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Oil Spill: BP’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Costs Rise to $8 Billion
Sep 3rd
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BP Oil Spill: Where Did All The Crude Go– Mother Nature Breaks Down Slick in Gulf of Mexico – ABC News
BP Day 98: Where Did All the Oil Go–: For 86 days, oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s damaged well, dump… http://bit.ly/dgiR3j
BBC News – BP to set aside $32.2bn to cover oil spill costs
Breaking news: BP announces a loss of $17bn (11bn) for the period from April to June 2010 http://bit.ly/aljSeW
Michigan Oil Spill Among Largest In Midwest History: Kalamazoo Spill SOAKS Wildlife (VIDEO)
ANOTHER oil spill–this time devastating parts of southwest Michigan- http://huff.to/9gXE3g
House to Vote on Faux ‘Oil Spill’ Bill – HUMAN EVENTS
Pelosi Blocks Oil Spill Investigation: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php–id=38284
Oil Spill
Aug 26th
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Oil Spill Hearings Bring Out the Political Drama: ‘Spill, Baby, Spill’
The Gulf Coast oil spill engendered its share of Capitol Hill drama Tuesday, beginning with the moment executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton took their seats and waited for Senators to grill them about what caused the disaster. It was befitting that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee moved the first hearing on the spill to the recently renamed Kennedy Caucus Room. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the liberal Massachusetts Democrat, was a master in the art of political theater and outrage. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil spill is worst accidental spill ever
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has become the largest accidental release of oil into water in history, according to figures from the federal government..
Michigan Oil Spill: EPA Official Says Improvements Have Been Made At Spill Site
LANSING, Mich. — A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that significant improvement had been made at the site of an oil spill in a southern Michigan river, but the agency cautioned that it will take months to complete the cleanup. Those efforts, along with air and water quality monitoring, continue to increase along the affected stretch of the Kalamazoo River, EPA regional administrator Susan Hedman said during a media briefing in Marshall. The oil flow was stopped and contained in a 25-mile stretch of the river from Marshall westward past Battle Creek. Several hundred workers are on crews along the river devoted to the cleanup. “Containment is adequate now,” said Mark Durno, the EPA’s deputy incident commander. “Now it’s a matter of recovery and removal of the remainder of the sheen and small patches of oil that remain on the Kalamazoo River.” The EPA estimates it will take weeks to get the oil out of the river and months to clean it off river banks and the flood plain. It could take several months to clean up the marshy area where the spill began near a creek that flows into the Kalamazoo River, the agency said. Officials with Enbridge Inc., which owns the pipeline, estimated Sunday that the company had recovered slightly more than half the oil that had leaked. Enbirdge officials said they detected the leak July 26. Investigators are reviewing 911 calls to Marshall area fire departments made the previous evening by residents complaining of a strong gas odor to try and determine if the leak might have begun earlier. The EPA estimates the spill at more than 1 million gallons of crude, while the Canadian company estimates the total at 820,000 gallons.
Oil Spill
Aug 3rd
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Tourism Leaders Walk Fine Line On Gulf Oil Spill Spin
While oil from the BP PLC spill in the Gulf of Mexico hasn–t hit South Florida, local tourism leaders are scrambling to find the appropriate message and plan for the possibility. The spill has hospitality pros walking a fine line between talking about it too much and not talking enough, said hotel consultant Scott Brush.
Past problems for company at heart of oil spill
A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.
EPA: Oil spill appears contained, not likely to reach Lake
AN EPA official in charge of the agency’s response to the Kalamazoo River oil spill says he does not anticipate Lake Michigan will be at risk, saying the spill appears to be successfully contained.
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New Satellite Images of Oil Spill Show Its Spread [PICS]
As seen in satellite images published today by Google, pollution from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is rapidly spreading from the Gulf of Mexico to the neighboring shorelines of the southeastern United States.On April 25, five days after the initial BP oil well blowout, the oil appeared as a large streak in the Gulf of Mexico in satellite photos. Twenty-two days later, the oil continued to…
Gulf Spill Triggers New Oil – Oil Spill
Aug 2nd
Grand Isle, the first village in Louisiana to fall victim to the oil spill, faces a murky future as oil and tar balls continue to wash ashore.
