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Jane Van Ryan
Posted July 1, 2010

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday voted to remove the liability cap on damage claims stemming from oil spills. The proposal could be one of several provisions cobbled into an energy and climate bill that could be considered by Congress in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident. -

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