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Doomed: “They destroyed our lives” says business owner — “I’m done. It’s just too much. I’m about ready for counseling”

December 31st, 2010 at 04:14 PM

Cleanup of Gulf Coast nears end, but buried oil in sands may linger for a ... Read more >>

AP: “So much oil under the sand… may be washing up for months, if not years” — BP worker: “You definitely smell it. It hits you in the face”

December 31st, 2010 at 02:10 PM

Cleanup of Gulf Coast nears end, but buried oil in sands may linger for a ... Read more >>

“BP is going to come back from this” says member of Obama’s commission investigating oil disaster

December 31st, 2010 at 12:41 PM

BP's spill costs look manageable, Independent Online, December, 29 2010:

“It could have been a lot ... Read more >>

Florida Paper: “Oil Spill Devastates Economy”

December 31st, 2010 at 10:29 AM

Oil Spill Devastates Economy, Gulfbreeze News, December 30, 2010:

#1 The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill ... Read more >>

Aliphatic hydrocarbons in Gulf seafood test at DOUBLE the risk level set by U.S.-funded working group — “Associated with liver damage”

December 31st, 2010 at 08:52 AM

Panel challenges Gulf seafood safety all-clear, MSNBC, December 27, 2010:

[William Sawyer, a Florida-based toxicologist] says ... Read more >>

Oil “melt” next summer? Warm water allows submerged oil to surface says environmental expert

December 31st, 2010 at 07:11 AM

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaves Gulf coast forever changed, Gulfbreeze News, December 30, 2010:

“If ... Read more >>

Congressman “praises ‘tremendous’ BP spill” — Oil was “blossoming out”

December 30th, 2010 at 10:18 PM

New Science Committee Chair Ralph Hall Praises ‘Tremendous’ BP Spill, Think Progress via Dallas News, ... Read more >>

MSNBC: "Is dispersant still being sprayed in the gulf?" -- "Based on their data, it does appear that dispersant is present" says professor

December 30th, 2010 at 05:54 PM

Is dispersant still being sprayed in the gulf, MSNBC, December 26, 2010:

An independent marine chemist ... Read more >>

52%: Church feeds 1,200 people in coastal Alabama town with population of only 2,300 — “They’ve all been directly affected by the Gulf oil spill”

December 24th, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Alabama and the Oil Spill: Bayou la Batre, WBHM, December 23, 2010:

They're black, white, Hispanic, ... Read more >>

"Unprecedented": Coldest December ever recorded in Scotland; Record snow fall in London -- Weather causes BP prices to rise

December 24th, 2010 at 06:57 AM

On course to become the coldest December since records began in 1910 -- The Herald, ... Read more >>

“Like a brown poisonous tide”: Oily sheen bubbling up in marsh grass — Not much different than in August

December 23rd, 2010 at 09:02 AM

Hunting for Oil in the Muddy Waters of the Gulf Shore, Rocky Kistner, NRDC, December ... Read more >>

Fracked up: Nungesser pushing to drill for “natural” gas in Plaquemines — A deal with the “devil’s little brother”?

December 23rd, 2010 at 08:14 AM

Nungesser pushes for natural-gas exploration in area hardest hit by BP spill, Yahoo News, December ... Read more >>

Stephen Baldwin suing Kevin Costner for millions over BP 'trick'

December 23rd, 2010 at 06:14 AM

"Stephen Baldwin has sued Kevin Costner, claiming Costner and others tricked him" ... Read more >>

Editorial board warns readers to “ignore” Feds’ latest report — “Florida should listen to the outsiders”

December 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 AM

The BP Spill: Hold off on the high-fives after Coast Guard report, Palm Beach Post, ... Read more >>

To feed their children Gulf residents "have sold their furniture, their TVs"; "Picking up aluminum cans"

December 22nd, 2010 at 10:55 AM

"People came out in hundreds waiting in line for the food drive" ... Read more >>

