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Drill Off Alaska Coast? Gulf Mess Renews Debate

WASHINGTON -- A year after the disastrous Gulf oil spill, the prospect of a major accident in oil's next frontier - the icy waters off Alaska's north coast - has experts even more concerned. Mark Thiessen, AP A fishing boat returns to the harbor Friday in Cordova, Alaska, from Prince William Sound, the site of...

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...

Gulf Drilling Moratorium May Be Lifted Early

WASHINGTON (Sept. 27) -- The Interior Department plans to issue two new oil drilling regulations later this week, signaling that a six-month deepwater drilling moratorium for the Gulf of Mexico may be lifted early, a presidential panel was told here Monday. But Michael Bromwich, director of the newly organized Bureau of...

BP's Blown-Out Gulf Oil Well Finally Declared Dead

(Sept. 19) -- The well is dead - finally. A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government's...

Reports: BP Slacked on North Sea Safety Before Gulf Oil Spill

(Sept. 15) -- Four of five of BP's North Sea oil installations inspected last year were issued warnings for failing to comply with safety rules in case of oil spills -- just months before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. That's according to inspection records and other internal documents obtained through the Britain's...