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Oil Spill Cleanup Methods   The devastating oil spill in the Gulf started way back on April 20th of 2010, after the DeepWater Horizon Oil rig exploded killing 11 workers. Since then, crude oil has been pouring in to the Gulf of Mexico with estimates somewhere between 1 to 2 million gallons...
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BP was running a crucial test on Thursday on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well that could stanch the flow of crude that has polluted the ocean and shoreline since April. BP began the process on Wednesday night, which could stretch up to 48 hours. The British energy giant began the tests after get...
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  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP finally choked off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday — 85 days and up to 184 million gallons after the crisis unfolded — then began a tense 48 hours of watching to see whether the capped-off well would hold or blow a new leak. To the relief of million...
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  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is issuing a new moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling and it's no longer based on water depth. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made the announcement Monday, arguing that a pause is still needed to ensure that oil and gas companies implement s...
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  The Gulf oil spill appeared momentarily to have been stopped by the latest containment cap, PBS Newshour and CNN reported. "There does not appear to be oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico," reported PBS based on its live feed of the spill. "Details of the new containment cap will be confirm...
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BP has confirmed a new sealing cap has been successfully placed over the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico but as oil continues to pour into the ocean it says the relief wells remain the sole means to permanently seal and isolate the well. BP also cautioned the sealing cap system has never before has b...
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By Ayesha Rascoe NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 13 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. agency charged with regulating offshore oil drilling on Tuesday defended the new deepwater drilling moratorium, saying the risk of another disaster remains too high as the government battles to deal with the BP oil sp...
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  That's via the folks at Energy Savvy.If only the Senate had some sort of legislative strategy that could put this information to use ... oh, wait, it does! Home Star legislation will spur the retrofit of 3.3 million homes, enough to save the energy floating in the Gulf 44 times over, at roug...
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  In the weeks since I first wrote about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the situation seems to have gone from bad to worse. While Seacology has no projects in the Gulf, there are many islands in the region, and many more marine and costal wildlife and ecosystems similar to those S...
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In what can only be a comment made due to consuming a disproportionate amount of anti-represents or arrogance, BP’s COO Doug Suttles said he was proud of his company’s actions in response to the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Maybe someone should tell him that there is still 60,000 barrels ...
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  The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a national nightmare that seems to have no ending. Every day new details come out that are even more shocking than what we learned the day before. The truth is that life will never be the same in the Gulf of Mexico or for those who live along the Gulf coast....
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Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea for at least two days until a new seal can be mounted to capture all of it.There's no guarantee for s...
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A SUPERTANKER has begun skimming oil in the Gulf of Mexico as the disaster became the worst accidental spill on record, surpassed only by the deliberate release by Iraqi troops during the 1991 Gulf War. An estimated 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil per day has been gushing out of the ruptured we...
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Oil was spewing largely unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico as BP crews claimed progress Sunday in the first stages of replacing a leaky cap with a new containment system they hope will finally catch all the crude from the busted well. The Associated PressIn this image taken from video provided by BP...
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WASHINGTON — How dead is the Gulf of Mexico? By David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post  |  July 6, 2010 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. In the 2 1/2 months since the ...
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As you can see, birds are hit hardest (or most often discovered). So we headed to the International Bird Rescue's Buras, LA operation, where they take many of the oiled pelicans, gulls, and terns.Most of the birds spend 2-3 weeks in recovery and they spend the first week very stressed out due to all...
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Oil company BP says the cost of clean up efforts and damage claims has now risen to $3.1 billion from the oil spill that has fouled hundreds of kilometers of beaches and damaged the economies of four southeastern Gulf states. BP said Monday the costs include $147 million in damage payments to peopl...
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  Deepak Chopra and a group called the Evolutionary Leaders issued a Gulf Call to Sacred Action last week--to help spark a broad and multi-faceted popular response to the Gulf oil spill through integrating spirituality and activism. Featuring three on-line/call-in events, an eight point action...
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