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BP denies 'buying silence' of oil spill scientists
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Oil giant says it is just keeping company data confidential, as company faces 200 federal civil lawsuits over spill BP has rejected accusations of muzzling the scientists and academics it has hired to help fight hundreds of lawsuits relating to the ...

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - Tropical Storm Bonnie (1) - and Open Thread
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With all activities shutting down around the Deepwater well due to the projected path of Tropical Storm Bonnie, as it has now become, it is appropriate to quote the Press release from Admiral Allen Thursday. Due to the risk that Tropical Storm Bonni ...

Oil Spill: Smithsonian Collection Of Preserved Animals Helps Scientists Study Extent Of Damage In Gulf
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SUITLAND, Md. — Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast collection of preserved animals at the Smithsonian to see what... ...

BP accused of trying to muzzle scientists
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BP is facing multimillion-dollar lawsuits after the oil spill, which has destroyed the livelihoods of many people along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Tropical storm Bonnie forces BP to suspend relief well drilling
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Work to plug Gulf of Mexico oil well could be delayed for two weeks The approaching tropical storm Bonnie has forced BP to temporarily suspend drilling on its relief well in the Gulf of Mexico. Work to permanently plug the oil giant's leaking Macond ...

Tropical storm delays Gulf of Mexico oil spill fix (AFP)
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AFP - A tropical storm barreled toward the Gulf of Mexico Friday, forcing the evacuation of crews working on the huge oil spill and prolonging the region's environmental and economic nightmare. ...

Gulf Oil Efforts Abandoned And Unmonitored Due To Bad Weather
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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) -- Engineers prepared to abandon their vigil over BP's broken oil well Friday as ships and rig workers... ...

Tropical Storm Bonnie Nears Oil Spill, Could Delay Surface Operations by 2 Weeks
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Image: NOAA , public domain. Luckily It's Only a Tropical Storm, Not a Hurricane Ships around the site of the BP formely-leaking-but-now-capped oil well have been ordered to evacuate because of Bonnie, a tropical storm that is now over the Southern ...

Oiled marshes: Intervene or keep hands off?
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Scientists debate how aggressive to be in getting rid of oil in one of the most delicate parts of the Gulf ecosystem. Msnbc.com's Kari Huus reports. Ecosystem - Shopping - Kari Huus - Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill ...

Is the Gulf Oil Spill (Almost) a Tragedy of the Commons?
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The environmental writer Andy Mannle suggests that thanks to the BP oil spill, we are enduring another painful economic lesson called the tragedy of the commons. ...

Scientists: Oil plumes definitely from BP's well (AP)
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AP - Researchers in Florida say they have the first scientific proof that two plumes of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico came from BP's broken well. ...

Leilani Münter: Pro Athletes Visit Oil Spill, Say "No More Drill Baby, Drill"
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I am back home from my second trip to Louisiana since the oil spill. This time I was joined by other professional athletes to take a tour of the massive environmental catastrophe that is the Gulf oil disaster. ...

BP relief well rigs to move due to storm: Transocean (Reuters)
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Reuters - Two rigs that have been drilling relief wells at BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak are preparing to move out of Tropical Storm Bonnie's path, a spokesman for the rig operator said on Friday. ...

Les Miles' Oil Spill Interview Response: Confusing (VIDEO)
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No state has been more affected by the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill than Louisiana, but those seeking answers may be better off asking someone... ...

Gulf Oil Spill: Dead Bird Reports Double In The Past Month
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NEW ORLEANS — The number of dead birds collected on the Gulf Coast has more than doubled in the past month as oil from BP's... ...

Michael Vazquez: On The Proposed Use of Cattail Fluff in the Cleaning Up of British Petroleum's Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Lakes, Rivers
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As we contemplate the coming storm in the Gulf of Mexico in a national mind state which probably isn't too very different from that of... ...

Gulf oil spill: McCain rips well investors over financial liability
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The two companies with a financial interest in BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well drew the ire of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during a Senate hearing Thursday for withholding payments for the cost of the worst oil spill in U.S.... ...

BP posts originals of doctored oil spill images
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Oil giant tries to win back credibility after admitting photographs of command centre were altered by staff using Photoshop Trying to win back some credibility for corporate transparency, BP has posted a Flickr set of its doctored images . Earlier t ...

