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Lab Results Raise New Concerns Over Gulf Seafood
(Aug. 31) -- A Boston lab hired by the United Commercial Fishermen's Association to analyze coastal fishing waters says findings suggest the government's claim that Gulf of Mexico seafood is safe to ...
Weather Delay, Internal Report Add to BP's Woes
(Aug. 30) -- Heavy seas forced a two- to three-day delay in the planned removal today of the temporary cap on BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well. The latest setback comes as a new internal ...
Engineers to Remove Temporary Cap From Gulf Well
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 30) -- Engineers will soon start the delicate work of detaching the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well and the hulking device that ...
Louisianans Give Bush Higher Marks Than Obama for Crisis Response
As the five year anniversary again summons up memories of Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast, Louisiana voters are giving higher marks to former President George Bush for handling of the storm's ...
Feds to Remove Temporary Cap From Gulf Well
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 27) -- The federal government said engineers will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well so that crews can raise ...
First Katrina, Then BP: Life in the Gulf's Unluckiest Town
CHALMETTE, La. (Aug. 27) -- The sleek Bell helicopter, one of the perks BP is making available to cranky officials whose coastlines it oiled, lifts off from the lawn in front of the St. Bernard Parish ...
Newly Discovered Oil-Eating Microbe Flourishing in Gulf
WASHINGTON (Aug. 24) -- A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion ...
Gulf Coast Claims Facility Opens for Business
(Aug. 23) -- The Gulf Coast Claims Facility is open for business as of this morning. Independent administrator Ken Feinberg is manning the cash register, ready to hand out money from BP's $20 billion ...
BP Must Salvage What May Be Evidence Against It
(Aug. 22) -- BP (BP ) has been ordered to retrieve the section of pipe that has the blowout preventer, the mechanism that failed and helped to cause the explosion that wrecked the Deepwater Horizon ...
Why Is BP Delaying the Bottom Kill Operation Till September?
(Aug. 20) -- National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday that BP's unruly well won't be killed once and for all until September. Original estimates had planned for the bottom kill -- which ...
Gulf Residents' Skepticism Remains Uncapped
(Aug. 20) -- The BP spill appears to be capped for good, even though the ultimate solution known as "final kill" has yet to be implemented. But while fresh oil has stopped gushing into the Gulf of ...
Gulf Oil Spill: Residents' Skepticism, Resentment Remain Uncapped
The BP spill appears to be capped for good, even though the ultimate solution known as "final kill" has yet to be implemented. But while fresh oil has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, distrust ...
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