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Gulf Oil Spill: BP Report Spreads the Blame Around
BP's internal investigation of the gulf oil disaster blames "multiple companies and work teams" for the April 20 explosion that triggered the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S history, CNN ...
BP: Multiple Companies, Teams Contributed to Spill
NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 8) -- Oil giant BP PLC says in an internal report that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for ...
Microbes in Gulf Are Eating BP Oil Without Depleting Oxygen
WASHINGTON (Sept. 7) -- Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and ...
BP Says Failed Blowout Preventer Removed From Well
NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 3) - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon. A BP spokesman said ...
What Exploded Off Vermilion Bay: An Oil Rig or a Platform?
(Sept. 2) -- As news broke on Thursday of yet another explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, several media outlets proclaimed that an "oil rig" had gone up in flames, echoing the devastating accident at ...
Vermilion Bay: 3 Things to Know About Gulf Oil Platform Explosion Site
(Sept. 2) -- Its name is drawn from a ruddy pigment used since ancient times. But right now the collective worry is that it's about to become streaked with a fresh leak of brown crude: The site of an ...
Another Oil Platform Blast in Gulf: No Injuries, No Leaking
An apparent explosion at an offshore oil operation hit the Gulf of Mexico Thursday as a platform caught fire about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast. But this time there were no fatalities and no sign ...
Risk of Leak Remains as BP Prepares to Lift Well Cap
(Sept. 2) -- BP plans to carefully remove the cap from its crippled oil well today in preparation for a procedure it hopes will plug the massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all. That ...
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 ...
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