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House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)
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Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

House passes oil spill legislative package
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The House has passed, by a vote of 209-193, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010, aimed at preventing another Gulf oil tragedy, and ensuring polluters like BP pay the full cost of damages resulting from oil... ...

House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate (AP)
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AP - The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from ...

Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)
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AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. ...

BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… Those who live in Louisiana all their lives develop an understanding of disaster. W ...

House passes oil-spill response bills
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by Agence France-Presse. WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to overhaul offshore-drilling safety rules and protect whistleblowing workers in a sweeping response to the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The White House-ba ...

New BP boss faces up to massive Gulf oil clean-up (AFP)
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AFP - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley has vowed that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase. ...

New BP boss says there will be ‘pullback’ in cleanup
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by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS—Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed on Friday that the British energy giant would not abandon Gulf residents for years to come, as engineers fine-tuned plans to kill a ruptured well for good. Making his first trip ...

Gulf oil spill: BP pulls up boom as fishing areas reopen
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As large, visible oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico disappear, BP is scaling back its clean-up, with fewer ships scouting for oil and fewer people scouring beaches for slicks. Crews are pulling up boom in areas... ...

Gulf Coast states push for offshore oil revenues (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP massive oil spill has given Gulf Coast lawmakers leverage to push for a larger share of the billions of dollars in royalties that oil companies pay to drill in U.S. waters. ...

Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)
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AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. ...

Michigan Oil Spill: Are pipelines really the safer option?
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In the 100 days since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the largest oil spill in US history, Big Oil and its supporters have been doing everything in their public relations power to convey the impression that what happened in the Gulf... ...

BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)
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Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged. ...

Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too? ...

Breaking: BP Spill is Over, Oil is Gone, Problem Solved
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Photo via Free Extras According to some of the mainstream media, anyway After taking a look back to assess the media's coverage of the BP spill this week, I think only one internet-born acronym will suffice to convey my opinion. And that, of course, ...

Gulf of Mexico -America’s Dumping Grounds
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Brief summary: from the New York Times, July 30, 2010— Even before the recent BP oil spill disaster, the Gulf of Mexico has been America’s dumping grounds for decades dating back to the 1930′s. In part, the dumping of old weapons ordinances, yearly o ...

BP to try well kill Tuesday (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling. ...

Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day ...

BP's Incoming Boss Ready to Scale Down Gulf Clean-up Operation
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by Andrew Clark, Guardian As the visible oil in the Gulf of Mexico dwindles, the incoming boss of BP has said it could be time to scale down the vast operation to clean up the damage wreaked by the company's Deepwater Horizon spill. Bob Dudley, who ...

Correction: Michigan River-Oil Spill story (AP)
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AP - In stories July 28 and July 29 about an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River, The Associated Press reported erroneously how deep the oil would be if put in a walled-in football field. The roughly 800,000 gallons of oil would fill a walled-in footbal ...

Oil threat recedes for East Coast, much of Florida (Reuters)
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Reuters - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday. ...

House approves bill on drilling, oil spills
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The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production. Offshore drilling - Natural gas - Oil spill - Oil - Business ...

House Begins Debating Oil Spill Reform Bill
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The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Friday to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the BP oil spill. ...

BP's incoming boss Bob Dudley says clean-up operation may be scaled down
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BP appoints US government expert to help recovery as it prepares to permanently plug gulf well with cement As the visible oil in the Gulf of Mexico dwindles, the incoming boss of BP has said it could be time to scale down the vast operation to clean ...

New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-up (AFP)
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AFP - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed Friday that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase. ...

South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact (AP)
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AP - Government scientists are saying South Florida and the East Coast will likely not see any oil impact from the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. ...

Oil Companies: Clean Up Your Own Mess
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You make a mess, you clean it up. We learned this as kids. The oil spill bill introduced by Senator Reid, S. 3663, is true to this principle. But the Republican oil spill bill, S. 3643, would let oil companies walk... ...

Gulf Oil Spill: BP Says Time For 'Scaleback' Of Cleanup Efforts
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BILOXI, Miss. — BP's incoming CEO said Friday that it's time for a "scaleback" of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico... ...

On Our Radar: Oil Spill Larger Than China Admits
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An American oil spill consultant suggests the Chinese spill was larger than the government admits. ...

Rocky Kistner: Countering BP's PR: Deception by Dispersal; The Great Gulf Oil Tragedy
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BP's intent all along has been to bury the oil underwater and keep it out of sight. Some biologists agree that keeping it underwater and out of the marshes is best. But many fishermen think once it gets on the bottom, it can't be retrieved. ...

The Week in Pictures: Solar Plane Sets New World Record, Pipeline Leak Pollutes Michigan River with Oil, and More (Slideshow)
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Here we go again... a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners has leaked 800,000-840,000 gallons of oil into a creek flowing into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michigan. On a more positive note, the Zephyr solar plane finally landed this ...

Cautioned by BP oil spill, Brazil continues deep-sea drilling (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - Three years ago, the abundant "pre-salt" oil reserves found off Brazil's coast epitomized the country's optimism and rise on the world stage. ...

