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May 14, 2010
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
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- blackswanevents, blowoutpreventer, BP, cleanenergy, deepwaterhorizon, EPA, exxonvaldez, gulfofmexico, gulfspill, halliburton, MMS, NEPA, oilpollutionact, santabarbaraoilspill
Dear Minerals Management Service: Hi. I’m old enough to remember the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969. I worked on the Exxon Valdez litigation and know about the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 that was enacted as a result of...
May 6, 2010
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
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- blowoutpreventer, BP, cleanenergy, deepwaterhorizon, gulfofmexico, gulfspill, halliburton, MMS, oilpollutionact
I posted a note the other day on the $75 million liability limit for economic damages under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. There are two situations that may blow up that limit and allow unlimited recovery that, recent developments...
May 5, 2010
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
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- americantrader, BP, cleanenergy, exxonvaldez, gulfspill, hazmat, oilworkers
Far from the wetlands and bayous of Louisiana, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio where I’m preparing with some of my colleagues from NRDC’s Chicago office for an evidentiary hearing on a proposed coal-to-liquids facility. But I’m...
May 4, 2010
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
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- BP, gulfspill, legaldamages, oil, oilpollutionact, renewableenergy
News reports today state that British Petroleum (BP) is stepping up to the plate and agreeing to clean up the mess it made in the Gulf. It’s not like BP had any choice. The federal Oil Pollution Act (OPA), enacted...
August 21, 2009
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
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- electricrail, pollution, transportation
I was reading an article in the New Yorker by Ian Frazier about the Trans-Siberian railroad, the world's longest, when I ran across his statement that the rail line ran under electric power for both passengers and freight. This was...
February 7, 2009
Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil
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- goodjobs, greenjobs, t4, traffic, transportation
I'm flying home from the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in D.C., enjoying having a row of three seats to myself. Yes, a person who is 6-4 can nap successfully athwart three airline seats, at least until the flight attendant...