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Oil Spill Hearings Bring Out the Political Drama: ‘Spill, Baby, Spill’
The Gulf Coast oil spill engendered its share of Capitol Hill drama Tuesday, beginning with the moment executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton took their seats and waited for Senators to grill them about what caused the disaster. It was befitting that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee moved the first hearing on the spill to the recently renamed Kennedy Caucus Room. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the liberal Massachusetts Democrat, was a master in the art of political theater and outrage. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Tries To Limit Release Of Oil Spill Research
HOUSTON — Faced with hundreds of lawsuits and a deep need for experts, BP has been offering some Gulf Coast scientists lucrative consulting contracts that bar them from releasing their findings on the company’s massive oil spill for three years. Some scientists say the contracts constrain academic freedom. A few signed the agreements, then changed their minds. And others argue BP’s contract is standard, and with little federal funding available to study the spill’s impact, Gulf Coast researchers have few other options. “I personally wouldn’t care to have my research limited, but if I wanted to do work on the spill and this was the only way I could get out there and get working on it, I don’t think there’s a lot of alternatives,” said Chris D’Elia, dean of the Louisiana State University School of the Coast and Environment. BP confirms hiring more than a dozen scientists who have Gulf Coast expertise to assist with hundreds of lawsuits and assess the environmental damage caused by the spill. “What we have asked is that they treat information from BP’s lawyers as confidential, as is customary,” said David Nicholas, a BP spokesman in London. “But we do not take the position that environmental data is confidential and we do not place restrictions on academics speaking about scientific data.” Still, American Association of University Professors President Cary Nelson said the three-year limitation could suppress information key to restoring the environment. “Many scientists are turning down these contracts because they feel this research needs to be shared with the public, it needs to be shared with the government,” said Nelson, whose group represents about 48,000 academics. Researchers are asked to sign similar contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with tracking the oil and assessing the damage. Also in the mix is a hesitance to be associated with the company that’s responsible for around 184 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. “Setting aside any good intentions, the idea of being affiliated with BP was not a good thing,” said Joe Griffitt, a scientist at the Gulf Coast Research Marine Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi, who initially signed a deal with BP, then changed his mind. In the end, each side will try to get as many experts on their team as possible, removing knowledge from the public domain, said Mark Davis, director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. “That’s not wrong. Those are the rules of the game,” he said. “It’s the survival of a company, the survival of a crucial industry is at stake in a vital market area. This is serious business.” ___ Schwartz reported from Los Angeles. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Tries To Block Release Of Oil Spill Research
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press HOUSTON — Faced with hundreds of lawsuits and a deep need for experts, BP has been offering some Gulf Coast scientists lucrative consulting contracts that bar them from releasing their findings on the company’s massive oil spill for three years. Some scientists say the contracts constrain academic freedom. A few signed the agreements, then changed their minds. And others argue BP’s contract is standard, and with little federal funding available to study the spill’s impact, Gulf Coast researchers have few other options. “I personally wouldn’t care to have my research limited, but if I wanted to do work on the spill and this was the only way I could get out there and get working on it, I don’t think there’s a lot of alternatives,” said Chris D’Elia, dean of the Louisiana State University School of the Coast and Environment. BP confirms hiring more than a dozen scientists who have Gulf Coast expertise to assist with hundreds of lawsuits and assess the environmental damage caused by the spill. “What we have asked is that they treat information from BP’s lawyers as confidential, as is customary,” said David Nicholas, a BP spokesman in London. “But we do not take the position that environmental data is confidential and we do not place restrictions on academics speaking about scientific data.” Still, American Association of University Professors President Cary Nelson said the three-year limitation could suppress information key to restoring the environment. “Many scientists are turning down these contracts because they feel this research needs to be shared with the public, it needs to be shared with the government,” said Nelson, whose group represents about 48,000 academics. Researchers are asked to sign similar contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with tracking the oil and assessing the damage. Also in the mix is a hesitance to be associated with the company that’s responsible for around 184 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. “Setting aside any good intentions, the idea of being affiliated with BP was not a good thing,” said Joe Griffitt, a scientist at the Gulf Coast Research Marine Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi, who initially signed a deal with BP, then changed his mind. In the end, each side will try to get as many experts on their team as possible, removing knowledge from the public domain, said Mark Davis, director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. “That’s not wrong. Those are the rules of the game,” he said. “It’s the survival of a company, the survival of a crucial industry is at stake in a vital market area. This is serious business.” ___ Schwartz reported from Los Angeles. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Oil Spill
Aug 1st
Many patches of thick, heavy crude in the Kalamazoo River have been reduced to shiny, oily sheen according to officials.
