Gulf of Mexico
Pressure mounts on BP to pay claims and curb gusher
June 14, 2010President Obama is back in the Gulf of Mexico for a two-day tour followed by a national prime-time TV address Tuesday, June 15, on the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history.
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Oil plumes spreading under Gulf “like ash from a volcano”
June 8, 2010Government officials confirmed today that oil as far as 3,300 feet below the surface is traveling in clouds through large areas of the subsea Gulf of Mexico. At a news briefing, Jane Lubchenko, of the National...
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Outrage spurs BP boycott
June 1, 2010Outraged at the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, a movement to boycott BP is growing across the country.
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Exxon Valdez survivors and Gulf residents fight the same battle
May 19, 2010They may be four thousand miles apart but the people in this region are joining a battle taken up more than 20 years ago by the residents of Cordova, a small Alaskan fishing village.
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Oil spill could surge, lawmaker warns
May 11, 2010Oil gushing from the BP well off the coast of Louisiana could surge to 60,000 barrels a day if the company's plan to cap it with a four-story metal container fails, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said...
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