Gulf storm threatens efforts to plug spill (Reuters)
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Reuters - Many of the rigs and vessels at BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak site will begin preparing to move out of the path of Tropical Storm Bonnie late on Thursday, the top federal official overseeing the spill response said. ...

Tropical Storm Bonnie moving toward oil spill (AP)
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AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed into the central Bahamas on Thursday night while tracking a course that could take it over the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

BP accused of trying to silence science on spill (AFP)
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AFP - The head of the American Association of Professors accused BP Friday of trying to buy the silence of scientists and academics to protect itself after the Gulf oil spill, in a BBC interview. ...

Today's Climate: July 23, 2010
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Kerry Says Democrats May Take Up Broad Climate Legislation After Election (Bloomberg) U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Democrats may take up his comprehensive climate bill in a lame-duck session after the November elections, while calling on Pres. Obama to ...

Oil Spills and Oil Dependence
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As you no doubt know, unless you have been living under a rock for the past several months, an oil rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20. (...) ...

US to reopen one third of Gulf closed after oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - The United States is reopening one third of the Gulf of Mexico fishing waters closed in the wake of the BP oil spill, officials said Thursday. ...

Profane Oil Spill Tees - ‘Unf--K THE GULF’ Website Raises Money for Charity (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) The ‘UNF—K THE GULF’ website will give you a badass perspective on the devastating outcomes of the oil spill disaster. Promoting charity tees sporting their motto, these individuals drop plenty of f-bombs… ...

Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (7/23/10)
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While the oil spill continues to dominate the green blogosphere, one of the most interesting things I’m seeing this week is the relative quiet about tropical storm Bonnie heading right towards the central Gulf Coast. Could be these posts haven’t got ...

Gulf oil spill: Experience of BP official on rig questioned
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A federal investigator questioned the managerial fitness of one of BP’s top two officials who were aboard the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 crew members and starting the worst offshore oil... ...

Drumbeat: July 23, 2010
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A Big Oil Field in Central Asia Isn't Earning What Chevron Planned On ATYRAU, KAZAKHSTAN — A single oil field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce nearly as many barrels each day as the entire Gulf of Mexico does, with less danger to the env ...

Gulf oil spill: Investigators suggest BP, rig owner cut corners on safety
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Federal investigators painted a picture Thursday that suggested BP and oil-rig owner Transocean cut corners aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon, which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Investigators ...

Cleanup Crews Fight Oil Spill in China With Bare Hands
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Images via the Telegraph Sadly, the BP Gulf spill (or whatever you want to call it) isn't the only major oil spill looming at the moment. In China, two major oil pipelines exploded , sending thousands of barrels into waters off the nation's northeas ...

China Oil Spill (Video News)
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Welcome to Planet 100 for July 22, 2010. Here's what we're covering today. WATCH VIDEO: China Oil Spill China Oil Spill China officially doubled the size of the oil spill caused by a pipeline explosion and fire last Friday that send tons of crude oil ...

Weekend Briefing
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MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN: Tropical Storm Bonnie is bearing down on the Florida Keys this morning, gathering speed on what increasingly looks to be a collision course with the Gulf oil spill. The cyclone materialized over the Bahamas Thursday, qu ...

Gulf tourism may lose $22.7 billion to oil spill (Reuters)
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Reuters - The lucrative tourism industry in the Gulf of Mexico could suffer for up to three years with $22.7 billion in lost revenue because of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, a travel group said on Thursday. ...

BP oil spill repairs face further delay with tropical storm warning
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Bad weather threatens to force fleet of ships assembled around stricken well to evacuate area Attempts to permanently solve the problem of the Macondo oil well that has spewed more than 4m barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico have had to be pushed ...

Gulf Oil Spill: Feds Work To Put A Price On Damage
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BAY RONQUILLE, La. — The marsh is soaked with oil and the grass is dying. It's a common sight on the Gulf coast these days,... ...

Messy cleanup of BP oil spill damages the Gulf
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The 5,600 vessels taking part in the oil spill operation on the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest fleet assembled since the Allied invasion of Normandy, according to the Coast Guard. Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - BP - Invasion of Normandy - Coast Gua ...

Scam artists target victims of Gulf oil spill (Reuters)
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Reuters - An e-mail scam featuring someone purporting to be BP Plc's Chief Executive Tony Hayward is targeting victims of the company's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Florida's attorney general said on Thursday. ...

