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.
5 years after BP spill: What's changed in offshore drilling. By The Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS â As oil gushed from BP's ruptured well five years ago and public outrage built by the day, the Obama administration issued a six-month moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.