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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

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...

First Dispersant Tests in Gulf Seafood Come Back Clean

(Nov. 1) -- In the ongoing saga of post-oil spill Gulf of Mexico seafood, officials have been conducting tests for oil on incoming seafood, but not for oil dispersants, the shadowy and possibly poisonous materials that BP spilled in liberal quantities across the region in an effort to keep the oil from reaching shore. Now...

Major Study Charts Long-Lasting Oil Plume in Gulf

WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- A 22-mile-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported Thursday in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill. The most worrisome part is the slow pace at which...

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Owners Of Ship That Caused Massive Bay Oil Spill Try To Shift Blame

The owners and operators of a container ship that slammed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007 are suing pharmacists who they say dispensed drugs to the pilot of the Cosco Busan.

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05/31/12 DEP Investigates Fuel Spill, Fish Kill on Schuylkill Source: Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch - Narberth-Bala Cynwyd PA A fish kill was reported Wednesday afternoon in the Schuylkill River in Gladwyne, within a couple miles of where an overturned tractor-trailer spilled about 180 gallons of fuel Tuesday on Interstate 76.
05/29/12 Costner rips Baldwin lawsuit Source: JAM! Showbiz Kevin Costner has called his legal battle with actor Stephen Baldwin "frivolous" and "upsetting", but has vowed not to give up the fight.
05/29/12 Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean... Source: PhysOrg.com The main focus of the program is to understand the fundamentals of propulsion mechanisms utilized by nature, said Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at Virginia Tech, and lead researcher on the project.
05/25/12 Crew members in NZ oil spill given 7 months in prison Source: Taipei Times The captain and the navigator of a ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year in what authorities have called the country's worst maritime environmental disaster were each sentenced yesterday to seven months in jail.
05/25/12 Ship's captain jailed over New Zealand oil spill Source: The West Australian The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster when it ploughed into an offshore reef were both jailed for seven months.

Background on Ocean pollution

Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry into the ocean of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms.

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