First details on China oil spill's cause emerge (AP)
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AP - The first details emerged Friday on the cause of China's largest reported oil spill, while environmentalists urged the government to do more to warn local residents of potential danger, saying children are playing still off nearby beaches. ...

Gulf oil spill: Well will stay sealed through storm
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Federal officials said Thursday that they would leave the damaged BP well sealed even if the site is evacuated in advance of a storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. “The decision has been made to leave the cap on... ...

US evacuates key Gulf drilling rig over storm (AFP)
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AFP - The US government has ordered the evacuation of vessels and personnel working on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill due to an impending storm, including the rig drilling an all-important relief well. ...

Gulf oil spill: BP criticized for cheaper, faster well option
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A federal investigator hammered a top BP official Thursday on why BP chose to implement cheaper, quicker options to finish and seal an oil well rather than more expensive options that offer more protection against oil and gas compromising the... ...

Faith At The Gulf, Part 1 (VIDEO)
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They are the first responders to the spiritual crisis wrought by the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico: faith leaders in the... ...

Jonathan A. Schein: After BP, Will We Have Learned Anything?
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The good news at press time is that the spill at the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been plugged. Whether... ...

Gulf oil spill: Interior Secretary Salazar sees 'light at the end of the tunnel'
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar delivered an optimistic message Thursday in updating Congress on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. "We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," Salazar told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. "There ...

Ships Abandon Gulf Oil Well As Tropical Storm Bonnie Approaches, Leave Cap Closed
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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) -- Key ships stationed over BP's crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico were ordered to evacuate Thursday ahead... ...

Sea Turtles, Victims Of Oil Spill, Play Key Role In Ecosystem
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The devastation wrought by the BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico's threatened and endangered sea turtles could have even further-reaching effects because of... ...

Gulf oil spill: BP official questioned about lack of independent safety official on rig
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A federal investigator Thursday compared the safety management of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to the “fox guarding the hen house.” The remark came in response to testimony from BP team leader John Guide, the Houston-based supervisor of BP’s two... ...

Gulf oil spill: Top BP official never saw document warning about well design
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A top BP official acknowledged Thursday the he didn’t review a key document that could have hinted of a potential problem with the well under the Deepwater Horizon, the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico April 20.... ...

UK dividends to fall 6.5% in 2010 due to BP: study (Reuters)
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Reuters - Dividend payments by London-listed companies will fall 6.5 percent this year, mainly because BP suspended payouts after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor said. ...

Tropical Storm Bonnie forms near the Bahamas (Reuters)
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Reuters - A tropical storm formed near the Bahamas on Thursday on a track that could take it over BP's oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

My Gulf Action
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No matter how soon the leaking well is capped, or how much BP pays in restitution, the lesson of this environmental catastrophe is clear: our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, which drives expansion of increasingly risky offshore drilling, must b ...

Today's Climate: July 22, 2010
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U.S. Lawmakers Approve Legislation to Prevent Oil Spills (AFP) The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to improve oil exploration techniques and oil spill cleanup to prevent another disaster like the one in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Gulf oil spill: Deepwater Horizon was 'a well from hell,' widow says
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Workers had problems controlling the oil well underneath the Deepwater Horizon before the oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the widow of a worker testified Thursday. “From Day 1, he deemed this hole a well from hell,” said... ...

Tropical Storm Bonnie Forming, Moving Toward Oil Spill
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MIAMI — A tropical depression has formed over the Bahamas and is moving toward the site of massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.... ...

Tropical depression moving toward oil spill (AP)
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AP - A newly formed tropical depression raked the low-lying Bahamas with rain and lightening on Thursday as it headed on a course for the site of massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

In Defense of the Offshore Drilling Moratorium
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Boats that used to bring in fish and shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico are now dredging oil and carrying boom - like this one. Photo by Jordan Macha of the Sierra Club. While the oil industry is banging the drum that an offshore drilling moratorium wil ...

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - There will now be a slight intermission (pause) - and open thread 2
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This is a second copy of this post, with 5:30 update and new tropical storm information. Previous comments can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6766 . Update 5:30pm EDT : BP has received approval to leave the well capped indefinitely. New ...

Washington Lobbyists Cashing In On BP Oil Spill
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When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April it created an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and a gusher for the economy... ...

