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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...

Corrosion Threatens BP Pipelines in Alaska; Could Lead to More Spills

(Nov. 3) -- Though BP's gulf oil spill, now capped, is fading from the headlines, the company could soon be responsible for another all-too-familiar environmental catastrophe: ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative journalism outlet, has gotten its hands on an internal maintenance report on BP's Alaska pipeline system, and...

BP Back to Profitability, But Spill Cost Upped to $40 Billion

(Nov. 2) -- It may not be any consolation, but those in the Gulf of Mexico tourism and seafood industries still hurting economically from the oil spill do have some company. Though that company recently returned to profitability, it hasn't been cheap for BP either. In fact, it just got more expensive. In September, while...

4 Most Glaring Errors Cited by Obama's Oil Spill Panel

(Oct. 7) -- Scientists describe the official response to BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster as a giant science experiment carried out in real time since it was the first in U.S. history involving a deep-water oil rig. Yet the preliminary assessment released this week by the Oil Spill Commission, which was appointed by...

BP Says Payouts Endangered if Barred From Drilling in Gulf

(Sept. 3) -- BP (BP) warned that any legislation that stops it from drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico could prevent the oil giant from paying out compensation related to this year's oil spill. Congress is currently considering legislation that would bar any company from receiving offshore drilling permits if more...

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04/20/11 One Year Later, BP Oil Spill Continues to Take a Toll Source: NewsInferno A year after the BP oil spill turned the lives of many Gulf Coast residents upside down, the region has yet to recover from the unprecedented disaster.
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.