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Volunteers Descend on Gulf to Restore Oyster Beds

MOBILE, Ala. -- Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico's delicate shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds under assault for decades from overharvesting, coastal development, pollution, and most recently the BP oil spill. The waters harbor much of the world's last remaining...

Six Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Oil Spill

WASHINGTON -- Of the tens of thousands of people who worked to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, many had competing loyalties and agendas. Unified, they were not. Complicating matters, local, state and federal officials felt enormous pressure to avoid being seen as in cahoots with BP. Because the federal government's...

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 Mexico, distrust and resentment continue to flow freely. Many citizens and scientists alike do not believe an inter-agency...

Reports Sharply Contradict Claims About Vanished Oil

(Aug. 17) -- Two new reports from different groups of academic scientists are providing a counterweight to the government's rosy assertions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is drawing to a close. One says that as much as 79 percent of the oil is still loose in the gulf; the other expresses the fear that oil on the...

BP May Have Already Plugged Oil Well for Good

(Aug. 13) -- Analysis of pressure tests on BP's cemented Gulf of Mexico oil well could indicate today that the damaged well is already plugged for good, and that a relief well won't be needed after all. For more than three months, BP has been drilling two relief wells near the Deepwater Horizon disaster, to intercept the...

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11/10/11 Scientists: Gulf oil cleanup 'inadequate' Source: Herald Tribune - Sarasota FL
The traditional approach to making the polluter pay for environmental damage caused by oil spills is likely inadequate for the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to a panel of scientists that Congress asked to review the issue.
The panel, made up of more than a dozen scientists from varying fields, said the BP disaster was so large and unprecedented - and the Gulf of Mexico so complex and economically valuable - that tallying up individual losses and charging BP for their replacement is too simplistic.
The report, released today by the National Academy of Sciences, is intended to help the government fully assess the damage caused by the BP spill and find restoration projects that will eventually restore the Gulf to its state before the spill occurred.
That work, called a Natural Resources Damage Assessment, is guided by laws set in place after the 1989 Exxon-Valdez spill in Alaska.
06/07/11 Ken Feinberg: No Claims Filed on Cleanup Illness Source: CBS - WKRG News 5 - Mobile AL The attorney overseeing the payments from a $20 billion compensation fund says he hasn't seen any claims filed suggesting that the Gulf oil spill cleanup has caused medical illnesses.
04/07/11 BP Oil Spill Health Impact Hard to Measure Source: NewsInferno The emotional and physical health effects of theBP oil spill continue to linger, nearly a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
03/06/11 Coast Guard: Scale back Gulf oil cleanup Source: Northeast Ledger - Jackson MS The cleanup of oiled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico has reached a point where crews, heavy equipment and thorough scrubbing can cause more damage to the ecosystem than good, the Coast Guard said Friday.
02/28/11 Coast Guard: Scale back Gulf oil cleanup Source: Northeast Ledger - Jackson MS The cleanup of oiled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico has reached a point where crews, heavy equipment and thorough scrubbing can cause more damage to the ecosystem than good, the Coast Guard said Friday.