BP's oil well to stay shut despite tropical storm (AP)
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AP - Engineers have grown so confident in the leaky cap trapping oil inside BP's crippled well that they will leave it closed and unwatched if a tropical storm that formed Thursday forces them to flee, the government's spill chief said. ...

Tropical depression moving toward oil spill (AP)
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AP - A tropical depression has formed over the Bahamas and is moving toward the site of massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Today's Climate: July 21, 2010
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Relief Tunnel Should Reach Gulf Well by Weekend (AP) Three months into the Gulf disaster, the federal government's spill chief says a relief tunnel should finally reach BP's broken well by the weekend, meaning the gusher could be snuffed for good wi ...

Obama to spend weekend in disaster-hit Gulf Coast (AFP)
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AFP - US President Barack Obama and his family will spend a vacation weekend on the Gulf Coast in Florida next month, showing solidarity with a tourism industry hurt by the BP oil spill. ...

This week on the leak: Storms, silence on rig safety, spill response, and stalling Arctic drills
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by Agence France-Presse. A new tropical storm forming over the Bahamas could delay BP’s efforts to permanently plug the leak; meanwhile, reports surface about dubious safety practices on the Deepwater Horizon rig, four oil giants work together to cr ...

Oil Majors Plan New Spill Capture and Containment System for Gulf of Mexico; Initial $1B Investment
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Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell plan to build and deploy a rapid response system that will be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The companie ...

Feds work to put a price tag on oil spill damage (AP)
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AP - The marsh is soaked with oil and the grass is dying. It's a common sight on the Gulf coast these days, and it's nothing new for Robert Nailon. ...

The failed presidency of Barack Obama
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by Joseph Romm. ... the disaster in the Gulf should have been a critical turning point for global warming. Handled correctly, the BP spill should have been to climate legislation what September 11th was to the Patriot Act, or the financial collapse ...

Storm threatens to derail BP oil spill efforts (AFP)
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AFP - A brewing storm threatened Thursday to force the mass evacuation of engineers and ships in the Gulf of Mexico and delay by weeks the final operation to plug BP's runaway well. ...

Oil devastation found at major Gulf breeding site
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Scientists working in the Gulf have documented what may be the worst oil spill devastation of a major bird colony so far. ...

Spartanburg Man Invents Oil Spill Solution
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An Upstate man said Tuesday that he has an invention that could help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

Big Oil Pools Money To Create New Offshore Spill Response Company, BP Not Involved
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NEW YORK — Big Oil is trying to assure Washington it's prepared for the next big oil spill. ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp., Conoco Phillips and Shell... ...

Oil Spill: Gulf Environment Trampled By Messy Cleanup Operation
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FOURCHON BEACH, La. — The 5,600 vessels taking part in the oil spill operation on the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest fleet assembled... ...

Faced with oil spill, Gulf residents fight mental pain (AFP)
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AFP - With the Gulf oil spill destroying livelihoods across southern Louisiana, anxiety over an uncertain future is prompting a desperate rise in depression, health officials and residents warn. ...

From the blogosphere: the latest on the climate bill
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Not surprisingly, a number of blogs today talked about Senator Reid’s (D–Nev.) statement that he’ll move forward with a somewhat scaled-back energy bill. The legislation is slated to include a response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and energy effi ...

Moreton oil spill clean up finally declared over
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Sixteen months and more than $4 million later, the clean-up from the Pacific Adventurer oil spill disaster in Queensland is about to be declared over. ...

Tropical Storm Track Aligns With Oil Slick
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A brewing tropical storm takes aim at the gulf's oil zone. ...

'UNF--K THE GULF': Charity 'F-Bomb-A-Thon' Raises Money For Oil Spill Response (VIDEO)
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Thanks to MNN for bringing to our attention this hilariously vulgar charity that is raising money to help with the Gulf oil spill via their... ...

Clean-up crews use bare hands against China oil spill
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by Agence France-Presse. BEIJING—Chinese authorities battled Thursday to contain an oil spill on the country’s northeast coast amid reports it was spreading. The government has mobilized hundreds of fishing boats and other vessels to clean up the sp ...

Gulf rig worker survey showed safety concerns (Reuters)
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Reuters - Workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico expressed concern about safety practices a month before the oil rig exploded and sunk, according to a survey conducted by its owner, Transocean Ltd. ...

