There was also no surprise in the nature of the complaint, alleging violations of the Oil Pollution Act.
As I understand it in discussing this with the lawyers, the appropriate set of responses is contained in the Oil Pollution Act.
There is an excellent precedence for this approach established by the U.S. Congress when it passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
But the Oil Pollution Act bans the U.S.-built ship from Alaskan waters.
Halliburton, for example, argues it is immune to all suits under a law passed after the Exxon Valdez disaster--the Oil Pollution Act (OPA).
The White House also knows BP is currently operating under the Oil Pollution Act, a piece of legislation passed in 1990 by a Democratic Congress.
The agreement appears to align the plaintiffs with the government against Chevron, but eliminates a deep set of pockets for remediating the oil pollution that laces the jungle.
The NRDA process, authorized by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, only funds environmental-restoration projects and uses scientific research to assess spill damage and decide how to fix it.
In 2011 The Arctic Council members signed the Nuuk Declaration that committed them to develop an international agreement on how to respond to oil pollution in the northern seas.
Holder said his lawyers are looking for potential violations of the Clean Water Act, The Oil Pollution Act, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered Species Acts, and other criminal statutes.
Craig told me that the skin infections and gastrointestinal problems attributed by the plaintiffs to oil pollution were more likely caused by sewer lines that run into local streams and rivers.
MS. BROWNER: Nothing was taken off the table with respect to enforcement of the laws, whether it be the Oil Pollution Act, the Clean Water Act, and that was made clear.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which was precipitated by the tragedy in Alaska, has put forward a response plan with levels of certification and qualification for those who respond to oil spills.
Again, in accordance with the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, passed after the Exxon Valdez, BP, as the responsible party, is required to fund the cost of the response and cleanup operations, and they are doing so.
The plan says that "each party shall maintain a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents" without requiring any clear details on the number of ships or personnel that would be needed to cope with a spillage.
The lawsuit is structured around a claim under the Clean Water Act and a declaration that four of the defendants are liable under the Oil Pollution Act for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill, including damages to the environment.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs a group of indigenous villagers who claim to represent an entire region damaged by the oil pollution said they were still digesting the verdict but believed any judgment will be enforceable in countries where Chevron has assets.
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The Administrator of EPA is hereby directed to revise Subpart G of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan to reflect the designations for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill discussed in this section.
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Production of oil from tar sands bitumen produces between three and five times the greenhouse gas pollution of conventional oil production.
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Additionally, the pollution from oil and oil products when used as fuel is dramatically higher than natural gas, which would replace them.
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They have complained for years that pollution from oil sands projects was fouling their drinking water and making the Athabasca River unsafe for swimming and fishing.
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The new standards will save American businesses who operate and own these commercial vehicles tens of billions of dollars in fuel costs and will dramatically reduce oil consumption and cut pollution.
This program, which builds on the historic agreement achieved by this administration for model years 2012 to 2016, will result in significant cost savings for consumers at the pump, dramatically reduce oil consumption, cut pollution, and create jobs.
In an example of institutional inventiveness, six protected areas have been created in the North Atlantic by nations under the auspices of the Ospar convention which was created to govern issues like pollution and oil drilling, not fisheries.
Now, thank you all for coming to the White House today, and for coming together around what I consider to be a historic agreement to help America break its dependence on oil, reduce harmful pollution, and begin the transition to a clean energy economy.
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Captain Rick Masterman said the system will also be used to track pollution such as oil spills.
Mr. BECKER: This is a cynical effort by auto companies to evade the law that would reduce our oil dependence and global warming pollution.
Yet 82 percent of teens and 76 percent of boomers think government leaders should do more to control pollution from the oil and chemical industries, even if that increases the price of gas and oil.
It has slashed local energy demand, reducing chronic pollution and leaving more oil for export.
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