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Oil Spill
The Oil Spill Hurricane? All Eyes Monitor Possible Tropical Storm
Out in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters are already watching a vast stretch of unstable weather – weather that now has a 40 percent chance of a coalescing into a tropical cyclone by Friday. (via NOAA)
BP Removes Busted Cap from Oil Spill Site
Mo’ problems, mo’ oil.
BP’s In-House Magazine: Oil Spill Has a Silver Lining!
Add it to the ever-lengthening list of BP PR gaffes.
Is It Time to Resume Deep-Water Drilling?
Support to overturn the temporary ban is coming from an unlikely place: the gulf states.
Oil Spill Kills Off the Romantic Beach Wedding
We know the fisherman and the rig workers are hurting in the Gulf states. But who’s looking out for the wedding DJ?
Tony Hayward Cancels a Keynote Appearance
Perhaps the message would be somewhat mixed.
Terrifying New Scenario: An Oil-Spill Tsunami?
A global risk specialist at the Huffington Post is warning that a vast reservoir of methane could unleash a terrifying tsunami at the site of the oil spill.
The Man in Charge: Tony Hayward Ditches Gulf For Yacht Race
The storyline Friday was that Hayward was handing over oil spill oversight to other members of the BP team. But on Saturday, the company raced to reassert that Hayward was indeed the man in charge in the Gulf – right around the …
Louisiana’s Oil Spill Solution: Hope for a Miracle
With word that the worst-case scenario could be 100,000 barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf, Lousiana turned to a higher power for hope to staunch the gusher.
Could the Gulf Oil Spill Continue for Two Years?
That was the startling number tossed around late Friday by experts, after listening to Tony Hayward’s congressional testimony about the size of the Gulf well. (via The Guardian)
Did the Oil Spill Kill a Sperm Whale?
Think BP’s PR couldn’t possibly get worse? It turns out the company’s oil spill may have just killed an endangered animal.