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U.S. Gulf demands BP and government do more to halt oil spill
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) – U.S. Gulf Coast residents and authorities clamoured on Sunday for BP and the federal government to do more to save their coast from oil pollution after the energy giant failed in a deepwater bid to halt the worst ever U.S. oil spill.
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Gulf demands BP and government do more to halt oil spill
Gulf Coast residents and authorities clamored on Sunday for BP and the federal government to do more to save their coast from oil pollution after the energy giant failed in a deepwater bid to halt the worst ever U.S. oil spill.
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Jindal, others bash BP and federal government over Gulf oil spill cleanup efforts
Susan Poag/The Times-PicayuneGov. Bobby Jindal listens as Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser talks about the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at Cypress Cove Marina in Venice on Wednesday. Calling Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment efforts by…
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Government In Charge Of Response To Oil Spill
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says the government is in charge of the response to the Gulf oil spill, not the oil company BP. Obama says all steps BP takes to end the huge spill must be approved in advance by the government. Obama says his administration will do whatever is needed to protect and restore the Gulf Coast from this “unprecedented disaster.” At a White House news …
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Fed: Government can’t push BP aside on oil spill
The Obama administration’s point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the government has neither the company’s expertise nor its deep-sea equipment.
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U.S. Government Keeps Boot On Neck Of BP Over Spill
GALLIANO, La., May 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. government piled pressure on BP Plc on Monday to clean up a “massive environmental mess” in the Gulf of Mexico amid growing anger at the oil giant’s failure to contain a five-week-old oil spill.
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Government takes back seat to BP on spill response
Naomi King Staff Writer HOUMA — With oil company BP and federal agencies calling the shots in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, state and local governments are near the bottom of the chain of command.
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