Today's Climate: August 14-15, 2010
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| BP Could Get Final "Go" to Kill Well by Tuesday (Reuters) BP will get the go-ahead to finish a relief well to finally seal its blown-out oil well but is doing a last batch of testing and planning first, the top government official overseeing the Gul ... |
'Our job is not finished' in Gulf oil spill: Obama (AFP)
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 | AFP - President Barack Obama took a dip in the Gulf of Mexico, and reassured Americans that the government will stand by coastal residents as the massive oil-spill cleanup forges ahead. ... |
Obama's Florida trip: With BP oil spill receding, time for a swim? (The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - Few things would say "the beaches are back" like President Obama tearing off his shirt and running into the surf at Panama City, Fla., during a brief vacation swing to the oil-spill-harassed Gulf Coast Saturday. ... |
Obama giving personal assurances of Gulf's safety (AP)
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 | AP - President Barack Obama is offering his personal assurance that the Gulf region is a safe, clean vacation destination despite the oil spill. ... |
Final plug on Gulf oil leak at least days away (AP)
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 | AP - The government's point man on the Gulf spill wants additional testing before he orders BP to finish drilling a relief well that will allow the oil giant to plug its runaway well for good. ... |
BP yet to update emergency plan three months after Deepwater Horizon spill
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 | Lawyers say response strategy should have been refiled 15 days after "significant change in worst-case scenario", but BP disagrees BP has failed to update its oil spill emergency plan in the Gulf of Mexico more than three months after the Deepwater ... |
Final plug on Gulf oil leak at least days away (AP)
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| AP - The government official overseeing the Gulf oil spill response said Saturday he wants additional tests done before ordering BP to finish drilling a relief well that will help plug the runaway well for good. ... |
Now That The Gulf Spill Is Finally Plugged, Let's Drill, Baby, Drill
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 | As I mentioned last Monday night in my Outside the Box, I did not make it to Turks and Caicos, but did end up in Baton Rouge for a special seminar on the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill. I have both good news (or maybe more like less-bad news) and ... |
On Florida trip, Obama vows to restore oil-hit Gulf (Reuters)
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 | Reuters - Declaring Gulf Coast beaches "open for business," U.S. President Barack Obama visited Florida on Saturday and pledged to restore the economy and the environment of the region damaged by the BP Plc oil spill. ... |
Obama swims in Gulf, says beaches open for business (Reuters)
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 | Reuters - President Barack Obama went swimming off the coast of Florida on Saturday and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business," trying to show by example that a region hit by the BP oil spill was safe for tourists to enjoy. ... |
The Enbridge Michigan Pipeline Oil Spill - Some Clues as to What May Have Happened
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 | Besides BP's massive offshore oil spill, we have been reading about Enbridge's much smaller oil spill in Michigan. The amount of the Michigan oil spill is estimated to be 19,500 barrels , which is well under a single day's spill from the Deepwater H ... |
Will Obama take the plunge in Gulf of Mexico? (AP)
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 | AP - The first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday for a brief weekend trip — part vacation, part sales pitch — as President Barack Obama sought to boost a tourism industry reeling after the Gulf oil spill. ... |
BP could get final "go" to kill well by Tuesday (Reuters)
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| Reuters - BP Plc will get the go-ahead to finish a relief well to finally seal its blown-out oil well but is doing a last batch of testing and planning first, the top government official overseeing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said on Saturday. ... |
U.S. may end deepwater drill ban early
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| Now that the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has effectively been stopped, the White House is considering an early end to its moratorium on deepwater drilling. Oil spill - United States - White House - Environment - Offshore drilling ... |
With BP spill under control, US looks at drill ban (AP)
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 | AP - The worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history effectively stopped and the White House is considering an early end to its moratorium on deepwater drilling. ... |
Obamas take solidarity vacation to Gulf Coast (AFP)
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 | AFP - US President Barack Obama traveled Saturday to Florida's Gulf Coast for a weekend family trip intended to show solidarity with a region struggling after the massive oil spill. ... |
Obama's Gulf Speech: Oil Stopped But Job Is Far From Done
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| PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — The first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday so President Barack Obama could play pitchman – Gulf Coast... ... |
Alabama sues BP, Halliburton (Investor's Business Daily)
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| Investor's Business Daily - The state is suing the oil giant BP , Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Ala.'s attorney general declined to specify a figure for damages. La. sustained the mo ... |
Projects selected for study of oil spill impact (AP)
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| AP - The Florida Institute of Oceanography says 27 research projects have been selected to receive a total of about $10 million from BP PLC to study the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ... |
Alabama sues BP over oil spill (AFP)
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 | AFP - The southern US state of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against BP and other companies linked to the oil spill "catastrophe" that soiled the Gulf of Mexico coastline, a state official said Friday. ... |
Gulf Coast Disaster - Friday, August 13
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| Day 116Highlights in this issue:- Work on relief well to continue - Poll: Gulf spill more damaging than Katrina- BP moves to restoration phase- Too soon to cheer about oil spill success- Jindal convinces Coast Guard to stay put for... ... |
Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill (Reuters)
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 | Reuters - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday. ... |
Transocean's (Investor's Business Daily)
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| Investor's Business Daily - Transocean's stock dipped after hours as a Swiss regulator rejected the Swiss-based company's plan to pay $1 bil in dividends, citing pending litigation related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ... |
How Long to Pass an Oil Spill Bill? Try 18 Months
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| An epic oil spill covers the sea, damaging wildlife and walloping the local economy. Congress demands changes to prevent simi... ... |
Tax collector goes after BP
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| Pinellas County has filed a claim against BP for a dip in "bed tax" dollars following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ... |
Trinidad oil company denies spill reached ocean (AP)
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| AP - Trinidad's petroleum company said Friday that crews are cleaning up a spill that seeped into rivers, but denied claims by fishermen that the oil had reached the ocean. ... |
Alabama sues BP over oil spill "catastrophic harm" (Reuters)
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| Reuters - Alabama is suing BP Plc and Transocean for damages sustained from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday. ... |
Enbridge: No cost estimate yet for Mich. oil spill (AP)
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| AP - The Canadian company whose pipeline spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway has nearly 1,000 workers on cleanup duty. It hired about 80 companies, from wildlife rescuers to environmental response crews, ... |
Cooking, Eating, and the Gulf Oil Spill: Chef Mario Batali (Interview)
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| As part of our coverage of Blue August , Planet Green is 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. This is the fifth interview in the series ... |
