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BP Spill Target of Citizen Clean Water Lawsuit
Three environmental groups today said that they will use the citizen enforcement provision of the federal Clean Water Act to sue BP in federal court in New Orleans to force a more effective response to the ongoing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama orders criminal probe of oil spill in Gulf
Responding to criticism that it hasn’t been forceful enough in its response to the largest oil spill in U.S. history, the Obama administration on Tuesday announced a criminal investigation into the deadly explosion and installed a no-nonsense Coast Guard admiral as the public face of the response, instead of BP.
Clean Water Act case against BP announced as legal scrutiny mounts
A trio of environmental groups has formally notified BP that they are preparing to sue the oil giant for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act. Their planned lawsuit is another sign that scrutiny of the oil gusher under environmental law is increasing even as efforts to contain the ongoing spill are in progress.
