Topic: Deepwater Horizon
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Obama vs. Romney 101: 7 ways they differ on energy issues
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney claim to want to expand America’s access to conventional fuels and green energy. But their energy plans have very different flavors.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/20
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In Pictures: Gulf oil spill one year later
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/01
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Pollution
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BP oil disaster: new oil numbers suggest more environmental damage
New figures could mean 42 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the Gulf's delicate ecosystem.
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New BP oil spill flow estimates: 20,000 to 40,000 barrels per day
The latest revisions from four teams of scientists find that up to 1.76 million barrels from the BP oil spill had escaped into the Gulf of Mexico by June 3.
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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.
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Using bankruptcy law now won't help BP, its US workers or oil spill cleanup
Industry analysts say seeking protection under the bankruptcy law now won't help BP pay its US workers and retirees, nor the cleanup from the Gulf oil spill.
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Why BP wants to stop the Gulf oil spill as much as Obama
Money is talking loudly to BP, even without President Obama’s recent threat to 'kick' the company’s backside. The financial imperative is visible in BP's stock price, which has fallen by roughly half.
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BP: We've been too slow to pay Gulf oil spill claims
A federal official said Thursday that BP acknowledged it has been too slow in paying claims to people affected by the Gulf oil spill. BP has vowed to streamline the process.
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BP Oil Spill: Is it time for the Pentagon to take over?
The BP oil spill relief effort lacks a clear command-and-control structure, senators said at a hearing Friday. Some suggest that greater Pentagon involvement would help.
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BP oil spill: What we're learning about humans and the sea
For centuries, we have treated the sea as limitless resource and a bottomless dump. The BP oil spill may change that.
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Share price of BP falls after US demand to pay more for oil spill fallout
Shares of BP have fallen Thursday in London after US politicians called for the company to halt dividend payments and pay more compensation to American workers and companies adversely affected by the Gulf oil spill.
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BP takes Gulf oil spill heat, but what about other companies?
BP accepts responsibility for the massive Gulf oil spill, making it a lightning rod for public rebuke. But other companies, including Transocean and Halliburton, may be legally liable, too.
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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.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/09
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Gulf oil spill: Why BP's cap success is turning sour
BP's containment cap is collecting 630,000 gallons of oil a day. It could be collecting more, but BP failed to send another tanker to increase capacity. And some scientists think the process of fitting the cap on the well made the situation worse.
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Gulf oil spill: Why is it so hard to stop?
Working in the deep sea at the source of the Gulf oil spill is a bit like working in space, say scientists. It's a hard place to get to, a tricky space in which to maneuver, and subject to daunting laws of physics.
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BP live feed doesn't lie: Is BP oil spill plume worse than before?
BP says it's capturing the 'majority' of oil from the Macondo wellhead after placing a 'top cap' siphon on it last week. Yet judging by the size of the plume on the BP live feed, some fear the BP oil spill is even worse after the operation than before.
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Gulf oil spill: Louisiana's berm plan bold but full of uncertainty
The plan to build 90 miles of sand berms to protect Louisiana wetlands from the Gulf oil spill is now getting under way. But it could take nine months and have unintended consequences.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/07
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After oil spill cleanup, will we tighten the laws?
As the BP oil spill cleanup continued last week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) proposed new legislative action that would raise the BP's liability. Are we entering a new era of increased regulation?
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Enter the no-spin zone of the deep: the BP live feed
The last thing BP wanted was images of the undersea oil plume in the Gulf shown to the world. Yet the live ‘spillcam’ of the Deepwater Horizon geyser may have tempered ill-will against BP.
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Obama taps inner memoirist to tell BP oil spill story
President Obama has struggled to show he’s engaged and concerned during the BP oil spill. But as the disaster wears on, showing emotion and tapping his inner writer could help Obama's standing.
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BP oil spill poses growing worry for US seafood restaurants
Seafood restaurants and others are tracking the BP oil spill and trying to glean just how much impact it will have on menu prices and consumer perception.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/04
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What popularity of the BP live feed 'spillcam' says about us
The BP live feed of the Gulf oil spill is proving to be mesmerizing to millions of Web viewers.
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Louisianans to Obama on BP oil spill: Show us we matter
As President Obama visits Louisiana Friday for the third time for an on-scene update of the BP oil spill, some residents report a nagging feeling that the US response would have been more vigorous if the accident had happened elsewhere.
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Gooey tar balls seen near Pensacola Beach on Florida's Gulf coast
Tar balls have been seen near Pensacola Beach, Florida as the BP Gulf oil spill continues a month and a half after the Deepwater Horizon well explosion.
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