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

By Dave ThierSep 30th 2010 – 5:23PM

(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...

Crews Fight to Contain New Leak Near Gulf of Mexico

By Carl FranzenJul 28th 2010 – 10:00AM
Patrick Semansky, AP

Patrick Semansky, AP

(July 27) -- Not again! A new oil leak has hit the Gulf Coast Tuesday after a small boat collided with a wellhead in Bayou St. Dennis, just north of the ecologically diverse Barataria Bay in Louisiana. There were no reported injuries, but morale in nearby Jefferson Parish, where oil from BP's well has already caused...

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