Greenpeace Launches Three-Month Ship Expedition to Investigate Oil Disaster… Common Dreams (press release) "From the very start, the full scope of the Gulf oil disaster has been obscured by BP and even our own government," said John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA Oceans … Paying Oil's True CostCBS News The Gulf spill: America's worst environmental disaster?CNN Remember the Gulf oil spillOregonLive.com Bloomberg –Washington Post –The Associated Press all 4,956 news articles »
From the Runway to the Gulf, Perry Ellis Launches Project Beach to Aid Oil… PR Newswire (press release) 9 /PRNewswire/ — Perry Ellis, the classic American sportswear brand, is acting to clean up the Gulf oil spill with an initiative that encompasses the …
Government Launches RestoreTheGulf Web Site
(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) – The federal government just launched a new website, RestoreTheGulf.gov , to help keep Americans apprised of the situation with the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on FOX 61 Chattanooga
US launches criminal investigation into BP oil spill
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 2 June 2010 at 14:44:00 Share price slumps further as US attorney general confirms investigation could result in criminal charges The full scale of the legal and financial risks faced by BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were hammered home last night when US attorney general Eric Holder confirmed he was launching a criminal investigation … Read more on vnunet.com
BP Could Face Ban as US Launches Criminal Investigation
by Tim Webb and Ed Pilkington in New York Last night’s announcement that the US is launching a criminal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico disaster capped off BP ‘s worst day in a torrid six weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on 20 April, killing 11 workers. read more Read more on CommonDreams.org
After five weeks of failing to plug a well spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico, British oil giant BP has launched its latest attempt, pumping mud to try to smother the gusher — the so-called “top kill” method. The governor of the US state of Louisiana says more than 160km of the state’s fragile coastland has already been affected by the millions of litres of oil that have gushed out in the last five weeks. Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from Venice, Louisiana. (May 27, 2010) Video Rating: 4 / 5
Oil spill: Issa launches probe Washington Post (blog) Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff said the department is providing daily updates to lawmakers and will respond to inquiries. …
EPA launches Gulf oil spill website with up-to-date information Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) With the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico quickly becoming the worst oil disaster in the US (set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill), the EPA has set up a …