26,000 square miles of Gulf reopened to fishing (AP)
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AP - The government is allowing commercial and recreational fishing again in roughly one third of the waters it had closed because of the BP oil spill. ...

Would Obama's ocean drive have stopped BP? | Andrew Sharpless
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President Obama's national ocean policy is welcome – but the only way to prevent another oil spill is to not drill in the first place As the Gulf of Mexico continues to battle the oil from the BP Deepwater drilling disaster, President Obama's establ ...

Reported number of bird deaths grow on Gulf Coast (AP)
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AP - The number of dead birds collected on the Gulf Coast has more than doubled in the past month as oil from BP's broken deepwater well continues to wash up on islands and beaches rich in bird colonies. ...

Reid Splits Spill Response From The Energy Bill--Is That Wise?
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Andrew Restuccia passes along an update on the ever-elusive energy bill. It looks like Harry Reid is going to introduce a very pared-back bill next week that will include: -- An oil spill response title based on the bill passed by the Senate Energy ...

Safety concerns in Gulf oil rig worker survey: paper (Reuters)
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Reuters - Workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico expressed concern about safety practices in a confidential survey conducted a month before the oil rig exploded, The New York Times reported on Thursday. ...

Along Gulf Coast, BP Spill Vapors Could Be Up Your Nose & On Your Head
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Particulate matter associated air quality at USEPA sampling stations along US Gulf Coast - snapshot indication . Image credit: AirNow, Gulf of Mexico Air Quality This summer has seen huge amounts of volatile or "low boiling" petroleum fractions rele ...

Download Kevin Costner’s 25 Year Old Cowboy Satire With Your Gulf Donation
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Now that everyone has officially forgiven Kevin Costner for some of his greatest cinematic missteps ( Waterworld , The Postman and Robin Hood …ohhhh, that accent ), we’re finally focusing on what’s really important in life, the man and his legacy . ...

BP's Tony Hayward 'set to step down'
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by Dan Milmo, Guardian BP chief executive Tony Hayward is preparing to step down within the next 10 weeks, according to a report this morning, as the embattled oil giant announced plans to sell $7bn (£4.6bn) of gas assets for its Gulf of Mexico clea ...

Deepwater Horizon workers 'concerned about safety before explosion'
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Survey carried out before Gulf of Mexico oil spill showed workers feared reprisals if they reported problems Many workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were concerned about safety in the weeks before the 20 April explosion but feared reprisals if ...

Pipeline repaired as China works to contain spill
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China and environmental observers said cleanup efforts on the country's largest reported oil spill were progressing Thursday, but the environmental and economic damage was clear. Oil spill - People's Republic of China - Environment - Energy - China ...

SNTV - Restore the Gulf
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Sandra Bullock, Lenny Kravitz and Dave Matthews are among the star-studded cast in a video urging people to help out in the Gulf oil spill crisis. ...

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - There will now be a slight intermission (pause) - and open thread
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Note : Tropical storm update by Chuck Watson at the end of this post. The approaching tropic system that has been mentioned in earlier posts has now not only caught the attention of the folks at the Deepwater well, but has moved them to action. Beca ...

BP tech team: Priority is to 'see' oil under water
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A skunk works team at BP is considering a wide range of technologies to clean up the oil in the Gulf, using ideas from outsiders at a scale never done before. ...

Gulf Oil Efforts SUSPENDED: BP Shuts Down Well Work Due To Bad Weather
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NEW ORLEANS — A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the ruptured oil well to a near standstill Wednesday just... ...

Today's Climate: July 20, 2010
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BP to Continue Test As Seepage Unrelated to Well (Reuters) BP can keep its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well capped for at least another day, after it was determined that nearby seepage was not related to the leak, a U.S. official said on Monday. BP Con ...

Oil Sands Ad Campaign Touches Energy Security Raw Nerve
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It was one of the biggest news stories in the Canadian media last week, and it barely registered in the U.S. press: an unorthodox ad campaign by environmental groups out to punish Alberta for its development of energy from its vast deposits of oil s ...

Did a Mystery Plumber Design the BP Containment Cap?
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Image modified from one found on ToonRefugee We’ve heard so much about the containment cap that’s been holding back oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in the past few weeks that pretty much everyone knows what it is. But the question remains – ...

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Oil panel's web of interests (AP)
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AP - Oil runs so deep in American life that when President Barack Obama formed an independent commission to investigate the Gulf spill, he ran into something of an oil patch of his own. ...

