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 ...
Protesters outside BP-owned Arco station at Olympic and Robertson
Several dozen protesters staged a mock oil slick outside the BP-owned ARCO gas station on the corner of Robertson and Olympic boulevards at noon today.Today’s gathering was organized by the Sierra Club – one of the nation’s oldest and largest environmental organizations with 1.4 million members.Associate press secretary David Graham-Caso ...
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 ...
Activists protest offshore drilling at Miami Beach rally
Environmental activists rallied against offshore drilling Tuesday morning in Miami Beach. With large, black-plastic tarps -- meant to replicate oil slicks -- blowing in the wind, several dozen people passed over sunbathers and tourists in beach chairs in an attempt to show the impact oil would have on the pristine ...
You'll Pry My Car Out of my Cold, Dead Hands
The scope of the tragedy of the undersea oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico is shocking. Please don’t call it a “spill” the gash in our Mother Earth is literally hemorrhaging oily death-blood. British Petroleum, the company who owns the offshore well, gave “liberally” to candidates in the 2008 ...
Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana
The Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana.A "mobile inland drilling unit" overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 near Morgan City, the Coast Guard said in a statement.There were no reports of injuries, the Coast ...
Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez
VENICE, La. – An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control with a faint sheen washing ashore along the Gulf Coast Thursday night as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.The spill was bigger than imagined ...
Gulf oil spill could reach shore Thursday night
NEW ORLEANS – The edge of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach the Mississippi River delta by Thursday night and a new technique to break up the oil a mile underwater could be tried, officials said.As of this morning, part of the slick ...
U.S. backs plan to stop leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well
U.S. agencies on Sunday approved a plan to use remote-controlled underwater vehicles to seal a leaking oil well beneath a drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week.The well, 5,000 feet under the ocean surface off Louisiana's coast, is leaking about 1,000 barrels of oil ...
Subs sent to seal leaks as US oil slick spreads
Robotic submarines are on Monday racing to stop oil from a sunken rig streaming into the Gulf of Mexico, as BP warned that sealing the seabed leaks could take three months if the operation fails. The British energy giant -- which leases the stricken Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible platform -- is ...
Recharging debate, Obama expands offshore drilling
WASHINGTON – Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling Wednesday, widening the politically explosive hunt for more homegrown oil and gas.Obama's ...
Obama clears way for oil drilling off US coasts
WASHINGTON – Reversing a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. shores, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an expansive new policy that could put new oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska.Speaking at Andrews air ...
Protesters across Florida rally against offshore oil drilling
Fort Lauderdale - They looked like dark spots of tar freshly washed upon the shore. The black sweaters and jackets they wore on the chilly Saturday afternoon symbolized what could happen to South Florida beaches in the event of an oil spill caused by offshore drilling in the Gulf of ...
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