Congratulations to the Victoria Shamrocks for winning the gold medal in the A Division by defeating the New Westminster Salmonbellies, who come away with the silver, 14-7 in the final game of the 2015 Intermediate Provincial Championships Monday, August 3rd.
Judge approves $20BILLION settlement over 2010 BP oil spill in the biggest ever environmental pay out in US history. A New Orleans federal judge granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in the nation's history.
In December 2009, EPA announced the largest Superfund settlement in EPA history. Out of a global bankruptcy settlement totaling $1.7 billion for environmental cleanups at contaminated sites across the country, about $494 million will go toward Superfund cleanup in the Bunker Hill Superfund site.ut of a global bankruptcy settlement totaling $1.7 billion for environmental cleanups at contaminated sites across the country, about $494 million will go toward Superfund cleanup in the Bunker Hill Superfund site.