BP begins final tests to plug oil leak
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• Company pins hope on 'static kill' operation • Engineers to seal gusher by pumping in mud BP began the final preparations for permanently plugging its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico today, 105 days after the gusher put the future of one of the ...

BP Will Pump Base Oil Into Damaged Gulf Well in Test Before Permanent Seal
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BP Plc plans to start pumping a type of oil into its damaged Gulf of Mexico well as a test today and will attempt to kill the well from the top tomorrow using drilling mud, Senior Vice President Kent Wells said. ...

BP plans off Libya, Shetlands meet opposition
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LONDON—Plans by BP to begin drilling for oil off Britain's Shetland isles and the Libyan coast within weeks are facing growing opposition in the wake of the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic, far from site of massive Gulf oil spill
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A tropical depression formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard rather than into the Gulf of Mexico, where BP is working to finally plug its blown-out oil well. ...

BP Pumping Test to Start on Damaged Gulf Well Today
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BP Plc plans to start pumping a type of oil into its damaged Gulf of Mexico well as a test today and will attempt to kill the well from the top tomorrow using drilling mud, Senior Vice President Kent Wells said. ...

BP hedges on role of relief well in oil leak
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NEW ORLEANS - Officials have long insisted that a relief well was the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but with engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're now wrestling with how exactly ...

BP Gulf Well Spewed About 4.9 Million Barrels, U.S. Government Panel Says
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BP Plc ’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico has spewed about 4.9 million barrels of oil, according to a report by a team of government and academic scientists. ...

BP plans off Libya, Shetlands meet opposition
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Plans by BP to begin drilling for oil off Britain's Shetland isles and the Libyan coast within weeks are facing growing opposition in the wake of the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

BP didn't make Gulf oil spill worse with dispersants, EPA finds
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The EPA issued a report Monday that suggests the dispersant used by BP in the Gulf oil spill, Corexit, doesn't form a more toxic stew when mixed with oil. The dispersant was also no more toxic than seven other alternatives, the study concluded. ...

BP to Start Pumping Test in Damaged Gulf Well Today
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BP Plc plans to start pumping a type of oil into its damaged Gulf of Mexico well as a test today and will attempt to kill the well from the top tomorrow using drilling mud, Senior Vice President Kent Wells said. ...

BP hedges on role of relief well in Gulf oil leak
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Officials have long insisted that a relief well was the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but with engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're now wrestling with how exactly to use them. ...

Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic, but not on track for oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
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A tropical depression formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard rather than into the Gulf of Mexico, where BP is working to finally plug its blown-out oil well. ...

BP Aims for Two-Pronged Plugging Action on Gulf Well
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By this point, many American news consumers are way more up on the intricacies of oil well technology, and the emergency repair strategies associated with same, than they ever thought they’d be—and the fun isn’t over yet, either. BP has yet to seal ...

BP Hopes To Finally Plug Gulf Of Mexico Leak
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BP is hoping to begin plugging the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico tonight, more than three months after its rupture led to the worst offshore oil spill in history. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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Engineers plan to start shoving mud and maybe cement into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what could be one of the final steps to plug it for good, BP said Monday. ...

Effort to keep oil spill at bay tips ecological balance
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Flushing bayou waters with freshwater has changed salinity levels, which may be killing oysters and other species in the Gulf of Mexico. There's a destructive liquid flowing into the Gulf of Mexico — and it's not oil. ...

172 million gallons of oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico, federal task force says
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A federal oil spill task force says about 172 million gallons of crude made it out in the Gulf of Mexico after the well blew out. ...

BP set to try 'static kill' to permanently seal Gulf well
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NEW ORLEANS — Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. The only thing keeping millions more gallons ...

Gulf diversity threatened even before oil spill
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The oceans around Australia boast the greatest diversity of sea life on the planet, but the now oil-threatened Gulf of Mexico also ranks in the top five regions for variety of species. ...

Dead zone in the Gulf one of the largest ever
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Scientists say this year that the "dead zone" area that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever measured. The large area of low oxygen that chokes marine life comes in addition to the massive BP oil spill. Microbes that ea ...

