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Obama Bans New East Coast Offshore Drilling: 3 Possible Reasons

(Dec. 1) -- Don't drill, baby, don't drill. Reversing its pre-BP oil spill disaster position, the Obama administration announced today that it will not engage in offshore drilling on the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico region, according to The Associated Press. The original policy, announced three...

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...

Mexico Expected to Sue BP Over Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

(Sept. 30) -- There could be one more very high-profile claimant joining in the lawsuit against oil giant BP over the spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Mexico itself, reports Reuters. Three Mexican states, Veracruz, Tamaulipas and Quintana Roo, have already filed claims against BP, citing a similar list of grievances as their...

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04/24/12 Criminal Charges Filed in BP Oil Spill (UPDATED) [Greg... Source: Science Blogs Yes, it was a crime; it was a crime against nature and against the law of the land, and now the first criminal charges are being filed, according to an exclusive report at NPR.
09/19/10 BP Oil Spill Update: BP Well Killed Source: Long Island Press - Syosset NY The leak gushing from the busted well at the bottom of the Gulf has finally been killed for good, BP says.
09/02/10 BP oil spill update: still an inconvenience Source: The Ticker - Baruch College - New York NY It was not until August 5, over three months after the notorious oil rig catastrophe that resulted in the deaths of 11 people, that BP announced the completion of cementing operations at the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher.
08/10/10 Steven Chu: BP Oil Spill Update Source: The Huffington Post As you may know, I've spent much of the last three months working to help contain the BP oil spill.