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Battling for Birds After the BP Oil Spill (PHOTOS)

Sarah Hull | Posted 05.23.2012

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Sarah Hull

The oil-slicked seabirds have flown off to bluer oceans, but the padded pool used to recuperate them remains, a thoughtful placeholder should they need to return.

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7 Hours Of Opening Statements Expected For BP Oil Spill Trial

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of M...

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Gulf Cleanup Needed Before Ecosystem Becomes Uninhabitable, Government Report Says

AP | Ramit Plushnick-Masti | Posted 12.05.2011

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From Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press: HOUSTON (AP) -- Coastal states must work together to restore key elements of the Gulf of Mexico that ...

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Federal Report Released On BP Oil Spill

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.14.2011

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BP bears ultimate responsibility for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a key government panel said Wednesday in a report that assigns more...

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Report From Tokyo: How Long Should TEPCO Call the Shots?

David Wagner | Posted 08.03.2011

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David Wagner

One has to wonder how long Tokyo Electric Power should call the shots. There is something inherently wrong with allowing the hen to rule the hen house. Yet that is what is happening.

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One Year Later, Congressional Action Long Overdue

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 06.21.2011

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Jamie Rappaport Clark

The only way to ensure we won't forever condemn future generations to cleaning up our messes is to stop making them in the first place. That means ensuring drilling companies are responsible for fixing their mistakes.

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Jason Linkins

BP Continues To Do What They Do Best: Thwart Media Coverage Of The Oil Spill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.30.2011

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Everyone who hasn't already done so should direct their RSS feeds and whatnot in the direction of Mother Jones' news-gathering super-hero Mac McClella...

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BP to Feinberg: Stop Paying People So Much

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rocky Kistner

BP says Feinberg's estimates of the damage caused by the historic blowout were way too pessimistic and that his calculations for payments to impacted Gulf residents are off base and inaccurate.

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Comparing the Chilean Miners' Rescue to the BP Oil Spill

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

"Watching the miraculous rescue of the Chilean miners, though, I was struck by the similarity with the efforts to cap BP's runaway Macondo well in the...

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BP Spill Fund Czar Rules That Cleanup Workers' Wages Can't Be Counted Towards Damages To Their Own Businesses

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The administrator of the fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster says he will waive a requirement that wages earned by...

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Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Winners And Losers

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. The worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has spurred something of an economic boo...

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'It's as if a Nuclear Apocalypse has Gone Off in the Gulf'

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allison Kilkenny

All the right rich people want the Gulf squared in their rearview mirrors. The oil companies want to drill, and many politicians want the oil companies to stay happy so they can secure their donations come election time.

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PHOTOS: Commit To A Weekend Without Oil With These Top Petroleum-Free Products

Zem Joaquin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zem Joaquin

Most of us understand the correlation between oil and cars - transportation accounts for 40 percent of our petroleum consumption. What many of us are ...

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PHOTOS: First Oiled Turtles Released Back Into The Wild

Associated Press/CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) CEDAR KEY, Fla. -- The first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP's massive leak were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, with scien...

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Gulf Restoration

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Flattau

Everyone wants to make amends to coastal Louisiana, but it is best not to do so by trying to replicate nature. Better to facilitate the opportunity for nature to run her course.

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Profiting From The BP Oil Spill -- The Gulf Coast 'Spillionaires' (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1989, when the Exxon Valdez tanker spewed 11 million gallons of oil onto the Alaskan coastline, the state was deep in the throes of a recession. To...

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Month After Oil Spill, Why Is BP Still In Charge?

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its "boot on the throat" of BP to make sure the compa...

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Regulators Pressure Banks To Help Victims and Local Economy By Loaning To Oil Spill Victims

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Regulators urged banks to make loans to creditworthy people and businesses whose livelihoods have been hurt by the Gulf Oil spill. ...

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Your New BFF, the Chemical Industry

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

The SCC says we need "Public safety information for all chemicals, and prompt action to phase out the most dangerous chemicals." Our BFF only wants to studying a handful of those chemicals.

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Who is Helping Resolve the Oil Spill? (Infographic)

Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Clark Howard

Due to editorial consideration, the infographic and accompanying text have been removed from this post....

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Too Bad to Fail

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sherman Yellen

Instead of too big to fail, BP is too bad to fail. We cannot set in motion the laws that would ruin it because in doing so they may not have the resources to make good on the damages.

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BP Shoots More Chemicals Into Gulf Oil Leak After EPA Gives Approval

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and JOHN CURRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence...

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Oil Spill Volunteers Growing Impatient With BP

Posted 05.25.2011

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As 210,000 gallons of oil pump into the Gulf of Mexico every day, thousands of volunteers from the region and around the nation are mobilizing to assi...

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Evolving to Survive: What We Must Do

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

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Arthur Rosenfeld

Consumption, a term once applied to a wasting disease, is about filling a yawning emotional hole.

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BP OIl Spill Inspires New Xbox 360 Game

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now you can try your hand at stopping the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. A new game inspired by the ongoing BP oil spill has hit the Xbox Live games ma...

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