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Oil on Orange Beach, spill keeps looking worse

The spill was flowing at a daily rate that could possibly have been as high as 2.1 million gallons, twice the highest number the federal government had been saying.
BP's gulf oil spill response plan lists the walrus as a local species. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is furious.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is angry and frustrated at BP's 2009 response plan for a Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which lists walruses, sea otters, sea lions, and seals as 'sensitive biological resources' and names a man who died in 2005 as a national wildlife expert.
BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf oil spill

The next chance for stopping the Gulf oil spill won't come until two relief wells meant to plug the reservoir for good are finished in August.
Once again, BP experiment in Gulf spill hits snag, beaches unprotected by oil containment booms

BP CEO says BP and its oil containment booms had been successful in keeping most of the oil away from the eastern coast.
Thunderstorms, stuck saw stall BP oil spill cleanup, containment

Efforts to curb the effects of the worst oil spill in US history have hit multiple snags.
Effort to cut and cap Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw

Engineers may have to bring in a second saw to finish the cut-and-cap operation.