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NOAA Launches Mission to Solve BP Oil Mystery

(Sept. 24) -- The NOAA research ship Pisces set off on a new mission today to search for oil that a University of Georgia biologist reported finding on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. The trip is part of an initiative launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to sort out the...

How Big Was BP Oil Plume? A Geographically Agnostic Guide

(Aug. 19) -- The BP oil spill may be on the verge of being sealed for good, but the controversy over its lingering effects has hardly been more pointed. Besides an unusual and contentious recess hearing on Capitol Hill -- in which Rep. Ed Markey verbally thrashed the Obama Administration and the National Oceanic and...

'Mystery Plumber' May Have Solved BP Oil Spill

(July 16) -- When you've got a leak, you call a plumber. So perhaps it's not surprising that a "mystery plumber" might be the person ultimately responsible for helping BP stop the massive oil leak 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. According to a report from The Christian Science Monitor, six weeks ago,...

BP Begins Critical Oil Cap Pressure Test [Live Video]

(July 14) -- After the government delayed tests on BP's new Top Hat 10 oil well cap Tuesday, the company finally began slowly shutting down three main valves this evening. With luck, the company said, the cap could effectively halt the nation's worst oil spill in history. Initial signs were positive, the company told The...