PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Sports towels and fleece blankets. A poker tournament. A $1 million Christmas display. A prom for senior citizens. BP gas card giveaways. A "most deserving mom" contest. And ...
BP announced Thursday afternoon an additional grant of $25 million, for a total of $75 million to Florida for tourism and other recovery purposes. “As Florida braces for what will likely be a ...
It’s been 12 years since an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 crew members and injured 17. The disaster that began on April 20 lasted for five months. It was the ...
(Adds quotes, details) PENSACOLA, Fla., May 4 (Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist said on Tuesday it was possible that his state could sue BP Plc <BP.L> over any damage Florida might suffer ...
The BP oil slick drifted perilously close to the Florida Panhandle's famous sugar-white beaches Wednesday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran into trouble a mile ...
DESTIN, Fla. — In Florida's Okaloosa County, where the biggest threat used to be the occasional hurricane warning, county commissioners declared themselves ready to go to jail to ensure their pristine ...
The warehouse looks like countless others in South Florida. But what’s inside is anything but typical. Steel barrels lined up wall to wall. Shelves of vials and jars stacked along the sides of ...
The BP oil slick drifted perilously close to the Florida Panhandle's famous sugar-white beaches Wednesday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran into trouble a mile ...
Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi shores have already been hit with oil from the BP disaster, and now Florida residents are gearing up for the inevitable arrival of the slick stuff on the beaches of ...
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. -- For the 10th consecutive year, Florida International University (FIU) students have joined forces with BP plc to produce a free 92-page hurricane guide for South Florida residents ...
The Florida Panhandle will get $30 million from BP to promote tourism, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. The governor said the three-year grant was a direct result of his efforts, with the help of ...
Florida's senators and representatives are right to be indignant about drilling off Florida’s coast — but it shouldn’t stop there.