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CORRECT: Efforts To Prepare Relief Well To Kill Gulf Spill Continued Sat – Wall Street Journal
… To Kill Gulf Spill Continued Sat" published at 10:05 pm EDT misstated in the sixth paragraph the amount of coastline affected by the Gulf oil spill. …
BP Oil Spill – Cleanup of the Environment to Take Years – PRLog.Org (press release)
PRLog (Press Release) ” Aug 01, 2010 ” BP have announced that with the oil spill no longer leaking into the Gulf of Mexico the environmental damage is …
Congressman: too much dispersant used in oil spill – The Associated Press
Salazar told the AP he believes the industry-wide moratorium imposed after BP's Gulf oil spill was the correct call. "I think we're in the right direction," …
Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill – The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is …
Oil spill probe launched
Jul 31st
She has steered her way through profusion of drama this year, but Sandra Bullock has decided to disassociate herself from one of the 2010’s other immense Read More
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New Satellite Images of Oil Spill Show Its Spread [PICS]
As seen in satellite images published today by Google, pollution from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is rapidly spreading from the Gulf of Mexico to the neighboring shorelines of the southeastern United States.On April 25, five days after the initial BP oil well blowout, the oil appeared as a large streak in the Gulf of Mexico in satellite photos. Twenty-two days later, the oil continued to…
BP calls in Costner’s $26m vacuum cleaners to mop up huge oil spill – Americas, World – The Independent
Desperate times call for desperate measures. So with hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico each day, and its corporate image starting to resemble the tar-covered sea creatures now washing on to Louisiana’s fragile shoreline, BP has called on Kevin Costner to help stave off environmental Armageddon.
Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup – latimes.com
Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup: The actor has invested 15 years and $24 million in a cleanup syst… http://lat.ms/9C3syC
Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online
Mashable: Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online: Want to know what more than 1 million gallons of oi… http://bit.ly/aIM2bv
BP oil spill: Was Tony hayward right after all
Jul 30th
An oil spill is like a cancer to the marine life which when occurs, spreads and grows untill all is devastated. An oil spill is …. More
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Evacuations rising in Michigan oil spill – The Detroit News
Several issues surrounding the spill continue to be without definitive answers. What caused the rupture– How many gallons of crude oil were released– …
Day 100: The Latest on the Oil Spill – New York Times
… two royal terns and one sandwich tern at Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge, after rescuing and rehabilitating them from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. …
Lawyers, Far From Gulf, Skirmish on Spill Claims – New York Times
Blog posts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But Boise is where the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation was scheduled to meet this …
Spill spurs oil lobbyists to step up fight in DC – Houston Chronicle
But now the collision of election-year politics and the oil spill is fueling dozens of proposals to clamp down on drilling – and has inspired the industry …
Oil Spill Could Turn Political Fortunes for Gulf Coast Politicians
Jul 28th
While the BP spill will probably be the most expensive oil spill ever, there are plenty of other oil spills that have cost a pretty penny.
