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Senate wants Jindal oil spill records open
The Louisiana Senate voted Wednesday to make sure governor’s office records pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are available to the public and that they are archived for at least 10 years.
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Recent Updates for Unified Command for the BP Oil Spill | Deepwater Horizon Response

Oil spill response open house tonight in Houma
The U.S. Coast Guard and BP will host an open house tonight at the Houma Civic Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Agencies involved in response, such as the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response.

Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response.

Today we held a particularly informative chat with Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change and a key advisor on the ongoing Administration-wide response to the BP oil spill.  Taking tough questions from Facebook and WhiteHouse.gov, she covered a lot of ground and addressed a lot of the comments we get day to day on this tragedy.  If you missed it, you can watch the whole thing or jump ahead to any question by clicking on the links below.

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Watch the full video above or jump directly to the following sections by clicking the links below (questions are paraphrased):

Opening remarks
How many people are dedicated to the clean up?
Why has the federal government not taken over the clean up process?
Why has the Jones Act not been waived to allow foreign offers with technology to help collect oil?
Why do you allow the continued use of Corexit in our waters even though it is toxic?
Why can’t they create a wrap-around tube or hose to contain the oil that is still gushing?
What is the moratorium on all wells going to do to our economy here in Maine?
How can we authorize any permits for future offshore drilling while this mess with BP is ongoing?
Are any real changes going to be made at MMS?
Will you please convince Congress to put more money into alternative energy sources such as energy and wind?
What can people do to help with the BP oil spill disaster?
Will there be criminal charges brought to those found negligent in this disaster?
Are Halliburton and Transocean not equally liable?
How well will the residents of the Gulf Coast be compensated?
Why can’t we have a major public works program to put people to work and bill BP later?
Will you encourage Congress to pass legislation making it a felony for a corporate representative to mislead the government?

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The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster – and its economic and ecological implications could be devastating. I know many of you have questions about how the government is responding to this crisis. 

President Obama has asked me to spend some time answering your questions directly, so tomorrow at 12:30 PM EDT, I will be hosting a live chat.  You can watch the chat live on WhiteHouse.gov/live, and you can submit your questions in advance via Facebook, Twitter or our webform. 

From day one our focus has been capping the leak, containing and cleaning up the oil that has spilled, and restoring the lives and livelihoods of the people in the Gulf Coast region. You can track our response efforts and find additional information and resources on the on the ongoing government-wide response here.

Carol Browner is Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change.
 

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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill
Attorney General Eric Holder says federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
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