Pam Anderson Helping Pets Abandoned After Oil Spill Find New Homes
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About 50 dogs, some of them abandoned by their owners after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, are on their way to new homes in Virginia courtesy of an animal welfare group and actress Pamela Anderson. ...

172 million gallons spilled in Gulf, officials say
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A federal oil spill task force says about 172 million gallons of crude made it out in the Gulf of Mexico after the well blew out. ...

BP dispersant less toxic than oil, EPA finds
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A study using two sensitive Gulf species shows that the chemical dispersant used by BP in the Gulf, when mixed with oil, was less toxic than the oil itself, the EPA said Monday. BP - United States Environmental Protection Agency - Energy - Oil - Busi ...

Oil dispersant 'not more toxic'
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The dispersant used after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is no more toxic than oil alone, the US Environmental Protection Agency says. ...

Sources: SEC Probes BP Potential Insider Trading
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U.S. securities regulators are probing potential insider trading at BP Plc in the weeks and months following the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Monday. ...

SEC probes BP potential insider trading: sources (Reuters)
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Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are probing potential insider trading at BP Plc in the weeks and months following the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Monday. ...

EPA says Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil
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The Environmental Protection Agency says a new study shows that dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico are no more toxic to aquatic life than oil alone. ...

EPA says new tests show dispersants used in Gulf not more toxic than alternatives
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The Environmental Protection Agency says a new study shows that dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico are no more toxic to aquatic life than oil alone. ...

BP plans off Libya, Shetlands meet opposition
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BP's plans to drill for oil off Britain's Shetland isles and the Libyan coast are facing opposition after the company's disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

Opponents call for US-style moratorium on deepwater wells after Gulf of Mexico disaster
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BP's plans to drill for oil off Britain's Shetland isles and the Libyan coast are facing opposition after the company's disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ...

Up to 9,000 idled rig workers may be eligible for BP grants because of Gulf drilling freeze
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Up to 9,000 people will be eligible for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil workers idled by a federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Thousands of Gulf rig workers eligible for grants
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As many as 9,000 people will be eligible for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil rig workers idled by a federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a Louisiana charity running the program estimated Monday. ...

Massive 'dead zone' in the Gulf -- but not because of the oil spill
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The 2010 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' of oxygen-deprived water – roughly the size of Massachusetts – is patchy and more spread out than usual. ...

Gina Solomon: 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... ...

BP seeks to end oil spill catastrophe
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Battered BP today hopes to launch an operation to permanently plug its Gulf of Mexico oil well and bring to an end the worst spill in US history. ...

PRUDEN: An end not as nigh as we were told
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ANALYSIS/OPINION: It's the "worst environmental disaster America has ever faced," as President Obama describes it. Lesser mortals call it a "catastrophe" and "calamity." Some call the Gulf oil leak "doomsday for the Gulf of Mexico." The situat ...

Crews prepare for 'beginning of the end' to Gulf spill with well-plugging attempt
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Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. ...

EPA says Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil (AP)
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AP - A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is less toxic to aquatic life than oil alone. ...

EPA says new tests show dispersants used in Gulf not more toxic than alternatives
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A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is less toxic to aquatic life than oil alone. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out ...

BP to start mud well plug test
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Engineers will start shoving mud and maybe cement into the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what could be one of the final steps to plug it for good, BP says. ...

Bated breath in Gulf ahead of oil well 'kill' (AFP)
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AFP - After months of uncertainty and frustration, crews were ramping up efforts to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, which officials said could begin as early as Monday. ...

Bill Chameides: Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?
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Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com.I saw an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. Just not what I'd expected. With the Deepwater Horizon gusher capped off and... ...

Gulf seafood declared safe; fishermen not so sure (AP)
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AP - Seafood from some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico has been declared safe to eat by the government, based in part on human smell tests. But even some Gulf fishermen are questioning whether the fish and shrimp are OK to feed to their own f ...

Gulf crews prepare for 'static kill'
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Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin a plan by Monday evening to shove mud into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. Gulf of Mexico - Oil gusher - Oil well - Business - Energy ...

