BP found “grossly negligent” in 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout

Alexander Schlutz Posted on September 6, 2014 Posted in In the News, Uncategorized Tagged with Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Fossil Fuels, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spills, United States

The Louisiana Coast after the oil spill(photo credit: www.phys.org) — The Louisiana coast churns oil after the Deepwater Horizon spill (photo credit: www.phys.org)

In a milestone for environmental law, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Babier found BP the primary culprit in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history, judging BPs conduct “reckless” and grossly negligent. The U.S. attorney general’s office is pleased. Click here to read more.