Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil (AP)
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 | AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congr ... |
AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now (AP)
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 | AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 mil ... |
Gulf oil spill: Did Coast Guard allow excessive toxic dispersants?
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 | Documents released by a congressional committee Saturday show that the U.S. Coast Guard appeared to flout a May 25 Obama administration directive that sought to limit the use of chemical dispersants on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico oil... ... |
Congressman: too much dispersant used in oil spill (AP)
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 | AP - As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersant was used. ... |
Gulf oil spill: Fishermen decry a lost season
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| The reopening of a broad swath of Louisiana waters this week to fishing and shrimping won't salvage the livelihoods of many Gulf of Mexico fishermen this season after the devastating effects of the catastrophic BP oil spill. The lifting of... ... |
Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego (AP)
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| AP - Spike Lee has screened his new four-hour documentary on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. ... |
UC Berkeley's BP Deal Tainted By Oil Spill: $500 Million Research Agreement At Stake
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| BERKELEY, Calif. — BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the... ... |
The Gulf Oil Spill and Seafood Safety
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| Some of the fishing areas in the Gulf of Mexico are reopening. In fact, this week Louisiana reopened commercial fishing in areas East of the Mississippi. In the coming weeks, we can expect that many more areas will reopen to recreational... ... |
Oil-soaked waste worries landfills' neighbors
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| At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand and tangles of sea grass are dumped.Though workers in the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history wear protective ... |
Oil spill mars UC Berkeley's BP-funded research (AP)
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 | AP - BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company. ... |
Gulf Outsiders Little Understand What is Happening to People Inside
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 | by Tim Gautreaux, Guardian Those who live in Louisiana all their lives develop an understanding of disaster. We know a hurricane can turn over hundreds of offshore oil rigs in one pass and then come to land and do the same to our homes. Refineries e ... |
Pipe break that caused Michigan oil spill is found
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| Officials say they've located the pipeline break that caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil to spew into a major river in southern Michigan. Oil spill - Michigan - Pipeline transport - Environment - Energy ... |
AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban (AP)
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| AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 mile ... |
Gulf Oil Spill: Debris In Relief Well Sets Back Work On Gusher
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| NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work... ... |
Congress to probe Michigan oil spill (Reuters)
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| Reuters - A U.S. congressional committee will probe the spill of more than 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil from an Enbridge Inc pipeline in southern Michigan this week, a Michigan congressman said on Saturday. ... |
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. ... |
Antonia Juhasz: BP's "Missing Oil" Washes Up in St. Mary's Parish, LA
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| BP's "Missing Oil" coats wetlands and beaches along the waterways near St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, where no one is booming, cleaning, skimming, or watching. I... ... |
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 ... |
Gulf oil spill: Louisiana fish and shrimp get thumbs-up
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| Is Louisiana seafood safe to eat? U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Friday heartily endorsed the decision of Louisiana fisheries officials to reopen wide swaths of state coastal waters to commercial fishing and shrimp ... |
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 ... |
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. ... |
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. ... |
Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
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 | AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official. ... |
Gulf oil spill: Wide swath of fisheries reopened in Louisiana
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| Louisiana fisheries officials reopened wide swaths of state coastal waters to commercial fishing late Thursday, permitting fishermen to catch finfish and shrimp off most of the eastern and southwestern coasts. Commercial harvests of crabs and oysters ... |
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. ... |
