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Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:00 |
By Stephen Power – The Wall Street Journal
The independent commission appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will hold its first formal meeting Monday, but it is already at the center of several battles raging in Washington.
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Monday, 05 July 2010 00:00 |
By David A. Fahrenthold – The Washington Post
How dead is the Gulf of Mexico? It is perhaps the most important question of the BP oil spill -- but scientists don't appear close to answering it despite a historically vast effort.
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Friday, 02 July 2010 00:00 |
By William Hageman – Tribune Newspapers
Wetlands and beaches have been scarred, bird and marine life devastated and livelihoods destroyed, but for the average U.S. consumer, the impact of the BP oil disaster has yet to hit home. That could change in the months ahead, of course, but for now there's no need to alter your menu.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 00:00 |
By Ann Zimmerman – The Wall Street Journal
New Orleans—As Hurricane Alex targeted the western side of the U.S. Gulf Coast, whipping waves into a fury, government officials along Louisiana's southern tip feared the storm would push more oil from BP PLC's broken well into fragile wetlands.
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 00:00 |
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By Paul Fassa – Natural News
What surface oil dispersant for oil spills is so toxic and ineffective it has been banned in England for a decade? The one that British Petroleum (BP) is using now in the Gulf of Mexico. It's loaded with 2-butoxyethanol, which kills marine and wetland wild life while causing serious lung problems to humans!
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Friday, 02 July 2010 00:00 |
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By Patrick Reis and Allison Winter – The New York Times
Scientists are working to lure migrating birds away from the oil in the Gulf of Mexico and toward safe habitat.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 00:00 |
By Andrew Zajac - Tribune Washington Bureau
a federal conservation agency said Monday that it would begin paying some gulf region farmers and ranchers to flood their fields so that migratory birds can find alternative rest and nesting grounds to oil-fouled habitats. The Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative will pay to use up to 150,000 acres of land "to provide feeding, loafing and resting areas for migratory birds," according to an announcement by the Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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