Despite oil spill and mortgage fiasco, anti-government mood hampers tougher regulations
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Public distrust of government is limiting the push for tighter federal regulations even in the wake of regulatory lapses that contributed to the financial meltdown, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and April's deadly coal mine explosion. ...

BP preparing to seal leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well 'for good'
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Engineers are preparing to seal the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well permanently, three months after a rupture led to the worst oil spill in US history. ...

Gulf Spill Triggers New Oil-Field Work
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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is triggering new work for safety equipment makers such as Cameron International, which built the failed blowout preventer for the Deepwater Horizon rig. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. The only thing keeping millions mo ...

BP Keeps Look Out For Vanishing Gulf Oil
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BP soon could begin to pump mud into its damaged well, as a step toward shutting it down forever. As for the oil that's already escaped, BP's chief operating officer says it is rapidly vanishing from the surface of the Gulf. Oil under the surface is ...

Gulf oil spill: Not as bad as we first thought?
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Signs of recovery from the Gulf oil spill are already appearing, but scientists caution that many unknowns exist – including the effect of millions of gallons of oil dispersants. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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NEW ORLEANS—Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. ...

Questions Arise on Dispersant Use in Oil Spill
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BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as environmental officials defended themselves Sunday against assertions they allowed the oil giant liberal use of chemical dispersants whose threat to sea life rem ...

Dead zone in Gulf one of the largest ever recorded this year; Connection to oil spill unclear
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Scientists say this year that the "dead zone" area that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever measured. ...

Tropical depression forms in the Atlantic (AP)
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AP - A tropical depression formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard rather than into the Gulf of Mexico, where BP is working to finally plug its blown-out oil well. ...

BP to Begin First Phase of Static Kill
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BP is poised to start the latest attempt to kill a damaged deepwater well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by flooding it with thousands of barrels of drilling mud. ...

BP prepares to seal Gulf oil well
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BP could begin sealing its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico later on Monday, three months after its rupture led to the worst oil spill in US history. ...

Final tests go ahead before BP’s ‘static kill’
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BP engineers were conducting final tests before pumping heavy mud into the top of the Macondo well to seal it permanently, more than three months after its rupture led to the worst oil spill in US history ...

EPA: Dispersants no more toxic than dispersant-oil mix
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Testing has found that eight dispersants, including one used in combating the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, are no more toxic when mixed with oil than the oil alone, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday. ...

BP to Start Permanent Plugging of Damaged Gulf Well This Week
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BP Plc plans this week to inject mud down its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico and begin permanently plugging the source of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. ...

BP Preparing Two-Step Effort to Plug Gulf Well
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(Aug. 2) -- BP may begin pumping mud and cement into its broken well as early as this evening, part of a one-two punch that officials believe will end the flow of oil once and for all. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. ...

Thousands of rig workers eligible for BP grants
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Up to 9,000 people will be eligible for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil workers idled by a federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s according to a Lousiana charity picked b ...

Gulf Oil Plug Attempt Looms amid Small Leaks
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Minor Leaks Spring near Blown-Out Well; BP Crews to Test whether Company Can Proceed with "Static Kill" P ...

Thousands of rig workers eligible for BP grants
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Up to 9,000 people will be eligible for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil workers idled by a federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Crews prepare for 'beginning of the end' to Gulf spill with well-plugging attempt
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Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin a plan by Monday evening to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good. ...

BP Procedure Meant to Permanently Seal Well Is Set to Begin
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Sometime late on Monday or early on Tuesday, BP expects to begin the procedure called a static kill in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Bated breath in Gulf ahead of oil well 'kill' operation (AFP)
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AFP - After months of uncertainty and frustration, crews were ramping up efforts to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, which officials said could begin as early as Monday. ...

Gulf Crews Prepare to Start Plugging Well for Good
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Crews prepare for 'beginning of the end' to Gulf spill with well-plugging attempt Oil spill - Environment - Gulf of Mexico - BP - Spill Containment and Remediation ...

BP's well plug nears, Dudley to visit Russia (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP Plc Chief Executive-designate Bob Dudley will fly to Moscow this week to meet government officials and BP's oligarch partners in its Russian venture as the oil giant prepares to plug its blown out Gulf of Mexico well for good. ...

