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On Earth Day, Oil Cleanup Continues in the Gulf [PHOTOS]

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Science May Be Murky in the Gulf for Years

Oil is still in a few places in the Gulf, but for the most part it looks pristine. Anecdotal evidence indicates a rapidly recovering area -- escaped crude oil itself is scarce, and regular tests by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have yet to reveal any tainted seafood. But the Gulf of Mexico and its...

BP Is Looking Strong a Year After Gulf Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS -- It's hard to tell that just a year ago BP was reeling from financial havoc and an American public out for blood. The oil giant at the center of one of the world's biggest environmental crises is making strong profits again, its stock has largely rebounded, and it is paying dividends to shareholders once...

Scientists: Gulf Health Nearly Back to Pre-Spill Level

BAY JIMMY, La. -- Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, an Associated Press survey of researchers shows. More than three dozen scientists grade the Gulf's big...

Along Gulf, Spill Still Defines State of Mind

ALONG THE GULF COAST -- In the small brick church just across the road from the chocolate waters of Bayou Lafourche, the Rev. Joseph Anthony Pereira unbuttons his collar as the last parishioners pull out of the lot. Tonight, nearly a year after the BP oil spill began, he's asked his congregation of shrimpers and oil...

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China forges Arab ties, hedging bets in the Gulf

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Gulf Coast Illusion

The giant oil company is running TV ads trumpeting that the Gulf Coast is well on its way to recovery from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Did It Take An Oil Spill To Highlight Gulf Destruction?

For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem's waters slowly got dirtier and islands eroded, all while the country largely ignored the destruction.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

Obama In Aurora Talks Energy, Expanding Drilling In The Gulf

President Barack Obama will double down on his "all-of-the-above" energy strategy on Thursday when he announces the Interior Department's new lease sale to make roughly 38 million acres available for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

August Walter, Ex-BP Worker, Files Whistleblower Suit Over Gulf Cleanup

A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi's shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.

gulf News From the Web

02/10/12 Legislator: Gulf of America' bill a joke Source: The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday.
02/09/12 Ipic looks to refinance $850m syndicated loan Source: Gulf News Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co (Ipic) has approached banks to refinance its $850 million (Dh3.1 billion) syndicated loan from 2009, and the new deal is expected to establish a much-needed pricing benchmark for the region, bankers said.
02/09/12 Worthing woman missing after failing to return from... Source: The Argus - Brighton - East Essex - UK A woman is missing after failing to return from a business trip in the Gulf. Karen Furlong, 46, of Crescent Road, Worthing, travelled to Doha in Qatar on Saturday, January 7 for work but failed to return home as planned on January 27.
02/09/12 John Michael Greer: Looking Backward, Looking Ahead Source: Peak Oil Over the last few weeks, after many detours, this blog's path has finally finished traversing a landscape I first sighted more than a year and a half ago.
02/09/12 Perkins streamlines Gulf operation Source: AMEinfo.com PSG, which is part of The Kanoo Group, will be based in Dubai, and will look after regional distribution strategy, the commercial operation and management of the Perkins engines distribution sales development and product support capability across the Gulf region.

Background on gulf

The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991– February 28, 1991) commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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