility at Bruce Beach. “This is the final sign-off,” said Gil McRae, the director of the Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research […]

Shannon NickinsonMarch 20, 2014

Bruce Beach deserves to be more than the dumping ground for fill dirt, riprap and spoil for every other construction project along Pensacola’s downtown waterfront. It deserves to be more than the tangle of brush and overgrowth that shelters a makeshift home place for vagrants. Bruce Beach in its current state is not the kind […]

Tag: BP

Don Gaetz still vexed by some Rick Scott vetoes

$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill

Kathy Castor: BP settlement “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for economic recovery

DEP, FWC respond to record BP settlement, applauds Gulf Coast recovery progress

Shannon Nickinson: Oil-spill money to pay for bird hatchery, research center

Shannon Nickinson: Pensacola’s Bruce Beach deserves its time in the sun