Pamela Anderson helps pets abandoned after BP oil spill, now on their way to new homes in Va.
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About 50 dogs, some of them abandoned by their owners after the BP PLC oil spill, are on their way to new homes in Virginia courtesy of an animal welfare group and actress Pamela Anderson. ...

BP Spill May Cost Gulf Coast Homes $56,000 Apiece in Value
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Gulf of Mexico coastal homes may lose as much as $56,000 each in value as buyers shun areas marred by the worst oil spill in U.S. history, according to CoreLogic Inc. ...

BP Procedure Meant to Permanently Seal Well Is Set to Begin
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Sometime late on Monday or early on Tuesday, BP expects to begin the procedure called a static kill in the Gulf of Mexico.br ...

Crews prepare to start plugging BP well for good
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The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job. As soon as this week, crews will be pumping in some insurance. BP - Gulf of Mexico - Business - Mexico - Energy ...

Gulf Crews Prepare To Start Plugging Well For Good
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The only thing keeping more oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. Engineers are preparing to launch a so-called static kill as early as Monday evening ...

Pamela Anderson helps pets abandoned after BP oil spill, now on their way to new homes in Va.
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About 50 dogs, some of them abandoned by their owners after the BP oil spill, are on their way to new homes in Virginia courtesy of an animal welfare group and actress Pamela Anderson. ...

Christine Todd Whitman: The Case for Nuclear Power Is as Strong as Ever
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It has been suggested recently that, in light of the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, America needs to plan for... ...

Oil cap wrap
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The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico is an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but will be replaced as soon as tonight with a more permanent solution. Engineers are preparing to launch a "st ...

BP gears up for two-phase effort to plug Gulf oil well
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One of two efforts to seal the ruptured oil well in the Gulf once and for all could begin as early as Monday night, officials said. ...

BP prepares to plug Gulf oil well for good
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HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc could start plugging its broken deepsea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday night, more than three months after its rupture led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. ...

BP prepares to plug Gulf oil well for good (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP Plc could start plugging its broken deepsea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday night, more than three months after its rupture led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. ...

Investigators blast BP for liberal dispersant use
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NEW ORLEANS - BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as environmental officials defended themselves today against assertions they allowed the oil giant liberal use of chemical dispersants whose threat to ...

BP official Suttles says Gulf fish are good enough for him and his family
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The chief operating officer of BP PLC says he would eat fish from the Gulf of Mexico and would let his family eat it, too. ...

'Static kill' solution to Gulf oil spill could stop leak for good
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'Static kill,' similar to the previously attempted 'top kill' solution, involves pumping mud and cement into the leaking well, hopefully sealing it permanently. ...

Permanent plug for oil well may come this week
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The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. As soon as this week, crews will be pumping in some ...

Efforts to plug oil well to begin
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New Orleans -- The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. As soon as this week, crews will be p ...

Gulf Crews Prepare to Start Plugging Well for Good
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Engineers hope to begin work on a plan to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well. ...

Gulf residents fear being forgotten along with oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - Clean-up operations have provided an economic boost to Gulf Coast towns devastated by the oil spill, but with BP aiming to soon seal the well, local workers fear they'll be forgotten just as the brunt of their hardship sets in. ...

Use of 'toxic stew' to get rid of oil brings more trouble for BP
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The Gulf of Mexico has been "carpet- bombed" with a highly toxic chemical dispersant for months on end, breaking official guidelines issued in the aftermath of April's Deepwater Horizon disaster which stated that BP should use the substance only in ...

Congress questions BP's use of dispersants in Gulf (Reuters)
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Reuters - BP's use of dispersant chemicals on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is sparking questions from a U.S. congressional panel, which says the company used more of these compounds than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had directed. ...

Gulf well has days to live, if mud-cement effort works
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The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that ... ...

BP was OK to use dispersants, EPA insists
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BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as environmental officials defended themselves Sunday against assertions they allowed the oil giant liberal use of chemical dispersants whose threat to sea life rem ...