Clean-up crews use bare hands against China oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - Chinese authorities battled Thursday to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact. ...

Gulf Oil Spill: Leaked Safety Report Shows Transocean Hadn't Inspected Key Rig Components In 10 Years, Workers Raised Concerns
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WASHINGTON -- A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the weeks before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them were... ...

Clean-up crews use bare hands in oil spill battle (AFP)
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Smithsonian holdings to aid researchers in Gulf (AP)
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AP - Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast collection of preserved animals at the Smithsonian to see what kind of changes the oil spill may wreak among life forms in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Oil companies start $1 billion Gulf spill project (Reuters)
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Reuters - Big oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell will spend $1 billion to develop a new oil spill containment system for the Gulf of Mexico, the companies said on Wednesday. ...

Large China oil spill threatens sea life, water (AP)
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AP - China's largest reported oil spill emptied beaches along the Yellow Sea as its size doubled Wednesday, while cleanup efforts included straw mats and frazzled workers with little more than rubber gloves. ...

Looming storm delays BP battle to plug Gulf well
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by Agence France-Presse. BURAS, La.—BP crews Wednesday made hasty preparations to protect the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well from a looming storm, forcing them to halt work on plugging the damaged wellbore. “We are having to watch the weather very, ...

Real estate agents want oil spill compensation (AP)
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AP - The administrator of a $20 billion oil spill compensation fund said Wednesday he's been besieged by real estate agents and brokers, demanding that they become eligible for payments. ...

Interactive Oil Spill Graphs - The Interactive Infograph by Jason Bishop Shows Marine Damage (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Jason Bishop has created quite an impressive infograph which gives viewers more information on the extent of damage the oil spill has caused on marine life. The infograph shows the different layers of… ...

Perspectives on British PM's Visit
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Today on the Hill, two hearings regarding the gulf oil spill. One to make sure the victims are taken care of, the other to make sure the gulf is cleaned up and restored. ...

Teen To Help With Gulf Cleanup
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An Anne Arundel County teenager will be spending part of his summer helping to clean up oil in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Gulf oil dispersants unlikely to be endocrine disruptors and have relatively low cell toxicity, tests find
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Government scientists are reporting that eight of the most commonly used oil dispersants used to fight oil spills, such as the massive episode in the Gulf of Mexico, appear unlikely to act as endocrine disruptors -- hormone-like substances that can i ...

BP chief Tony Hayward to outline strategy that restore firm's fortunes
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• Second quarter figures likely to show surge in profits to $5bn • BP's Gulf oil spill liabilities expected to top $20bn BP boss Tony Hayward will next week launch a fight back against the wave of criticism that has engulfed him and BP following the ...

Bad weather may slow battle to plug Gulf well (AFP)
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AFP - Bad weather forming in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday threatened to delay efforts to plug the broken BP well, just as engineers approach the endgame in stemming the three-month oil spill. ...

Gulf Oil Spill: Weather Threatens To Shut Down BP's Well Work
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NEW ORLEANS — Rain storms moving toward the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday threatened to shut down undersea efforts to seal BP's ruptured well, interrupting work... ...

Gulf oil spill: Salazar defends moratorium on deep-water drilling
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday that there were "corners that were cut" by BP in drilling its Gulf of Mexico well, and that "prior administration and this administration have not... ...

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP's great asset sale
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BP has reached a deal to sell $7bn (£4.58bn) in assets to contribute towards a $20bn fund to compensate those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Paddy Allen ...

Slideshow: Devastation following the spill from the BP Deepwater platform
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As efforts to contain the oil spill continue, a new slideshow from our US colleagues details the ongoing consequences of the massive slick from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico. And you can see the complete Gulf Oil Spill phot ...

Gulf Oil Spill: Relief Well Could Be Completed By This Weekend
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Three months into the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal government's spill chief says a relief tunnel should finally... ...

Messy cleanup of BP oil spill damages the Gulf (AP)
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AP - The 5,600 vessels taking part in the oil spill operation on the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest fleet assembled since the Allied invasion of Normandy, according to the Coast Guard. ...

Fire on staging boat for Gulf oil spill in La. (AP)
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AP - Authorities say a fire that started in the electrical system on a boat set up at a staging area for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill resulted in two minor injuries. ...