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Oil Spill: Latest News Updates
Oil Spill Hearings Bring Out the Political Drama: ‘Spill, Baby, Spill’
The Gulf Coast oil spill engendered its share of Capitol Hill drama Tuesday, beginning with the moment executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton took their seats and waited for Senators to grill them about what caused the disaster. It was befitting that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee moved the first hearing on the spill to the recently renamed Kennedy Caucus Room. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, the liberal Massachusetts Democrat, was a master in the art of political theater and outrage. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Tries To Limit Release Of Oil Spill Research
HOUSTON — Faced with hundreds of lawsuits and a deep need for experts, BP has been offering some Gulf Coast scientists lucrative consulting contracts that bar them from releasing their findings on the company’s massive oil spill for three years. Some scientists say the contracts constrain academic freedom. A few signed the agreements, then changed their minds. And others argue BP’s contract is standard, and with little federal funding available to study the spill’s impact, Gulf Coast researchers have few other options. “I personally wouldn’t care to have my research limited, but if I wanted to do work on the spill and this was the only way I could get out there and get working on it, I don’t think there’s a lot of alternatives,” said Chris D’Elia, dean of the Louisiana State University School of the Coast and Environment. BP confirms hiring more than a dozen scientists who have Gulf Coast expertise to assist with hundreds of lawsuits and assess the environmental damage caused by the spill. “What we have asked is that they treat information from BP’s lawyers as confidential, as is customary,” said David Nicholas, a BP spokesman in London. “But we do not take the position that environmental data is confidential and we do not place restrictions on academics speaking about scientific data.” Still, American Association of University Professors President Cary Nelson said the three-year limitation could suppress information key to restoring the environment. “Many scientists are turning down these contracts because they feel this research needs to be shared with the public, it needs to be shared with the government,” said Nelson, whose group represents about 48,000 academics. Researchers are asked to sign similar contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with tracking the oil and assessing the damage. Also in the mix is a hesitance to be associated with the company that’s responsible for around 184 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. “Setting aside any good intentions, the idea of being affiliated with BP was not a good thing,” said Joe Griffitt, a scientist at the Gulf Coast Research Marine Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi, who initially signed a deal with BP, then changed his mind. In the end, each side will try to get as many experts on their team as possible, removing knowledge from the public domain, said Mark Davis, director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. “That’s not wrong. Those are the rules of the game,” he said. “It’s the survival of a company, the survival of a crucial industry is at stake in a vital market area. This is serious business.” ___ Schwartz reported from Los Angeles. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Tries To Block Release Of Oil Spill Research
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press HOUSTON — Faced with hundreds of lawsuits and a deep need for experts, BP has been offering some Gulf Coast scientists lucrative consulting contracts that bar them from releasing their findings on the company’s massive oil spill for three years. Some scientists say the contracts constrain academic freedom. A few signed the agreements, then changed their minds. And others argue BP’s contract is standard, and with little federal funding available to study the spill’s impact, Gulf Coast researchers have few other options. “I personally wouldn’t care to have my research limited, but if I wanted to do work on the spill and this was the only way I could get out there and get working on it, I don’t think there’s a lot of alternatives,” said Chris D’Elia, dean of the Louisiana State University School of the Coast and Environment. BP confirms hiring more than a dozen scientists who have Gulf Coast expertise to assist with hundreds of lawsuits and assess the environmental damage caused by the spill. “What we have asked is that they treat information from BP’s lawyers as confidential, as is customary,” said David Nicholas, a BP spokesman in London. “But we do not take the position that environmental data is confidential and we do not place restrictions on academics speaking about scientific data.” Still, American Association of University Professors President Cary Nelson said the three-year limitation could suppress information key to restoring the environment. “Many scientists are turning down these contracts because they feel this research needs to be shared with the public, it needs to be shared with the government,” said Nelson, whose group represents about 48,000 academics. Researchers are asked to sign similar contracts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with tracking the oil and assessing the damage. Also in the mix is a hesitance to be associated with the company that’s responsible for around 184 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. “Setting aside any good intentions, the idea of being affiliated with BP was not a good thing,” said Joe Griffitt, a scientist at the Gulf Coast Research Marine Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi, who initially signed a deal with BP, then changed his mind. In the end, each side will try to get as many experts on their team as possible, removing knowledge from the public domain, said Mark Davis, director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. “That’s not wrong. Those are the rules of the game,” he said. “It’s the survival of a company, the survival of a crucial industry is at stake in a vital market area. This is serious business.” ___ Schwartz reported from Los Angeles. More on Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: Is The Cap Making The Spill Worse–
