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MOBILE – Video is available from a Coast Guard helicopter over flight at 7 p.m. on June 13 of the largest oil spill response recovery and remediation effort in US history. The video contains footage of 24 skimming vessels, 20 support vessels and three drilling rigs. More than 24,700 personnel are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife and cleanup vital coastlines. More than 5,500 vessels are responding on site, including skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessels to assist in containment and cleanup efforts—in addition to dozens of aircraft, remotely operated vehicles, and multiple mobile offshore drilling units. Coast Guard video
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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill 0
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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill
The Coast Guard has demanded that BP step up its efforts to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the weekend.
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Coast Guard tells BP to speed up pace
Scientists have estimated that anywhere between about 40 million gallons to 109 million gallons of oil have gushed into the Gulf since a drilling rig exploded April 20.
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Obama heads to disaster zone, Coast Guard warns BP
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – US and British leaders sought to ease tensions amid sharpened rhetoric over the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama readied to take matters into his own hands.
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