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BP Oil Spill Emails Reveal High-Level Discord Over Flow Estimates

By John Rudolf May 31st 2012 - 11:26AM

A BP engineering executive warned senior BP management early on in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that internal models did not support estimates of the size of the undersea leak being provided to government officials and the public, according to company emails.

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Disturbing BP Oil Spill Photos Revealed

By Joanna Zelman May 07th 2012 - 01:48PM

Over two years after the disastrous BP oil spill wreaked havoc on the Gulf, Greenpeace has received photos of the destruction inflicted on marine life in the area.

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Dennis Takahashi-Kelso: Are We Really Ready to Expose Our Arctic Waters to the Threat of a Major Oil Spill?

By Dennis Takahashi-Kelso Aug 25th 2011 - 06:20PM

Earlier this year , I asked whether we've learned enough to expand Arctic drilling based on our experiences with the Exxon-Valdez and Deepwater Horizon oil disasters.

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William Amos: Gushing Oil Spills Drill Taxpayer Pockets

By William Amos May 29th 2011 - 09:45AM

Blowouts are very rare for the entire industry as well as for Imperial... the probability of a blowout is low -- one in 285,000." --

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: One Year Later: Making Big Oil Pay For Its Mess

By Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Apr 20th 2011 - 11:51AM

One year ago today, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico -- devastating countless lives and an entire ecosystem.

Background on oil spill

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.

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