Gulf Oil Spill Response

BP Deep-Cleaning Gulf Beaches As Oil Continues To Wash Ashore

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — What's typically a beautiful, quiet stretch of beach in the fall now resembles a construction site. Bulldozers and yellow d...

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Big Oil Hasn't Learned Lessons Of BP Oil Spill

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months becaus...

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Attention Must Be Paid: The Gulf Oil Spill Is Not Over

Rev. Jennifer Kottler | Posted 05.25.2011

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The minute the spotlight leaves, so will the pressure on BP to make things right for the people and the environment that were destroyed. Attention must be paid.

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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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Tropical Storm May Halt Gulf Oil Spill Response

Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI (AP) -- The first tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Friday in the Western Caribbean, but forecasters can't yet say if ...

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Expropriating British Petroleum

Larry Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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For two centuries we've used and abused the resources of the natural world on an exponentially increasing scale, and now the natural world is dying.

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Gulf Needs Concrete Actions That Respect Residents' Rights

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

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CODEN, Ala. -- When Gulf Coast resident Louise Bosarge heard President Obama refer to her community as "resilient," her response was poetic: "We bounce back. We always bounce back. Bouncing hurts."

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BP Oil Spill Rated Worse Than Katrina; Most Favor Pursuit of Criminal Charges: Poll

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans by more than 2-1 support pursuit of criminal charges in the nation's worst oil spill , with increasing numbers calling it a major environmen...

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Thad Allen: Oil Spill Is 'Holding The Gulf Hostage'

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government's point man on the Gulf oil spill calls it "an insidious enemy that's attacking our shores" and "holding the Gulf ho...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Will Obama Go to Indonesia or Stay Home and Deal With the Disaster?

Robert Guttman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The vast majority of Americans do not see a president who is angry enough for them. Going to Indonesia in a few weeks would be a huge slap in the face to everyone living along the Gulf Coast.

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Gulf Fisherman On Oil Spill: 'Our Way Of Life Is Over. It's The End, The Apocalypse'

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hittin...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Ken Salazar Faces Calls For His Resignation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Is Ken Salazar the next head to roll, as a result of the gulf oil disaster? Last week, Elizabeth Birnbaum quit under pressure as head of the Interior ...

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