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As oil spreads inland, U.S. ups pressure on BP
(CBS/AP) The Gulf of Mexico oil spill seeped miles deeper into Louisiana’s fragile marshes, making it tougher to clean up or to rescue wildlife like the brown pelican, as the federal government questioned whether BP will be able plug its blown-out well on the seabed.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-24 00:10 Louisiana blasts BP, U.S. govt for slow oil response
VENICE, La, May 23 (Reuters) – Louisiana’s governor on Sunday criticized energy giant BP and U.S. federal authorities for failing to act fast enough to protect the state’s coastlines from a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard and BP failed to take decisions quickly enough and delayed supplying necessary clean-up equipment even as oil washed up onto the state’s fragile …
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U.S. to check BP spill size as heavy oil comes ashore
The U.S. government will independently verify how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured undersea well owned by BP, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Thursday.
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

MIAMI (Reuters) – The United States has nearly doubled the no-fishing zone in the Gulf of Mexico because of the spread of oil leaking from the ruptured BP well, a federal official said on Tuesday.

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To U.S. offshore drilling official abruptly retires
WASHINGTON — The top federal official in charge of overseeing offshore drilling retired abruptly on Monday as BP’s chief operating officer pledged that his company would never pump oil from the runaway Deepwater Horizon well that exploded, killed 11 workers and began spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Agencies Reserve Authority to Stop the Use of the Dispersant At Any Time

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