"Gulf Spill Could Have Alaska Repercussions"
"The oil gushing from a Gulf of Mexico oil well has the potential to touch Alaska in many ways."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 05/03/2010
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"Climate Bill Could Be Harmed By Gulf Oil Spill"
"A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/03/2010
"Containment Booms No Help; Slick Oozes To Shore"
"Heavy winds continued to whip up high waves on the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, thwarting attempts to contain the growing slick that's washing ashore in southern Louisiana and threatening the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. Rough waves rolled over containment booms, pushing oil-slicked water closer to shore, where wetlands and other fragile ecosystems stand at risk."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2010
Gulf Slick Size Triples in Two Days
Federal agencies and BP were embarrassed when their lowball estimates of the volume of oil spilling into the Gulf were corrected by a small, independent environmental group analyzing federal satellite data from their West Virginia office. The finding called into question the credibility of federal and company statements.
Source: OnEarth, 05/03/2010
Obama Goes to Gulf, Talks to Fishers About Disaster
"Calling the expanding plume of oil rising from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico a crisis of dramatic proportion, President Barack Obama told Louisiana oyster farmers and the country Sunday that the full force of the federal government was focused on assisting southeast Louisiana."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/03/2010
"Oil Spill: What Is the Threat To Gulf of Mexico Seafood?"
"Along with officials' consistently cautious predictions about the scope of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, another group has been calling for a tempering of dire oil-spill forecasts: the Gulf of Mexico seafood industry."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/30/2010
"Rig Explosion Dirties BP's Green Image"
"BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes 'beyond petroleum.' That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company's inability to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 04/30/2010
"Crist Rethinks Support of Offshore Drilling"
"The oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico is sending ripples through Florida and national politics, giving Gov. Charlie Crist a reason to withdraw his support for offshore drilling." Crist Thursday announced he would bolt the Republican party and run for re-election without party affiliation.
Source: Miami Herald, 04/30/2010
"Oil Companies Brace for Political Whirlwind"
"Three words: oil-soaked shorebirds."
Source: Greenwire, 04/30/2010
Federal Agencies Launch Investigations into Rig Explosion, Fire
"The US government made its first major moves on Apr. 27 in response to the Apr. 20 explosion and fire on the Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig in the Gulf of Mexico as the Departments of Interior and Homeland Security launched a joint investigation."
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, 04/30/2010
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