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Local leaders prep for potential arrival of Gulf oil spill
HOUSTON—Leaders from Galveston, Harris and Brazoria Counties have asked to address the public next Tuesday to assure residents on the Texas coast that they are ready if the Deepwater Horizon oil spill shifts course and heads our way. “We’re actually having more discussions with authorities on the oil spill than we are with hurricanes,” said John Simsen from the Galveston County Office of …
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Native leaders get firsthand look at Gulf of Mexico spill
A group of Alaska Native Arctic leaders finished up a tour of the Gulf Coast region recently to see the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The leaders say they won’t forget what they saw there.
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Mexican Leaders Dither as Gulf Oil Disaster Accelerates: Excelsior, Mexico The Moderate Voice The United States isn't the only country confronting ecological and political crisis because of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. … Gulf Oil Disaster – Time to Demand Solutions and Cleaner Energy Policy.Salem-News.Com Coast Guard: Despite BP efforts, Gulf oil spill is getting worseMiamiHerald.com Atlantic coast now under threat as current spreads Gulf oil slickThe Guardian Treehugger –BusinessWeek –Voice of America all 15,771 news articles »

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La. leaders concerned about dispersant risks
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – 3 of Louisiana’s cabinet secretaries are asking oil giant BP about the risks tied to the use of the chemical dispersant that is being sprayed onto the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to thin the oil.

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Local Leaders: Oil Spill Solutions of Their Own
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Gov. Bobby Jindal and other officials are keeping up their criticism of BP PLC and the Coast Guard, saying they never provided plans to protect the Louisiana coast from an oil spill. Jindal and Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana spoke Tuesday at Fort Pike, where efforts are under way to protect Lake Pontchartrain from the oil. Jindal says local leaders have stepped in to come up …

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