Environment

BP settlement money fuels coastal research

Historic $20 billion payout helps fuel restoration efforts throughout US Gulf states affected by Macondo disaster

Bulwark: the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority's work on the Caminada Headland, which buffers the Louisiana coast from tropical storms and surge, was funded largely through fines paid by BP and Transocean following the 2010 Macondo disaster
Bulwark: the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority's work on the Caminada Headland, which buffers the Louisiana coast from tropical storms and surge, was funded largely through fines paid by BP and Transocean following the 2010 Macondo disasterPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
  • Kathrine Schmidt
Houston
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Published 9 April 2020, 08:50Updated 9 April 2020, 08:50