BP oil spill update: Bonnie now Tropical Depression: Still holding up oil … Examiner.com Despite the weakening in the storm system, Bonnie continues to hold up oil spill recovery efforts. Tropical Depression Bonnie is currently located about 165 … Bye, bye Bonnie – cleanup resumes at Gulf oil spill as storm clears outNew York Daily News DAY 95: The Latest on the Oil SpillNew York Times Ships return to gulf spill site as storm fizzlesLos Angeles Times Bloomberg –USA Today –Press-Register – al.com (blog) all 3,127 news articles »
BP Oil Spill Live Feed Update: BP Still Continues to Stop Oil Spill Leak Keen Observers Latest report said that BP has lost more than 50 percent of its market value resulting to an oil slick from one of its Macondo oil rigs in the said gulf. … Federal records show steady stream of oil spills in gulf since 1964Washington Post Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2010 Photos: Images from July 24, 2010al.com (blog) BP Oil Spill Live Feed Update: Scrubbing Operations Still Push ThroughFiint FOXNews (blog) –New York Times –TheStreet.com all 1,183 news articles »
Gulf spill: Giant oil skimmer still needs OK from EPA
NEW ORLEANS – Gulf of Mexico cleanup crews working to block millions of gallons of oil from reaching land may soon have a giant on their side, if a weekend test of a new skimmer goes well. Read more on Temple Daily Telegram
BP Is Still Making Big Money From US Military Oil Contracts [Obligations]
# obligations Despite tough talk from the White House, BP continues to pull in hundreds of millions of dollars from US military fuel contracts, and at least one new contract has been signed since the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. More » Read more on Gawker
As oil continues to pour out of the damaged BP Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, we ask — When will all of this end? What does this continued pollution mean to all of us living in the Gulf Coast region? How will this leak be stopped and what is the latest clean-up plan? Guests: Michelle Foss, Ph.D., Chief Energy Economist, University of Texas; Donald Van Nieuwenhuise, Ph.D., Director, Petroleum Geoscience Programs, University of Houston; Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University; original broadcast date June 18, 2010. www.houstonpbs.org Video Rating: 0 / 5
ADEM boss says cleanup crews ‘still losing the battle’ against Gulf oil spill (with video)
DAUPHIN ISLAND — More than 2 million gallons of oil are skimmed, burned or collected from the site of BP PLC’s busted well every day, but cleanup crews are “still losing the battle,” according to Bruce Freeman, chief of the office of emergency response at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. Read more on Mobile Press-Register
Oil rig moratorium’s effect still unknown
VENICE, La., June 18 (UPI) — Economic fallout from U.S. President Obama’s moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is unknown because layoffs are just starting, analysts say. Read more on UPI
Impoverished by oil spill, still waiting for a check from BP
Impoverished by the massive oil spill which has closed huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing and washed away tourists, people here are growing increasingly frustrated with the long wait for compensation from BP. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald
www.youtube.com and RT.com The cap on the blown-out well in the Gulf is capturing a half-million gallons (1.9 million litres) a day, or anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea, officials said on Monday. But the hopeful report was offset by a warning that the far-flung slick has broken up into hundreds or even thousands of patches of oil that may inflict damage that could persist for years.
Rep. Diana DeGette’s opening statement at the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled “Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill” on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined what caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the oil spill now spreading across the Gulf, in order to help prevent future incidents and inform the direction of our national energy policy.
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