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Tests confirm tar balls on Texas beaches are from Gulf oil spill
HOUSTON (AP) — Test results confirmed Tuesday that all the tar balls found over the weekend on beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast are from the Gulf oil spill, officials said. Officials first announced Monday that five gallons of tar balls had been found Saturday on the Bolivar Peninsula — the first evidence that the gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well had reached all of the Gulf …
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Mayor: Few tar balls in Galveston
GALVESTON – Mayor Joe Jaworski wants visitors to know that “all 32 miles of Galveston’s beaches are clean, safe, open and awaiting summer tourists.”
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Tar balls on Texas beaches from Gulf oil spill
All the tar balls found over the weekend along the Texas Gulf Coast were from the BP oil spill, test results confirmed Tuesday as the state attorney general said he asked BP to provide million to pay for clean-up efforts.
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Tar balls from Gulf oil spill turn up in Texas
A Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill were found on a pair of state beaches, becoming the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.
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Gulf Oil Spill Tar Balls Hit Texas Beaches
BP Says Tar Balls Probably Brought in on Hulls of Ships That Came Through Oily Water in the Gulf
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Tar balls hit Texas as oil spill cost soars
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 5, 2010 (AFP) – Tar balls that could be from the huge Gulf of Mexico spill were found on the Texas coast, officials said Monday, as BP’s costs in the disaster soared above three billion dollars.
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Tar balls on Texas beaches are from Gulf oil spill
HOUSTON (AP) – Testing confirms that tar balls found over the weekend on Texas beaches are from the Gulf oil spill.
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BP oil gusher touches all Gulf states as officials say tar balls wash up on Texas beaches
Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.
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Tar Balls From Gulf Spill Wash Up On Texas Coast
The tar balls found on Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island are the first evidence crude gushing from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states. Land Commissioner Jerry Paterson said the oil will be cleaned and paid for by BP, which announced Monday that costs from the spill had…
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Texas official says first known tar balls from Gulf oil spill wash up on state beaches
TEXAS CITY, Texas – A Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill were found on a pair of state beaches, becoming the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.
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