‘Oil Spill Claims’ Archives
Gulf oil spill: the aftermath
Gulf oil spill: the aftermath By MERLIN FLOWER for OIL-PRICE.NET, 2010/06/07 Forty long days, and the saga of the Gulf oil spill continues unabated. The efforts to contain the spill seem doltish in multi levels, more confounded as weeks march by, latest in the series 'top kill' too failing to plug the fissured well. Shifting strategies but failed [...]
Oil Spill May Be Big, but New York Is Safe, Study Shows
Surfing has a way of making the problems of the real world seemingly disappear, at least for as long as one is lucky enough to be in the water. But the BP oil disaster has infiltrated the happily mundane talk of the lineup in a way few news stories have in recent years, with nervous chatter focused on whether the oil will find its way into [...]
Repeating Ixtoc's Oil-Soaked History
Enlarge Win McNamee/Getty Images Contract workers hired to pick up oil that washes ashore patrol past a family on Dauphin Island, Ala. Oil believed to be from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident began to appear earlier this week on the shores of Alabama. Win McNamee/Getty Images Contract workers hired to pick up oil that washes ashore patrol [...]
Arctic Ocean drilling decision panned, praised
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's congressional delegation on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama's decision to delay offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, saying the move will cause more delays and could have big economic consequences.Environmental and Alaska Native groups, meanwhile, reacted with gratitude.Obama announced Thursday that [...]
Not One Red Cent: Crist Uses Oil Spill for Campaign Cash
Reaching lower levels of decency than one could fathom, Charlie Crist is now using the BP oil spill to raise campaign cash.Via Ben Smith at PoliticoNot One Red Cent: Crist Uses Oil Spill for Campaign Cash
