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BP Cleaning Up Alaska Pipeline Spill

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Cleanup of several thousand gallons of freeze protection fluids, seawater and crude oil continues at a BP oil field on the ...

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Focus on Coastal Restoration Not Retreat, Louisiana's Senator Landrieu Says

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.18.2012

Louisiana needs to get smart quickly about coastal restoration, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu said in her hometown of New Orleans last week.

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BP's Influence Peddling Bears Fruit In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.12.2012

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As millions of barrels of oil began pouring into the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, Democratic lawmakers began asking the question: what was the proper...

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BP Begins To Put Oil Spill Behind It With Settlement

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY, CHRIS KAHN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potent...

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BP Strikes Settlement Over Gulf Oil Spill

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.02.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC has agreed to settle lawsuits from thousands of fishermen who lost work and others who claimed they were harmed by the oil ...

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How "Drill, Baby, Drill" and "Yes We Can" Got Married

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Chukchi Sea Drilling, Alaska Wilderness League, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Obama Administration, Shell's Arctic Drilling, Shell Lawsuit, Bp Spill, Climate Change, Beaufort Sea Drilling, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Green News

Once upon Sarah Palin uttered the now (in)famous phrase "Drill, Baby, Drill." Also, once upon a time Barack Obama uttered the now (in)famous phrase "Yes We Can." These two phrases got married along the way, and will now produce their baby "Kill, Baby, Kill."

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: U.S. Navy, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Historic Tax Credits, Housing, Homelessness, Cruise Ships, Police, Military Bases, Katrina, Disasters, Supermarkets, Asbestos, Industrial Canal, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Green News

After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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Oil Spill Liability Laws Remain Unchanged But BP Clears Hurdle For More Gulf Drilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Obama administration is set to allow BP to resume exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Mexico roughly a year-and-a-half after th...

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Louisiana's Oyster and Shrimp Supplies Will Remain Tight

Susan Buchanan | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Seafood Testing, Red Tide, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Oysters, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Green News

Lately, Louisiana residents have worried that their lunchtime oyster and shrimp poboys are torpedoing the weekly budget. After a series of calamities in recent years, Louisiana shellfish is expensive and won't become cheaper anytime soon.

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Houma Tribe Wants Storm Protection For Its Coastal Towns

Susan Buchanan | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Congress, Gulf of Mexico, Wetlands, Flooding, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Bp Spill, Green News

The United Houma Nation, with its family tree firmly planted in Louisiana's coastal parishes for the last 300 years, doesn't want to see its centers drown as the wetlands shrink.

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Gulf Oil Spill Not Breaking Down That Fast, Study Finds

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.20.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year'...

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Ink Spill: Inside the Battle to Shape the News Coverage of Last Year's Oil Gusher

Sean_Smith | Posted 09.13.2011

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One year ago on Friday, the runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was capped, ending one of the longest-running and most popular reality news shows in American history. I had a front row seat to that show.

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Former BP Chief Tony Hayward Under Fire

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 08.31.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — Under questioning from the Justice Department and plaintiffs suing the oil giant he once ran, Tony Hayward fought off accusatio...

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Funds For Reviving the Coast Will Be Lean, Even With BP's Infusion

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Tulane University, Lake Borgne, Plaquemines Parish, Mrgo, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Gulf Coast Leadership Forum, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lower Ninth Ward, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. Of the Interior, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Fishermen, Green News

An injection of BP funds and continued spending by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not be enough to counter decades of erosion along the Gulf, sp...

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One Year After BP, Congress Has Yet To Change Oil Spill Liability Cap

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One year after a disastrous months-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Congress remains mired in disagreement over how much money vict...

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For Many Lawmakers, The BP Spill Offered Chance To Pitch A Constituent's Solution

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig last spring and the subsequent months-long flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico thrust much of...

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EXCLUSIVE: BP's Other Troubled Gulf Rig Cleared In New Government Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down to read the report NEW YORK -- BP's other troubled offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleared to operate despite some proble...

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New Orleans Tap Water Beats Odds, Meets All Regulatory Standards

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Industrial Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petrochemicals, Baton Rouge, U.S. Coast Guard, Lower Ninth Ward, La. Dept. Of Environmental Quality, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pollutants, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, La. Dept. Of Health & Hospitals, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Business News

Residents worry about spills in the river, and wonder if oil lapping at the coast has affected their faucet water. Local, state and federal authorities, however, say the city's tap water meets and, under some criteria, exceeds their standards.

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Gulf Deepwater Drilling Resumes Without Changes To Spill Liability

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As deepwater drilling returns from a months-long hiatus in the Gulf of Mexico, the protections that Congress drew up to help victims of ...

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Cyclist Raising Money For BP Spill Killed In Crash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GULF BREEZE, Fla. — A Florida man on a cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness and money for victims of this year's massive Gulf oil spill...

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After The Arctic Spill -- Shell, Palin and Obama

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arctic Drilling, Shell, Climate Change, Green News, Oil, Chukchi Sea, Polar Bear, Critical Habitat Designation, Beaufort Sea, Bp Spill, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News

Did the administration approve Shell to go drill in the Arctic or not and if yes, then when? The truth it seems is somewhere in between.

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Reclaiming the Vision of our Future: Living in a Culture of Connection and Creation

Leah Lamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green, Sustainability, Science, People and the Planet, Myths, Science Fiction, Future, Bp Spill, Green News

Scientists, architects, and health practitioners are continuing to demonstrate that the natural world provides all the tools we need to thrive. The only problem is we don't know how to use all of them.

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Oil Commission Baffled By Lowball Estimates; Suspects They Slowed Response

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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National Incident Commander Thad Allen told a presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill on Monday that wildly understated federal estimat...

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Weekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the WorldWeekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the World

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Weekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the Worldby Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Joe Miller, Sarah Palin's choice candidate for one of Ala...

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The Transformation of Jane Lubchenco

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Spill, Noaa, Gulf Fisheries, Green News

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration director Jane Lubchenco was an environmental "rock star," but she no longer defers to ecological and human health over commercial concerns.

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