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Congress: Enough Excuses – Time to Pass Oil Spill Response Reforms Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) A government investigation has found that last spring's Deepwater Horizon explosion, which resulted in eleven worker deaths and led to our nation's worst-ever oil spill, was the result of numerous failures and poor decision-making by BP and its … Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup workers may have escaped harm7thSpace Interactive (press release) Poor decisions, barrier failure led to Macondo well blowout, oil spillOil & Gas Journal Renewed Push to Keep BP Oil Fine Money in GulfWUSF 89.7 News GreenAnswers –Texas A&M The Battalion –Bizmology all 25 news articles »

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Beaumont Enterprise (blog)

Gulf spill update: BP has had enough of paying for your stinkin' claims Beaumont Enterprise (blog) The progenitors of the worst oil disaster the Gulf has ever seen say they are through. No more claims for you. And YOU! BP “is arguing that most victims of last year's Gulf oil spill should not get any more payouts for future losses because the … and more »

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From Exxon-Valdez to Deepwater Horizon: Have We Learned Enough to Expand … Huffington Post (blog) Along with questions about what went wrong on the Deepwater Horizon and how to help the Gulf recover, there was discussion of how quickly oil companies … Deepwater Horizon fiasco not over for BPMarketing BP reports .7 billion annual lossmsnbc.com BP rescues a lost dividendMarketWatch Examiner.com –The Guardian –NPR all 1,794 news articles »

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Louisiana Seafood: Clean Enough for Schools, Prisoners, GIs, and You? TakePart – Inspiration to Action But the Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster (ECSGOD) is still out there, fighting for the trampled rights of the region and its people. …

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Fox News

Not enough oil left in offshore, deepwater Gulf to warrant additional cleanup … NOLA.com There's just not enough recoverable oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout left in most offshore and deepwater … Transocean Ordered to Turn Over RecordsWall Street Journal US Judge Orders Transocean to Turn Over RecordsBusinessWeek Transocean Ordered to Turn Over Safety RecordsABC News Bizjournals.com –msnbc.com –eNews Park Forest all 2,905 news articles »

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Not enough ‘money in the world’ for all BP spill claims
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – The Obama appointee managing BP’s oil spill disaster fund said there’s “not enough money in the world” to pay all claims and suggested home owners with plunging property values could lose out.
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The well may be damaged at a lower point than is being shown on TV. Plugging the well may cause further leakage or rupture. BP has expressed concerns about this. This idea would avoid that risk because it would not cause back pressure in the riser. The oil would have to be pumped out and hauled off by tankers at a rate of 20 to 40 thousand barrels a day, and this would pose a big challenge, but it’s not impossible. It’s certainly better than the alternative, which is to let this destruction go on till the relief wells are done, which could be many months away.
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Rally against Oil policies that led to the BP oil Spill off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Department of Interior What you can do. Phil Aroneanu from www.350.org which “is an international campaign that’s building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis–the solutions that science and justice demand.” Steve Kretzmann from Oil Change International priceofoil.org “Separate Oil & State is a US campaign to get oil money out of politics. The greatest barriers to clean energy are political, not technical—and these barriers are largely fueled by the oil industry. We know that in order to achieve a clean energy future, we have to expose and eradicate the political influence of the oil industry; ”

New Deepwater Horizon images:

Too many cameras, not enough people!

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The Grand Ole Mississippi River

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Geeking out before the flight

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Poll: Obama not tough enough on BP
A new national poll indicates that most Americans don’t think President Barack Obama’s been tough enough on BP. (PHOTO CREDIT: Mark Oswald/CNN) Washington (CNN) – When it comes to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a new national poll indicates that most Americans don’t think President Barack Obama’s been tough enough on […]
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Plenty of Gulf volunteers, not enough work to do
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has brought out thousands of people who just want to help — though there isn’t much for them to do unless they own a Hazmat suit. AP Photo / Dave Martin/fileOil cleanup workers hired…
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