Researchers who caught mullets filled with oil “did not catch non-oiled fish”

December 22nd, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Email from John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D., Director of the Maine Center for Toxicology and ... Read more >>

Times Picayune: "Many" Gulf residents are "experiencing serious physical" problems

December 22nd, 2010 at 09:18 AM

Gulf residents, businesses say they're still suffering from BP oil spill effects, Times-Picayune, December 22, ... Read more >>

“Mats of algae” collecting on beaches throughout Gulf with “aroma of hydrocarbons and a coppery oily smear to the touch” (PHOTOS)

December 22nd, 2010 at 08:03 AM

Gulf War Wages On, BP Slick via Gulf Oil Spill Project, December 21, 2010:

Mats of ... Read more >>

Report from Long Beach, MS: "No sign of life in the water" -- No bait fish, no shrimp, no hermit crabs (VIDEO)

December 22nd, 2010 at 05:32 AM

I Believe They've Killed the Gulf, deniselngbch, December 12, 2010:

(at 5:00 min in)

There is absolutely ... Read more >>

Paper: Current situation with Gulf seafood safety is "intolerable"

December 21st, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Settle seafood question now, The Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), December 21, 2010:

The current situation, in which ... Read more >>

Acres of 1" thick black mats cover beach at Dauphin Island (PHOTOS)

December 20th, 2010 at 05:07 PM

Will Alabama Beaches Never Be The Same?, John Wathen via BP Oil Slick, December 15, ... Read more >>

BP/Feds did not look for oil in water more than 10 feet deep… due to “restriction”

December 20th, 2010 at 01:52 PM

Government report: Not much subsea oil, but tar mats from oil spill still near beaches, ... Read more >>

Scientists find “lots of oil and dead animals on the sea floor at a spot very close to where the government said it barely found any oil”

December 20th, 2010 at 12:12 PM

U.S. finds little BP oil on seafloor; some don't buy it, AP, December 17, 2010: ... Read more >>

“I have nowhere left to turn”: BP refuses claim of “gravely ill” cleanup worker — “Can never recover money for medical bills and other expenses”

December 20th, 2010 at 10:35 AM

Official warns against quick settlement, Houma Today, December 18, 2010:

Clayton Matherne of Bayou Blue, who ... Read more >>

Feds’ Report: Sediment testing “found a chemical contained in dispersant, but its environmental impact is unknown”

December 20th, 2010 at 08:17 AM

BP Oil on Gulf Floor Draws Concern, Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2010:

Oil from BP ... Read more >>

New Orleans toxicologist warns about seafood, urges family members not to eat it — Only 8 ounces of fish tested to open 10,000 square miles

December 20th, 2010 at 06:39 AM

Safety of Gulf seafood debated 8 months after BP oil spill, Times-Picayune, December 19, 2010:

"Since ... Read more >>

“Dangerously High Levels”: Snapper caught near Pensacola, FL “contaminated with nearly 3,000 PPM of total petroleum hydrocarbons”

December 20th, 2010 at 05:02 AM

EXCLUSIVE TEST RESULTS: Red Snapper Sample from Off Pensacola Shows Dangerously High Levels of Contamination ... Read more >>

Rainbow foam washing up in Alabama — “Thick, brown sludge” along top of sand (VIDEO)

December 16th, 2010 at 05:14 PM

Will Our Beaches Never Be The Same, hccreekkeeper, December 15, 2010:

At 4:00 ... Read more >>

Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal “striking resemblances between BP’s Gulf of Mexico disaster and a little-reported giant gas leak” in 2008

December 16th, 2010 at 04:04 PM

WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform, The Guardian, December 16, 2010:

Striking resemblances ... Read more >>

Same company that recertified Deepwater Horizon safety program “while the rig was still burning in the Gulf” is “conducting the examination” into failed BOP

December 16th, 2010 at 02:39 PM

Rig worker says she can't testify at spill hearing, Associated Press, December 9, 2010:

A Norwegian ... Read more >>

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