BP is selling the fake story that there's no oil
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Ohhhh … this is what BP's public relations department has been working on. BP is trying to sell the story that "everyone" is asking "where is all the oil?". ...

US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated (AP)
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AP - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported, and some of the oil was spilled deliberately to avoid an even larger disaster, an American expert said Friday. ...

Devastation of birds and habitat in Gulf is a warning about our addiction to oil
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As the oil from the Enbridge pipeline rupture flows towards Lake Michigan, we should be asking ourselves what the real cost is of our addiction to oil. I don’t think that Americans would consciously choose to sacrifice the Great Lakes,... ...

Today's Climate: July 30, 2010
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EPA Says Michigan Spill Appears Contained (Reuters) Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill has been contained on a river about 50 miles inland from Lake Michigan, federal officials said on ...

BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated? (Time.com)
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Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown ...

Test Drive the New Chevy Volt With Me
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The Chevy Volt is electrifying the car market - especially in the wake of the oil disasters in the Gulf of Mexico and now, Lake Michigan. Every one of us needs to stop using oil so the Volt, which can... ...

Louisiana reopens fishing grounds after spill closure (AFP)
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AFP - Louisiana has reopened wide swaths of state fishing grounds that were closed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after seafood testing, the state said. ...

Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Joey Camapanaro of NYC's The Little Owl (Interview)
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Editor's note: Over the next month, as part of our coverage of Blue August , Planet Green will be interviewing chefs around the country to get their takes on the Gulf Oil Spill and how it might affect the future of the region's vibrant food culture. ...

Drill deep and don’t spill a drop with Oil Spill Condoms
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by Ashley Braun. “Great for containing your gusher and protecting your junk shot!” We can’t say we’re surprised to see such a clever combination of causes (oil clean-up and responsible reproduction). We’re just surprised it took so long. The best th ...

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara (AP)
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AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The following year the resulting "Earth Day" kick-star ...

Deception by dispersal; the great Gulf oil tragedy
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The pictures below were all recently taken on July 28, 2010, just off the Gulf coast of Grand Bayou near Barataria Bay. They were taken shortly after cleanup authorities announced major surface oil had been cleaned up. Yesterday, Louisiana Gov. Bobb ...

Michigan Oil Spill: Oil Halfway To Lake Michigan, Mayor Daley Responds
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Oil from a pipeline spill in Michigan early this week has been on the move through area waterways in recent days--and some fear that it... ...

X-Prize Challenge Offers $1.4 Million for Revolutionary Oil Cleanup Tech
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The Spill is Capped, but the Oil Remains NASA From the people that brought you private spaceflight and super-fuel-efficient automobiles comes the $1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge . X-Prize officials announced today a $1 million pur ...

Past problems for company at heart of oil spill (AP)
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AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity." ...

EPA says Michigan spill appears contained (Reuters)
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Reuters - Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill has been contained on a river about 50 miles inland from Lake Michigan, federal officials said on Thursday. ...

Crews work to keep oil spill from Lake Michigan
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Federal officials believe an oil spill that has contaminated a major Michigan river was larger than first estimated, and the governor is warning of a "tragedy of historic proportions" should the oil reach Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan - Oil spill - En ...

Why the BP Spill Hasn't Invigorated Environmentalism
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Photo via Boston In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California released a few million gallons of oil into marine ecosystems -- eight months later, it was among the primary catalysts for the biggest pro-environmental movement in th ...

Oil spill sends more than a million gallons into Michigan waters
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by Agence France-Presse. CHIGAGO—A new oil spill is sullying waters in Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency said the spill bega ...

Oil Spills Are Everywhere
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BP has capped its leaking Macondo well, but that doesn't mean oil spills are now a thing of the past. Up in Michigan, at least 19,000 barrels of crude have been gushing out of a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River, which travels into Lake Michigan. Go ...

(PHOTOS): Bare Hands Clean-Up of a Horrible Oil Spill
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It is hard to look at the pictures in the following photo essay. They ask hard questions and provide no answers. Factually, they document how some people responded to a 400,000 gallon oil spill that's grown into a slick covering more than 150 square ...

US hit by new oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - A new oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday. ...

Today's Climate: July 29, 2010
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EPA: 1M Gallons of Oil May Be in Mich. River (AP) Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons of oil may have spilled into a major river in southern Michigan, and the governor is sharply criticizing clean-up efforts as "wholly in ...

AK pipeline operator lists causes of May oil spill (AP)
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AP - The operator of the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline system says an internal review has found that a power failure and lack of "situational awareness" contributed to a roughly 4,500-barrel contained oil spill in May. ...

Company ramps up effort to clean Mich. river spill (AP)
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AP - Michigan's governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible for the spill said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess. ...

Mich. gov.: Spill cleanup resources `inadequate' (AP)
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AP - Michigan's governor says efforts by the company responsible for a more than 800,000-gallon oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River are "wholly inadequate." ...