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists huddled Tuesday to analyze data from the ocean floor as they weigh whether a leaking well cap is a sign BP’s broken oil well is buckling. Oil and gas started seeping into the Gulf of Mexico again Sunday night, but this time more slowly, and scientists aren’t sure whether the leaks mean the cap that stopped the flow last week is making things worse. The government’s point man on the disaster, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, will decide again later Tuesday whether to continue the test of the experimental cap – meaning the oil would stay blocked in. He said Monday the amount of oil leaking was so far inconsequential. But ever since the flow of oil was closed off Thursday, engineers have been glued to underwater cameras and pressure and seismic readings, trying to determine whether the cap is displacing pressure and causing leaks underground, which could make the sea bed unstable and cause the well to collapse. “As a condition of moving forward with the well-integrity test, BP has to report to us any anomalies and act on those within four hours,” Allen said Monday. Seepage from the sea floor also was detected over the weekend less than two miles away, but Allen said it probably has nothing to do with the well. Oil and gas are known to ooze naturally from fissures in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. At a Monday afternoon briefing in Washington, Allen said BP could keep the cap closed at least another 24 hours, as long as the company remained alert for leaks. For those whose livelihood depends on clean waters, worries about the cap were tempered by relief that the oil stopped gushing. “I’m for anything that will stop the oil from coming,” said Capt. Ty Fleming, who runs charter fishing trips in Orange Beach, Ala. said Tuesday.
Efforts to Repel Gulf Oil Spill Are Described as Chaotic – Oil Spill
Jun 14th
We must fight the BP oil spill more like World War III and less like a PR, brand-protection campaign.
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New Satellite Images of Oil Spill Show Its Spread [PICS]
As seen in satellite images published today by Google, pollution from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is rapidly spreading from the Gulf of Mexico to the neighboring shorelines of the southeastern United States.On April 25, five days after the initial BP oil well blowout, the oil appeared as a large streak in the Gulf of Mexico in satellite photos. Twenty-two days later, the oil continued to…
BP calls in Costner’s $26m vacuum cleaners to mop up huge oil spill – Americas, World – The Independent
Desperate times call for desperate measures. So with hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico each day, and its corporate image starting to resemble the tar-covered sea creatures now washing on to Louisiana’s fragile shoreline, BP has called on Kevin Costner to help stave off environmental Armageddon.
Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup – latimes.com
Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup: The actor has invested 15 years and $24 million in a cleanup syst… http://lat.ms/9C3syC
Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online
Mashable: Gulf Oil Spill: Watch the Live Video Stream Online: Want to know what more than 1 million gallons of oi… http://bit.ly/aIM2bv
The BP oil spill is not alone – Oil Spill
May 4th
Wondering why it’s taking BP so long to get a handle on the oil spill that is currently ravaging the Gulf Coast– Simple: We’re still using much of the same cleanup technology that has been used for the past 40 years, including burning and skimming oil. If there was ever a time to innovate, this is it. But is anyone innovating– Continue
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Recent Activity on Twitter
- RT @huffingtonpost: Texas Gov. Rick Perry claims oil spill may be "act of God." http://huff.to/9xgfHZ
- At the heart of oil spill, 11 grieving families: http://bit.ly/cQveVl via @addthis
- RT @USBACKLASH Obama Administration Lies About Delayed Oil Spill Response.. http://bit.ly/9YJwmg #BP #Obama #lies #Delayed response #failure
- RT @getwired: BP to try unprecedented engineering feat to stop oil spill: http://bit.ly/9eTvtb. I think I saw this movie…
- Obama on terror arrest, oil spill: http://bit.ly/c1OCGv via @addthis
- travel tips Florida braces for oil spill: Get travel info or volunteer: Examiner.com
The site offers tips for resi… http://bit.ly/9Er7zx - Texas Rick Perry claims oil spill may be "act of God", I agree she’s telling us to stop screwing her.
- RT @getwired BP to try unprecedented engineering feat to stop oil spill: http://bit.ly/9eTvtb. I think I saw this movie…
- The contraption being lowered onto the oil spill looks like something from Harry Potter. :X
