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What Do the BP Oil Spill and the Economic Crisis Have in Common?
Cost-cutting by BP, careless rig operators, and lax regulators have all been fingered as plausible culprits in the blowout. President Obama has appointed a commission to investigate the causes. There will be extensive analyses. But the stark contrast between the disaster’s magnitude and the previous safety record points to another perverse possibility.
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Experts Say White House ‘Misrepresented’ Views to Justify Drilling Moratorium Never let a good crisis go to waste The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with Offshore Drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are accusing his administration of misrepresenting their views to make it appear that they supported a six-month Drilling Moratorium — something they actually oppose . The experts, recommended by the National Academy of Engineering, say Interior Secretary Ken Salazar modified their report last month , after they signed it, to… READ MORE » politifi.com

EPA says tests show moderate health concerns with air 50 miles from Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency says the air in some places along the Louisiana coast poses a health risk to vulnerable people.
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Loren Steffy: An agonizing wait on idled deep-water rig
BP’s runaway Macondo well is about 250 miles to the northeast, but the effect from it reaches across the Gulf of Mexico to the 0 million Danny Adkins.
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Some oil spill events from Thursday, July 8, 2010
By The Associated Press A summary of events Thursday, July 8, Day 79 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean…
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Work on relief well ahead of schedule, BP reports
Associated Press THEODORE, Ala. — BP and the federal government are offering a ray of hope in a summer of setbacks for crews trying to stop the Gulf oil spill: The first of two relief wells could be done by the end of this month, weeks ahead of schedule.
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UPDATE: New cap, ships could contain Gulf leak by Monday
NEW ORLEANS — The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup said Friday a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could effectively contain the spill in the next three days.
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Sea turtle egg evacuations begin along oiled Gulf
Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
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Gulf oil spill brings out scammers
Consumer alert: Not all oil spill-related job offers, investment opportunities and charity solicitions are legitimate, law-enforcement experts warn.
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