Tag: Gulf Oil Spill - Page 2
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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
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More Oil Leaking At Gulf Spill Site Now Stretches For 10 Miles (Video)
Reports continue to emerge about another oil leak in the same field that the Deepwater Horizon was tapping when it caught fire and ultimately led to the largest oil spill in US history. Examiner.com has some aerial footage, taken by On Wings of Care,
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Dispersants Used on BP Spill Contain Chemicals Associated with Cancer: New Report
Many of us sounded the alarm as soon as we learned of BP's plans to dump huge quantities of the chemical dispersant Corexit into the Gulf in an attempt to break up the oil slick. Experts were concerned, seeing as
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New BP Spill Feared in the Gulf of Mexico
A large sheen has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, and many are already pointing fingers at BP. Fears are percolating that oil is leaking from the supposedly sealed Macondo well, the
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Shell Oil Leak in North Sea Raises Memories of BP Gulf Oil Spill
Shell Oil has acknowledged an oil leak from a pipeline serving the Gannet Alpha platform in the North Sea. As the leak arises on the line bringing oil back to the platform from the undersea well, news media in England and the
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BP Pipeline Spills Oil Onto Alaskan Tundra
BP can't seem to get enough of letting oil loose. It must be quite a rush -- dumping toxic liquids on pristine environments, all the explosions, breaking records for the largest offshore oil disaster in