Gulf oil spill: 'Static kill' vs. 'bottom kill' -- what's the difference?
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BP is set to plug the well in the Gulf oil spill permanently. Next week, it will begin 'static kill.' A week after that finishes, it will follow up with 'bottom kill.' Why are both necessary? ...

Permanent well plug is aim
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NEW ORLEANS - The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. As soon as this week, crews will be pu ...

New questions arise on dispersant use in oil spill
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BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as environmental officials defended themselves Sunday against assertions they allowed the oil giant liberal use of chemical dispersants whose threat to sea life rema ...

BP distributors consider reverting to Amoco brand (Reuters)
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Reuters - Some BP gas station owners in the United States want to drop the BP name and return to the Amoco brand to recover business hit by public anger over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. ...

Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. As soon as this week, crews will be pumping in some ...

Oil Spill Crews Set to Pump Mud into Well
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"Beginning of the End" in Sight as 1st Step to Permanently Seal BP's Broken Well - the "Static Kill" - Looms   Complete Coverage ...

Oil spill taints UC Berkeley’s BP-funded research
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BERKELEY, Calif. (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, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus ca ...

Investigators blast BP for liberal dispersant use
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersa ...

New Gulf worry in oil dispersant 'overkill'
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NEW ORLEANS — As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for liberal use of toxic chemicals that helped disperse the oil, but at unkn ...

New questions arise on dispersant use in oil spill
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As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for liberal use of toxic chemicals that helped disperse the oil, but at unknown expense to ...

BP to Begin Permanent Plugging of U.S. Gulf Well
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BP Plc plans this week to inject mud down its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico to begin permanently plugging the source of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. ...

EPA notes improvements at Michigan oil spill site
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The Environmental Protection Agency says there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned it will take months to complete the cleanup. ...

La. marshes damaged by oil, but surprisingly resilient
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Many of those operating in the Gulf now are optimistic the marshes will rebound from the worst oil spill in U.S. history. ...

EPA cites progress in Michigan oil spill
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A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned it will take months to complete the cleanup. ...

Congressman: Too much dispersant used in Gulf oil spill
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New Orleans -- As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersant w ...

BP official: I would serve Gulf fish to my family
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BP's chief operating officer says he would eat fish from the Gulf of Mexico and would let his family eat it, too. Doug Suttles took reporters on a boat tour of beaches and marshes Sunday about 25 miles south of Venice, La. Some nearby areas reopened ...

Crews Prepare to Plug Well for Good
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Engineers are preparing to launch a so-called static kill as early as Monday evening, shoving mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Crews Prepare to Plug Well for Good
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Engineers are preparing to launch a so-called static kill as early as Monday evening, shoving mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico.br ...

BP official Suttles says Gulf fish are good enough for him and his family
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BP's chief operating officer says he would eat fish from the Gulf of Mexico and would let his family eat it, too. ...

BP official: I would serve Gulf fish to my family
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BP's chief operating officer says he would eat fish from the Gulf of Mexico and would let his family eat it, too. ...

EPA notes improvements at Michigan oil spill site (AP)
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AP - A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that significant improvement had been made at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned that it will take months to complete the ...

Locals to BP: Don't Leave Town Yet
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Jittery officials are trying to stop BP PLC from removing some of the equipment and workers the company deployed along the Gulf Coast to cope with the Deepwater Horizon spill. ...

Bated breath in Gulf ahead of oil well 'kill' operation (AFP)
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AFP - After months of uncertainty and frustration, crews made preparations Sunday for an ambitious attempt to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well. ...

EPA says improvements continue at site of oil spill in southern Michigan river
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A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that significant improvement had been made at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned that it will take months to complete the cleanu ...

Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego
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SAN DIEGO (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. The director showed “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise” at the Nati ...

Congress Questions Oil Dispersants
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Congress is stepping up its scrutiny of chemical dispersants sprayed on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to prevent crude from washing ashore. ...

BP Offering One-Time Payments To Gulf Oil Spill Victims In Attempt To Avoid Lawsuits
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BP's New Strategy Includes Humility
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In announcing a new CEO, BP also appears to have unveiled a new strategy for talking to the world about the company and its response to the oil spill. It includes a strong dose of modesty that few people saw in Tony Hayward. ...

