Gulf Coast still fights misperceptions after oil spill, Recovery Commission … al.com (blog) Mathews played that clip and noted the need for continued perseverance in getting out the message that the coast has bounced back from the April 20, 2010, oil rig explosion that led to the largest offshore oil spill in US history. … House Committee Praised for Holding Hearing on Gulf RestorationMarketWatch (press release) Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft's Congressional testimonyGulf Coast Newspapers Mayor Craft pleads case for RESTORE ActWALA-TV FOX10 WKRG-TV –Washington Post (blog) all 274 news articles »
Emergency response team fights gulf oil spill Creamer Media’s Engineering News A 40-year veteran in disaster relief, Thompson Pump has facilitated a number of cleanup efforts over the years, including the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 … Independently-Funded Research Expedition Locates Deep Sea Remnants of Gulf Oil…Common Dreams (press release) Where's all the oil gone?Greenpeace USA (blog)
Obama administration fights to keep deepwater drill
Reuters – The oil drilling industry goes head-to-head with the Obama administration in court on Thursday over the White House effort to suspend deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for six months in the wake of the catastrophic BP Plc well blowout. Read more on Yahoo! Green
Oil industry reaps subsidies as it fights cleanup tax
When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform set off the worst oil spill in American history, it was flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. Registering there allowed the rig’s owner to significantly reduce its American taxes. Read more on Pioneer Press
BP says more oil being captured as Obama fights back against criticisms
WASHINGTON – As the White House struggled to regain the American public’s trust as oil continues to gush from a BP well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, the oil giant said its containment cap _ its latest effort to plug the leak _ was beginning to capture greater amounts of crude. Read more on Kitchener – Waterloo Record
BP fights for future after spill
BP is fighting to secure its future as the US government launched a criminal and civil investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read more on Chichester Observer
Gulf oil spill 2010 called weapon of mass destruction: BP fights back with garbage Examiner.com (Photo: M.Tobin) Throwing garbage at an oil spill does not sound like a high tech solution to a catastrophic disaster. But right now, that is one of the … 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill – 2010 Atrocious Disaster Could be Obama's Katrina?CNM News Network Gulf oil slick spreads as oil execs face grillingReuters BP, other firms, fight over Gulf oil spill blameAsiaOne Los Angeles Times (blog) –The Virginian-Pilot –MarketWatch all 16,277 news articles »
The US has laid around 217000 feet of protective boom barriers around the country’s Gulf coast after a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico headed to US shores on Thursday night, prompting numerous states to declare a state of emergency. Barack Obama, the US president, has ordered all domestic offshore drilling to be suspended amid the threat. But there are already signs of criticism against the US president’s response to the spill, which officials said could trigger a disaster of “national significance”. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports from Washington. [May 1, 2010].
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