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High Chance of Oil Hitting South Fla.

A new computer model shows oil from the massive Gulf of Mexico spill has as high as an 80 percent chance of reaching the Florida Keys and Miami. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the forecast Friday. It shows … Continue reading

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Morris: Obama’s big oil spill bungle (3)

It’s one thing to say that Obama’s administration showed ineptitude and mismanagement in its handling of the Gulf oil spill. It is quite another to grasp the situation up close, as I did during a recent visit to Alabama. According … Continue reading

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US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is working … Continue reading

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Deepwater Drilling Ban Lifted (2)

A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Drilling services shares jumped on the news. Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper … Continue reading

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Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns (1)

It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico’s fragile ecosystem. The oil emanating from the seafloor … Continue reading

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Oil hits Ala. beaches; worst yet since spill (3)

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s beaches took their worst hit yet from an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as globs of crude and gooey tar — some the size of pancakes — lined the white … Continue reading

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The Spill, The Scandal and the President (7)

On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For weeks, the administration had been insisting that BP alone was … Continue reading

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Experts Say White House 'Misrepresented' Views (5)

The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are accusing his administration of misrepresenting their views to make it appear that they supported a six-month drilling moratorium — … Continue reading

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Obama’s Gulf Fix (2)

As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico, what the region needs most is the nation’s best experts to plug the well and clean up the mess. It doesn’t need Justice Department prosecutors threatening criminal charges. Yet that’s … Continue reading

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Palin: BP oil spill is the fault of environmentalists (2)

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the fault of ‘extreme environmentalists’ who protested against oil companies drilling on land, Sarah Palin said today. The former Alaskan governor said if campaigners weren’t successful in prohibiting land based … Continue reading

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Nuke It? (3)

It was September of 1966, and gas was gushing uncontrollably from the wells in the Bukhara province of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. But the Reds, at the height of their industrial might, had a novel solution. They drilled nearly … Continue reading

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