Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup

Oil Spill Still Weighing On BP

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* Q1 replacement cost net ex one-offs $4.80 bln vs f'cast $5.10 bln * To sell 50,000 bbls/day output in Gulf of Mexico ...

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Gulf Oil Spill Anniversary: Debate Continues Over BP Disaster's Impacts On Children's Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 04.20.2012

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SOUTH PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. -- Julie Creppel raises six children here, steps away from the lapping waves of the Gulf of Mexico. Her modest mobile ho...

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WATCH: Eyeless Shrimp And Fish With Lesions In The Gulf

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 04.18.2012

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While the true extent of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill was not known for about 4 years, as Al Jazeera notes in the video above, the repercussions of...

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BP Oil Spill 'Definitively' Linked To Gulf Coral Death

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.26.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP's blown-out well as the culprit for the ...

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Oil Spill Commission Regroups To Promote Reform

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.14.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The seven-member commission selected by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf oil spill is getting back together. This ti...

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In The Public Interest : Will BP's Misdeeds Be Further Subsidized by Taxpayers?

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 05.06.2012

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The public should watch whether a potential settlement with BP includes these hidden tax subsidies. Any settlement amount will be substantially less than the headlines proclaim, unless the settlement prohibits a tax deduction.

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Ex-BP Worker Files Whistleblower Suit Over Cleanup

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 03.26.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the c...

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Groups Challenge Gulf Offshore Drilling Leases Auction

AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 02.12.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — The federal government will move ahead with the first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwat...

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Coast Guard Approves Plan To End BP Oil Spill Cleanup

AP | CAIN BURDEAU and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 01.08.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that winds up on shores of the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes...

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A Fisherman's Farewell? Gulf Residents Fight for Their Future 15 Months After the BP Blowout

Rocky Kistner | Posted 12.26.2011

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Ever since BP's mammoth Deepwater Horizon rig blew 15 months ago, the lives of thousands of fishermen across the Gulf have never been the same. Many say they were poisoned by oil and chemical dispersants after being thrust into cleanup jobs they were woefully unprepared for.

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Disaster in the Gulf: So What Are We Doing About It?

Rocky Kistner | Posted 12.06.2011

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In the Gulf, new information is confirming fears that fish and wildlife -- and millions of people on the Coast -- are being seriously impacted by the 4.9 million barrels of BP oil spewed from the ocean deep last year.

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The State of the Gulf Coast: A Report by Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers

Edward James Olmos | Posted 12.05.2011

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While progress has been made and restoration has most certainly begun in the gulf since the BP gusher last year, its clear from a new report that there is a great deal of work to be done.

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New Evidence Cites More BP Oil Spill Mistakes

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.13.2011

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A BP scientist identified a previously unreported deposit of flammable gas that could have played a role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but the oil ...

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The BP Spill One Year Later: Renewing Trust Along With Ecology

Ian R. MacDonald | Posted 09.14.2011

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The oil in the gulf has devastated the livelihoods of many Gulf residents in a way that no BP lucre could repay. But something else had been dealt a deadly blow, something just as difficult to restore as damaged ecology and economic well-being: trust.

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Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Chief: 'Government Is A Lot Like Oxygen'

AOL Government | Posted 09.11.2011

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In the current political climate and discourse over the national debt, we have done a poor job of distinguishing between the need for fiscal responsib...

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7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting

Cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

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It's no secret the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something light...

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Scientists: Funding Coming Too Late To Assess Gulf Oil Spill's Impact

AP | By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 06.24.2011

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NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it c...

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Long Before BP Spill, Leaders of Both Parties Knew We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Oil Addiction

John Adams | Posted 06.21.2011

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Why do we push to the ends of the Earth -- in the Gulf, in the Arctic, from the tropical forests of Ecuador to the boreal forests of Canada -- rolling the dice with irreplaceable habitat and life, to feed our insatiable demand for oil?

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Gulf Spill Cleanup Workers Report Mysterious Illnesses

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.18.2011

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As the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill approaches, some scientists have deemed the health of the Gulf of Mexico as "nearly back to normal," t...

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BP Still Doesn't Want You to See Its Tarballs

Mother Jones | Posted 05.30.2011

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Lots has changed on Elmer's Island. Nearly a year after the great oilpocalypse of 2010, this Louisiana wildlife refuge about 50 miles south of New Orl...

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Health Effects From The Gulf OIl Spill One Year Later

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly a year after the BP oil spill, people living along the Gulf of Mexico are still feeling the effect of the disaster, the largest oil catastrophe in history.

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NASA Data Strengthens Reports of Toxic Rain on the Gulf Coast From BP Spill

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

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I spoke to NASA scientist Ira Leifer at length about data collected during the oil spill last summer, strengthening claims that oil was brought onshore in rain during the spill.

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BP: Making it Right (for BP)

Scott Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past nine months, BP has conducted a full-throttle charm offensive. But their bottom line doesn't account for the cost of restoring the health of our communities. They're in it for the money.

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New Orleans' Dining: August, Plus a Look at Current State of Gulf Seafood With Chef John Besh

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I don't think there's been a point in history where a chef is so familiar with what exact area each oyster, shrimp crab and fin-fish comes from. The seafood from the gulf that's coming in has never been more scrutinized or so good."

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Rig Owner Refuses To Honor Oil Spill Subpoenas

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has challenged the c...

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