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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Life in Grand Isle after the BP oil spill: 'We live off the water'
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The Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin visits Louisiana where the Grand Isle community is dealing with the aftermath of the spill ...

The spill is gone? | Michael Tomasky
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Time magazine's Michael Grunwald, a fine environmental reporter who knows the region well, writes that it's turning out that the damage from the BP spill may not be as great as (nearly) everyone feared: Yes, the spill killed birds — but so far, less ...

Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds
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Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. Oilspill - Gulf of Mexico - Bird migr ...

US panel asked to consolidate oil spill lawsuits (AP)
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AP - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judicial panel in Idaho is being asked to consolidate more than 300 spill-related lawsuits against BP and other companies before a single court. ...

US court session pits BP against oil spill victims (AFP)
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AFP - Families of those killed in a rig explosion and fishermen who lost their livelihoods due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will face energy giant BP in court for the first time Thursday. ...

(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 ...

On Our Radar: BP Writes Off Spill Costs
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Will half of BP's spill escrow fund come out of government coffers? ...

Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds (AP)
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AP - Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill. ...

Gulf Coast Disaster - Wednesday News Roundup, July 28
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Day 100Highlights in this issue: Who’s making money off the Gulf oil spill? Gulf state Republicans rip oil spill bill Oil spill could change fortunes of Gulf politicians NRDC Report: Oil causes 2,200 Gulf beach closings BP’s Gulf payments hit... ...

Is Tony Hayward the next trick for Michael Sheen?
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Outgoing BP boss reviled for Gulf oil spill is the perfect role for chameleon actor Actor Michael Sheen looks a bit like a lot of people and sooner or later usually ends up playing them. It has already happened with Tony Blair, the young Brian Cloug ...


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