Diane Wilson, a fourth generation shrimper from the Texas Gulf and a founder of CODEPINK, has been watching the BP spill and the botched clean-up with a mixture of dread and anger. After all, it’s her livelihood and that of her community that’s at stake. “I’ve lived all my life ...
Exxon CEO defends offshore drilling
DALLAS -- In the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, government policymakers should not automatically "jump to conclusions" that changes in offshore drilling procedures and regulations are needed, Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson said Wednesday."There have been very effective procedures in place," he said. ...
Scientists: Gulf spill far bigger than Valdez
COVINGTON, La. - An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history.A team of scientists trying to determine how much ...
Oil spill command cannot confirm "top kill" success
(Reuters) - The unified command tackling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cannot confirm or deny a Los Angeles Times report that BP "top kill" operation to plug its leaking well has succeeded, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. "At the moment, we can't confirm or deny anything," she ...
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama, fighting to stay ahead of the political storm over the Gulf oil spill, is expected to announce on Thursday that the government will impose tougher safety requirements and more rigorous inspections on off-shore drilling operations. The steps come at what could be a turning point for Mr. ...
BP still important for US despite oil spill: chairman
LONDON – BP's chairman insisted Tuesday the British energy group remained an "important company for the US" despite the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in comments to a newspaper."The US is a big and important market for BP, and BP is also a big and important company for the ...
Cap on oil spill damages under fire
NEW YORK -- Lawmakers tore in to administration officials Tuesday, saying the law that may limit BP's liability for economic damages to $75 million needs to be changed retroactively."A year from now the TV cameras will not be there, and some fisherman will go try to get damages from BP, ...
BP Resists EPA’s Order to Use Less Toxic Dispersant
If BP had followed the Environmental Protection Agency directive to switch to a less toxic dispersant, the company should’ve already been applying a different dispersant to the Gulf oil spill by now. Instead, over the weekend, BP told the EPA that it was going to continue to use Corexit, which, ...
Fishermen Report Illness From BP Chemicals
LAFITTE, La. -- More and more stories about sick fishermen are beginning to surface after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The fishermen are working out in the Gulf -- many of them all day, every day -- to clean up the spill. They said they blame their ailments ...
U.S. Should Shut BP Atlantis Platform, Lawmaker Says
The U.S. Interior Department should shut BP Plc’s Atlantis platform in the Gulf of Mexico pending the completion of a safety investigation which began in March, Representative Raul Grijalva said. Grijalva asked other Congressmen to sign a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, according to an e-mail from his office ...
Oil soaks into the Louisiana bayou as BP admits leak may be heavier than first revealed
The worst fears of people in Louisiana happened Thursday as crude oil began oozing into fragile marshlands, and BP conceded for the first time that more fuel was leaking into the Gulf of Mexico than previously estimated."The day that we have all been fearing is upon us today," Louisiana Governor ...
Astronauts see ‘scary’ oil spill from space
The dramatic flood of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is an alarming sight from space, cosmonauts and astronauts on the International Space Station said Tuesday.The huge oil slick off the Louisiana began April 20 when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by British Petroleum exploded and later sank. The ...
Africa's oil spills are far from U.S. media glare
(Reuters) - Oil gushing from an undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico has damaged BP's reputation and share price but accidents involving other companies in less scrutinized parts of the world have avoided the media glare. Investors have knocked around $30 billion off BP's value since an explosion at ...
Spill reinforces oil bad will for American Indians
POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. — Like many American Indians on the bayou, Emary Billiot blames oil companies for ruining his ancestral marsh over the decades. Still, he's always been able to fish — but now even that is not a certainty. An oil spill — 5 million gallons and counting — spreading ...
Ten-mile oil plume found beneath surface of Gulf of Mexico
Ocean scientists in the Gulf of Mexico have found giant plumes of oil coagulating at up to 1,300 metres below the surface, raising fears that the BP oil spill may be larger than had been thought and that it might create huge "dead zones".Experts from the National Institute for Undersea ...
FIRST VIDEO RELEASED: Oil Spewing from Offshore Drilling Rig 5,000 Feet Deep in the Gulf of Mexico
100511-G-0000X-001 Crater Plume GassingROBERT, La. -- Oil and gas stream from the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well May 11, 2010. This video is from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser. This leak is located approximately 460 feet from the top of the blowout preventer and rests ...
Vote on banning offshore drilling, Crist says
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday Floridians should vote on banning offshore oil drilling but legislative leaders accused him of trying to slide into the U.S. Senate on the BP oil spill."I think it's important that we go ahead and have a special session . . . to put ...
Dead dolphins found on Gulf Coast; oil role unclear
HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related, though other factors may be to blame.Blair Mase of the National Marine Fisheries Service said Tuesday the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama since May 2. ...
Gulf oil spill turning ‘unbelievably bad'
WASHINGTON – With a quick solution ominously uncertain, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is on track to become an unprecedented economic and environmental disaster with millions of gallons of oil destroying an ecosystem as well as a way of life. BP America said Monday that it would ...
U.S. Climate Bill Would Expand Offshore Drilling, Cut Emissions
Two U.S. senators plan to unveil legislation today that aims to expand offshore oil and natural- gas production and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below their 2005 level by 2020. The bill by Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman tries to remake the nation’s energy sector amid lawmaker ...
Wisconsin protesters rally against oil spill
MADISON (WKOW) -- Even though Madison is 900 miles from the Gulf Coast, people here are still worried about the oil spill and its effect on the country. On Tuesday, a handful of protesters - along with a former BP geologist - speak out on the issue."To my mind we have to be more ...
Protest staged at BP gas station in Edison
EDISON, NJ — Area residents and environment activists staged a boycott of BP gas stations last week in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf Shore region. The Edison Wetlands Association helped organize the rally outside the BP station on Route 1 south on May 5, along with ...
Protests as US Congress opens oil spill hearing
WASHINGTON — Protesters called out "BP kills" and waved signs denouncing the British energy giant Tuesday as the US Congress opened its first hearing into the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."BP kills wildlife, BP kills people, BP kills the planet," two of the demonstrators, members of the ...
Oil executives shift blame at Senate hearing
Three big oil and oil service companies all pointed fingers at one another for blame in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in testimony Tuesday at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. While saying that it was too early to make a final determination of the cause of the ...
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