BP could start "static kill" on well Monday says official
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A key two-step procedure to seal BP Plc.'s Macondo well could begin late on Monday, the top U.S. oil spill official said on Sunday. ...

BP could start "static kill" on well Monday says official (Reuters)
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Reuters - A key two-step procedure to seal BP Plc.'s Macondo well could begin late on Monday, the top U.S. oil spill official said on Sunday. ...

Coast Guard defends dispersant use in Gulf oil spill - Green House - USATODAY.com
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Congressman: Too much dispersant used in oil spill
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As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersant was used. ...

EPA notes improvements at Michigan oil spill site
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A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency says there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river. ...

EPA says improvements continue at site of oil spill in southern Michigan river
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A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency says there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river. ...

Move to halt BP drilling off Libya
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Plans by to start drilling for oil and gas in the region within weeks have prompted growing calls for a moratorium on deepwater operations while Mediterranean states assess the Gulf of Mexico environmental impact ...

BP accused of ‘carpet-bombing’ toxic dispersants during clean-up
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Coast Guard routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of the chemical per day to break up oil in Gulf, investigator says ...

Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. The director showed about 90 minutes of “If God Is Willing and Da Creek D ...

Oil Dispersant Safety Questions Won't Go Away
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Subcommittee: Documents Show Coast Guard Allowed BP to Use More Dispersant   Special Section: Disaster in the Gulf ...

Lawmaker: Too much dispersant used in oil spill
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As BP inched closer to sealing permanently the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed at the company and the U.S. Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispers ...

Too Much Dispersant Used in Oil Spill?
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Congressional investigators blast BP, Coast Guard for liberal dispersant use BP - Coast Guard - Oil spill - Environment - United States ...

The BP Spill: How Bad Is It, Really?
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Michael Grunwald has written an article for Time arguing that the effects of the BP oil spill have… Oil spill - BP - World Trade Center - Environment - Time ...

BP offers payouts to stem lawsuits
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Lump-sum compensation offered in return for waiving the right to sue, but uncertainty remains for those indirectly affected BP will begin its legal offensive this month to cap its liabilities from the Gulf of Mexico disaster by offering those affecte ...

UPDATE 1-Oil spill pipeline won't reopen this week - Enbridge
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UPDATE 1-Oil spill pipeline won't reopen this week - Enbridge ...

EPA notes improvements at Michigan oil spill site
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Lansing -- The Environmental Protection Agency says there has been "significant improvement" at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river. ...

Along with the oil, cleanup jobs vanishing
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Uncertainty, like the Gulf's waters, ebbs and flows in this fishing village in Louisiana's southern reaches. Shortly after the oil began gushing more than three months ago, fishing was banned in vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and many of the local ...

Tests under way ahead of sealing ruptured BP oil well (AFP)
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AFP - Research vessels conducted seismic and acoustic tests near a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well Sunday as engineers prepared to permanently seal it, taking a major step toward ending the worst environmental disaster in US history. ...

New Gulf oil spill mystery: How much dispersant did BP use?
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Rep. Edward Markey says documents released by his office Saturday cast doubt on BP's assertion that it used 1.8 million gallons of the toxic and controversial oil dispersant, Corexit. ...

Congressman: too much dispersant used in oil spill
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NEW ORLEANS (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 use ...

Report: BP used excessive dispersants in Gulf oil spill
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New documents released by a congressional subcommittee indicate that Coast Guard officials allowed BP to use excessive amounts of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Toxic chemical used on Gulf oil spill
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The US 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, congressiona ...

Congressman: Coast Guard let BP use too much toxic chemical dispersant in Gulf oil spill
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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. ...

Congressman: Coast Guard let BP use too much toxic chemical dispersant in Gulf oil spill
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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 muc... ...

Oil Spill: Is It Too Soon to Roll Up the Cleanup?
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With the well capped and surface oil fast disappearing from the Gulf of Mexico, the response to the BP spill seems ready to move to a new phase ...

