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Judge Rejects BP Bid to Lower $13.7B Oil Spill Fine; Spill Altered Soil Microbes
Friday, February 20, 2015 19:33
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Federal judge rejects BP bid to lower $13.7 billion oil spill fine. A federal judge in New Orleans has rejected BP’s effort to cap its fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill at $9.57 billion, nearly one-third lower than the penalty federal prosecutors are seeking.
BP oil spill altered soil microbes on gulf beach. Microbes in beach sand apparently gobbled up a lot of oil washed ashore from the 2010 BP oil spill, but that assault altered the microbial population, leaving it less functionally diverse, according to a new study.
