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Kevin Costner promotes oil spill technology before Congress
Click through to check local movie listings and buy tickets online! More>> BP oil experts used Kevin Costner’s oil/water separator last week but the device just became clogged with oil and the effort was abandoned.
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Congress Set to Raise Tax to Help Pay for Oil Spill Cleanups
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON | Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple – to 32 cents per barrel – a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly billion during the next decade.
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BP’s Openness Fails to Quell Sea Drilling Backlash in Congress
Florida Democrat Bill Nelson said the first time he received a visit from a top BP Plc executive in his decade as a U.S. senator was May 4, when Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward came to discuss the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-11 06:23 WRAPUP 1-Oil executives face U.S. Congress on Gulf spill
By Tom Doggett and Erwin Seba

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Gulf oil spill: Congress wants independent panel with subpoena power Los Angeles Times (blog) A bipartisan delegation of House members also planned a flyover of the spill Friday and meetings in the gulf. "This disaster will be all the more tragic if … Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Update – BP Suffering £15 billion Loss Over Deepwater …UK Today News Gulf oil spill disaster sparks Vancouver protest (video included)Examiner.com Could the Gulf oil disaster be Halliburton's fault?ZDNet (blog) FindLaw –Christian Science Monitor –FOXNews all 16,804 news articles »

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Congress to hold hearings on Gulf of Mexico oil spill
AP Photo/Eric GayA rig drilling a relief well and support vessels are seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday at the site of the recent collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. WASHINGTON — Three congressional committees…

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BP gives Congress gloomy outlook on gulf oil spill
In the worst case, the disaster could grow at 12 times the rate of current estimates, BP officials say at a Capitol Hill briefing. BP officials Tuesday told congressional representatives that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could grow at a rate more than 10 times current estimates in a worst-case scenario — greatly enlarging the potential scope of the disaster.

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Telegraph.co.uk

BP gives Congress gloomy outlook on gulf oil spill Los Angeles Times BP officials Tuesday told congressional representatives that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could grow at a rate more than 10 times current estimates in a … Gulf Oil Disaster – Beneath the WavesTucson Citizen Some oil spill events from May 4, 2010The Associated Press Obama: Govt Committed To Preventing Economic Damage In GulfWall Street Journal Washington Post –New York Times –KFYR-TV all 7,837 news articles »

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BP Gulf Oil Spill Reshaping Energy Debate in U.S. Congress
May 4 (Bloomberg) — The oil leak spreading 5,000 barrels of crude a day in the Gulf of Mexico is reshaping the politics of the energy debate as Congress considers U.S. climate policy and lawmakers brace for the November elections.

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