Tag: Gulf Oil Spill
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Mississippi River's Flow Kept Gulf Spill Oil Off Shore More Than Expected
New research shows that spring flood waters rushing into the Gulf created mounds of water that, for a while, kept the oil offshore.
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Daniel Beltrá's Amazing Photos: See the BP Oil Spill Like Never Before
Two years later, the true impact of the Gulf Oil Spill remains in question—and justice is elusive. In light of this, we look back at Photographer Daniel Beltra's shocking visual journal of the disaster.
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Disturbing Gulf Spill Photos of Oiled Sea Turtles Unearthed
NOAA kept dozens of photos of oiled sea turtles and dead wildlife out of the public eye during the height of the spill.
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2 Years After the BP Spill: Oceana Says It's Not If Another Oil Spill Will Happen, But When
Oceana's Jacqueline Savitz reminds us that unless we shift to clean energy and away from more fossil fuels and offshore drilling another BP oil spill is inevitable.
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2 Years After the BP Spill: 2 Big Unanswered Questions + A Prior Accident Hidden From Congress
On the two year anniversary TreeHugger takes a look at how well the Gulf ecosystem is recovering, where BP's civil damages stand, and at some shocking evidence that BP hid the true cause of a similar accident from Congress.
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Only 1/4th of Gulf Residents are More Concerned About the Environment After BP Spill
Does that seem low to anyone else?
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Mass Die-Off of Hundreds of Dolphins After BP Spill is "Unprecedented"
Ever since the BP spill degraded ecosystems across the Gulf, hundreds of dolphins have been washing ashore dead. NRDC calls the phenomenon "unprecedented".
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Protecting Louisiana’s People and Bayou From BP
As the trial approaches, BP must pay for the complete restoration of the Gulf Coast after its deadly oil disaster.
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Scars of the BP Spill:"Destroyed" Businesses, Ruined Beaches & Unpaid Settlements
The BP spill's impact is still reverberating in the Gulf economy, with ruined businesses and unpaid settlement claims abound.
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1.5 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico Opened for Offshore Drilling
Mexico and the United States have agreed to open over a million acres on the boundary between the nations to oil and gas exploration
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BP Knew 3.4 Million Gallons Per Day Could Spill, But Urged Staff “Not to Communicate to Anyone on This.”
Released emails show that BP knew almost immediately how bad the spill could be, and that the oil giant acted to explicitly keep the information to itself.
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Did the Obama Administration Pressure Scientists to Downplay BP Spill Size?
A new report alleges it did.
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Most of Deepwater Horizon Spill's Oil Never Reached the Surface
"The visible surface slick that people were riveted by during the months of the spill was really only 15 percent of the total mass." - NOAA Scientist
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Energy News Recap: Illinois Students Schooled on Renewables; Canada's Hijacked Energy Policy, More
A mixed bag in energy headlines this morning: Renewables education for the next generation, doctors want a fracking moratorium on health grounds, oil refiners fined for not blending in cellulosic ethanol, more...
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BP's Gulf Ad Campaign is "Propaganda", Locals Say
BP is going all-out to convince the world that it has cleaned up the Gulf after its devastating spill a year and a half ago. But the locals, who are still impacted by the spill, aren't buying it.
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Unless Congress Acts, BP Spill Fines May Go to Cutting the Deficit Instead of Gulf Restoration
Thankfully, 84% of Florida voters support the RESTORE act.
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"The Big Fix": New Documentary Takes on the BP Spill (Video)
Award-winning filmakers take a closer look at the BP Gulf spill. Check out the trailer:
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BP, Halliburton & Faulty Cement Jobs: Key Report Doles Out Blame in Gulf Spill
Hey everyone, remember the BP spill? Me neither. Well, a key federal report on whatever it was came out today, and it places blame for the disaster exactly where you'd expect: Most is reserved for BP, whose shoddy