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. ...

There's Less To See, But Oil Still Haunts The Gulf
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Now that the oil stopped spewing from sea floor, we see less of it on the Gulf's surface. It's dispersed. But what does that mean and how does that affect life in the Gulf? Host Liane Hansen talks with Ian MacDonald, oceanography professor at Florida ...

Documents indicate heavy use of dispersants in gulf oil spill
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Despite the order to limit the spreading of controversial dispersant chemicals, the Coast Guard granted requests to use them 74 times over 54 days ...

Oil spill taints 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, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus calling for a severi ...

Spike Lee screens film that includes Gulf oil spill; says 'nobody' from BP speaking to him
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Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. ...

BP Will Begin Permanent Plug of Macondo Well in Gulf of Mexico This Week
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BP Plc plans to start injecting mud down the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico to permanently plug the source of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. ...

BP to Begin Permanent Plug of Macondo Well in Gulf This Week
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BP Plc plans to start injecting mud down the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico to permanently plug the source of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. ...

BP's New Strategy Includes Humility
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In announcing a new CEO, BP also appears to have unveiled a new strategy for talking to the world about the company and its response to the oil spill. It includes a strong dose of modesty that few people saw in Tony Hayward. NPR's Jeff Brady reports. ...

Salazar: 'Can you guarantee me no blowouts?'
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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - 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 r ...

Spike Lee screens oil spill documentary in San Diego, says 'nobody from BP' is speaking to him
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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. ...

Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill (AP)
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AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. ...

Coast Guard routinely approved use of toxic chemical to break up Gulf oil despite EPA rule
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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, congression ...

Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil
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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, congression ...

Coast Guard routinely approved use of toxic chemical to break up Gulf oil despite EPA rule
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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 chem... ...

Spike Lee screens oil spill film in San Diego
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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. ...

Final closure of well expected within days
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BP's volatile oil well in the Gulf of Mexico may be locked down and filled with cement within a matter of days. ...

Engineers prepare to seal ruptured BP oil well (AFP)
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AFP - Engineers readied a plan to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm. ...

Travel updates: From Gulf tourism woes to London airport-train discounts
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The Gulf Coast stands to lose 400,000 travel-industry jobs because of oil-spill impacts, and it's up to BP to pay to save them, says the... ...

Officials Spot Busted Pipeline in Mich. Spill
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U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released S ...

Feds warned company in Mich. spill about pipeline
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U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released S ...

3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well
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On shore, BP , Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster. ...

Officials Say Michigan Spill Will Take Months to Clean Up
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Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. ...

Feds warned company in Mich. spill about pipeline (AP)
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AP - U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document relea ...

When will spill be cleaned up? Maybe never
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After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an environmental mess of unprecedented scope can be cleaned up. ...

AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
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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 miles off ...

Efforts to clean up Gulf spill may be scaled back
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BILOXI, Miss. - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scale back" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. Fishing areas are starting to reopen. ...

BP spill-binder
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The worst of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have passed and it's time for a "scale-back" of cleanup efforts, BP's incoming boss said yesterday while stressing that the company remains committed to the region. "You probably don't need to see people ...

Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill to take months, damage to wildlife to last much longer
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Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. ...

Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
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Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer. ...

Oil spill recovery entering new phase?
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BILOXI, Miss. (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. There were sever ...

Oil spill heads for long-term cleanup
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Biloxi, Miss. -- 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. ...

Granholm tours spill site, sees 'progress' in oil cleanup
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm tonight said she sees "significant progress" in the cleanup of a devastating oil spill that spread to the Kalamazoo River this week from an oil pipeline leak that started near Battle Creek. ...

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. ...

St. Bernard leader: keep all spill equipment here
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St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro (tuh-FAH-roh) says he won't allow removal of any oil spill cleanup equipment from staging areas in his parish. ...

Michigan Oil Leak Halted; Cleanup To Take Months
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The Canadian company in charge of a ruptured oil pipeline in southern Michigan says a spill into the Kalamazoo River has been contained -- and the Environmental Protection Agency agrees the spill presents no real threat to Lake Michigan. But cleaning ...


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