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Link: Want the Good News First?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/opinion/28friedman.html...
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The Gulf Coast doesn't look so bad on the surface. But it's the unknowns that nobody is talking about.
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Link: Gulf Surface Oil Vanishing Quickly
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/us/28spill.html?partner...
The oil is clearing much faster than expected, but concern remains over the unseen effects.
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Link: Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Safety Concerns
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?pa...
A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.
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Link: After Oil Spills, Hidden Damage Can Last for Years
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/science/earth/18enviro....
Every oil spill is different, but the thread that unites some major ones is a growing scientific awareness of the persistent damage that spills can do.
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Link: Sifting a Range of Suspects as Gulf Wildlife Dies
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/science/earth/15necrops...
The vast majority of the dead animals that have been found along the Gulf Coast show no visible signs of oil contamination.
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Link: At BP, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/business/energy-environ...
In pursuit of growth and profits, BP has taken monumental risks and suffered the consequences. But its record shows that it has been unable or unwilling to learn from its expensive mistakes.
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Image: Thanks To BP, This Is A Whale
A sperm whale found 70 miles from the Gulf Coast oil spill. Beware, the truth is graphic.
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Link: Latest blunder feeds frustration in the Gulf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
AP - Earlier this month, BP boldly predicted the oil gushing from the bottom of the sea would be reduced to a “relative trickle” within days, and President Barack Obama told the nation last week that as much as 90 percent would soon be captured. But those goals seemed wildly optimistic Thursday afte
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Link: BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/us/24rig.html?partner=r...
BP is moving ahead with an Alaska project considered “onshore” because it sits on an artificial island built by the company.
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Link: Cap back after robot nudge stalls oil collection
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
AP - A cap was back in place on BP's broken oil well after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the most effective method so far for containing some of the massive Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Link: Robot nudge foils Gulf oil collection for a day
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
AP - One nudge by a deep-sea robot, and BP had to back off its most effective method so far for containing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
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Link: Cap Collecting Oil From Gulf of Mexico Leak
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Oil had spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico for much of the day Wednesday before engineers reattached a cap being used to contain the gusher and direct some of the crude to a surface ship.
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Link: Engineers Uncap Broken Oil Well in Gulf of Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Engineers had to completely uncap the broken oil well spewing into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into machinery being used to collect the spilled fuel. Hundreds of thousands of gallons more poured into the water as crews scrambled to replace a critical component.
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Link: Head of $20B Oil Spill Fund Travels Back to The Gulf
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
The man in charge of a $20 billion fund to compensate people whose livelihoods have been ruined by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill headed back to the coast Tuesday to talk with officials about the claims process.
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Link: Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/us/21blowout.html?partn...
The federal agency charged with regulating offshore drilling repeatedly declined to act on advice on how it could minimize the risk of a failure of the device, an examination found.
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Link: BP Gulf Spill Costs Hit $2 billion, No End Yet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
BP has spent $2 billion in two months of fighting its Gulf of Mexico oil spill and compensating victims, with no end in sight to the disaster or the price tag.
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Link: Crews Drill into Gulf to Stop Oil
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Fly by helicopter above the patchy wetlands along the Mississippi River Delta and past the floating boom and skimmers that have failed to protect the Gulf Coast from the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Keep following the finger-like oil slicks speckled orange and brown that threaten it still.
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Link: BP CEO’s Yacht Outing Infuriates Gulf Residents
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100619/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Who's in charge? Depends on who you ask.
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Link: Gulf Oil Full of Methane
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
The crude gushing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the ecosystem.
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Link: ‘Shame on you’: BP exec pilloried by lawmakers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Channeling the nation's anger, lawmakers pilloried BP's boss in a withering day of judgment Thursday for the oil company at the center of the Gulf calamity. Unflinching, BP chief executive Tony Hayward said he was out of the loop on decisions at the well and coolly asserted, “I'm not stonewalli
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Link: Tony Hayward Accused of ‘Kicking Can Down the Road’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
Chastened by heavy criticism, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward insisted Thursday he was “devastated with this accident” in the Gulf of Mexico and denied shunning tough questions from Congress on the nation's worst oil spill.
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Link: Lawmakers Slam BP’s Hayward Over Gulf Spill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100617/bs_nm/us_oil_spill
Angry U.S. lawmakers hammered BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward at a congressional hearing on Thursday, accusing his company of taking “extreme risks” that triggered the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Link: BP CEO Says He’s ‘Deeply Sorry’
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BP-oil-exec-accused-of-apf-...
Chastened by heavy criticism from lawmakers, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward said Thursday he was “deeply sorry” for his company's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Link: BP’s CEO Hearing Rhetorical Broadsides in Congress
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
BP's humbled CEO sat grim-faced Thursday as a House chairman accused him of being oblivious to the risks of the company's deep water operations. Tony Hayward waited his turn to tell Congress he was “deeply sorry” for his company's catastrophic oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Link: BP CEO Faces Lawmakers in Gulf Oil Spill Hearing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_o...
In an atmosphere of high tension, a House panel has opened Congress' first hearing with BP CEO Tony Hayward answering questions about the catastrophic Gulf Coast oil spill.
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Link: Lawmakers Grill BP Boss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100617/ts_nm/us_oil_spill
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward faced the wrath of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday as he appeared before a congressional hearing to apologize for the worst oil spill in U.S. history and say it should never have happened.
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Link: BP Agrees to $20 Billion Spill Fund and Cuts Dividend
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100617/ts_nm/us_oil_spill
Reuters - Under intense pressure from U.S. President Barack Obama, BP Plc said on Wednesday it will set up a $20 billion fund for damage claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, sell assets and suspend dividend payments to shareholders.
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