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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsOn April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=996772&pid=996771&uts=1303223363 ...
Will BP Execs Face Criminal Charges? Not Likely, Experts Say
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsA Bloomberg News report that the U.S. Justice Department is considering manslaughter charges in its investigation of BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico played prominently enough Tuesday to drive BP's share price down. But if criminal charges are filed against individuals involved in the disaster, it would be a rare event. An analysis of industrial disasters by University of Maryland law professor Jane Barrett shows that company managers are almost never charged in industrial accidents -- even in disasters that have killed more people than the 11 men who died in last year's explosion on the ...
Under the Northern Lights -- How Norway Sets Example for Oil Drilling
By Bob Reiss - Politics DailyHAMMERFEST, Norway -- The Northern Lights appeared in the night sky as the Dash 103 turboprop banked toward Hammerfest's snow-dusted airport last week. The glow didn't come from Aurora Borealis -- the famed celestial display -- but from flames venting from two stacks dominating a brightly lighted industrial complex below. It processes natural gas from the "Snow White" undersea reservoir more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Many Americans think of hot places like Iraq when envisioning oil or natural gas being pumped from the ground. Well, change that desert scene in your head to ...
Volunteers Descend on Gulf to Restore Oyster Beds
By not in system - AOL NewsMOBILE, Ala. -- Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico's delicate shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds under assault for decades from overharvesting, coastal development, pollution, and most recently the BP oil spill. The waters harbor much of the world's last remaining productive natural oyster beds, but BP PLC's April 20 oil well blowout dumped millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf and dealt yet another blow to the once bountiful habitat. This weekend, volunteers descended on Mobile Bay with 23,000 bags of oyster shells aimed at ...
Final Oil Spill Report: Industry Needs 'Dramatic' Change
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill has recommended stricter government regulation of the energy industry and the creation of an independent safety agency within the Interior Department to help protect against another oil disaster, the panel said in its final report. Without those sweeping changes, the nation is at risk for another catastrophic oil spill, the panel said. "If dramatic steps are not taken, at some point another failure will occur, and we will wonder why did the Congress, why did the administration, why did ...
Key Oil Spill Panel Nears Final Stretch of Probe
By not in system - AOL NewsHOUSTON (Dec. 7) -- A key federal investigative panel is nearing the final stretch in its quest to assign blame for the Gulf of Mexico rig explosion and worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The panel is set to question BP and Transocean officials, as well as technicians responsible for alerting rig workers when gas levels may be too high in drilling mud. Three days of hearings were to begin Tuesday at an airport hotel in Houston before the joint U.S. Coast Guard-Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement panel. It's the panel's sixth series of hearings, and at least ...
Obama Bans New East Coast Offshore Drilling: 3 Possible Reasons
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 1) -- Don't drill, baby, don't drill. Reversing its pre-BP oil spill disaster position, the Obama administration announced today that it will not engage in offshore drilling on the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico region, according to The Associated Press. The original policy, announced three weeks before the gulf oil spill, would have permitted authorized drilling from the Delaware coast to waters near central Florida, as well as in northern Alaska. The new policy, however, does maintain the possibility for drilling near Alaska. "Our revised strategy lays out a ...
New Drilling Banned in Eastern Gulf, Atlantic Coast
By Laura Parker - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- The Obama administration announced today that the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted it to scuttle plans to open waters off Florida and along the Atlantic coast to offshore oil and gas drilling for at least seven years. The change, detailed by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a conference call, reverses key components of a sweeping energy plan President Barack Obama announced last March. "We are adjusting our strategy in areas where there are no active leases," Salazar said. "Our most appropriate course is to focus on areas with existing leases and not ...
Musicians Send Letter to Obama Urging Action on Restoring Gulf
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMusicians as diverse as Ozzy Osborne, Bonnie Raitt, Pearl Jam, Dr. John and My Morning Jacket are banding together to urge President Obama to "do all you can" to help the Gulf Coast recover from this year's devastating oil spill. Nearly 90 artists signed a letter sent to the White House this week asking for more money and resources for the region, which is still reeling from the hit to the environment and economy. "The BP disaster has taken a toll on the Gulf Coast, and real impacts will be felt by real people for years. The Gulf's people and places need lasting and continued support to ...
Disaster in the Gulf: 'One Bad Call After Another'
By Laura Parker - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Nov. 9) -- All three companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster made "egregiously bad" decisions on the Deepwater Horizon rig and are in need of "top-to-bottom reform," the co-chair of the presidential Oil Spill Commission said today. William Reilly offered that sharply critical assessment at the opening of the second of a two-day hearing to investigate the cause of the oil disaster. BP, which owns the well, has received the lion's share of the blame since the well exploded on April 20. But Reilly, a former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said BP's two main ...
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