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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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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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Texas is Prepared for Hurricane Alex
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today outlined Texas’ plans for responding to the threats posed by Hurricane Alex and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill along the Texas coast.
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Hurricane threatens Texas, Mexico
US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Texas as Alex strengthened into a hurricane.
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Several rehabilitated brown pelicans and 1 Forrester tern were transported from Louisiana to the Aransas National Wildife Refuge near Rockport. The birds were banded and released. So far there are no known direct impacts of the oil spill on the Texas coast. For more on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, see www.tpwd.state.tx.us
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Perry: Sunday day of prayer in Texas over spill
Gov. Rick Perry has declared Sunday a day of prayer in Texas over lives lost and the environmental disaster of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Oil-crippled pelicans rehabbed, freed in Texas
Associated Press – June 20, 2010 7:15 PM ET AUSTWELL, Texas (AP) – Federal wildlife crews have released 38 brown pelicans that they rehabilitated from an oil-soaking by the BP spill.
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