10 Species 10 Years Later
<p>This report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later, summarizes the best information available about the wildlife featured. We selected these species for many reasons: They represent different types of affected
Gulf Of Mexico
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Accord Reached Settling Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill
BP and the lawyers for plaintiffs in the trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have agreed to settle their case. Judge Carl J. Barbier of Federal District Court in New Orleans issued an
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Obama Seeks to End Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President Obama asked Congress on Thursday to end $4 billion in subsidies for oil and gas companies and vowed
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Start of Trial on Gulf Oil Spill Is Delayed Amid Talk of a Settlement
The civil trial over America’s biggest oil spill has been delayed for a week as efforts to settle the multibillion-dollar litigation intensify. Proceedings were scheduled to begin Monday, but on Sunday
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U.S. in Accord With Mexico on Drilling
The United States and Mexico reached agreement on Monday on regulating oil and gas development along their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico, ending years of negotiations and potentially opening more
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Settlement Talks Pick Up Ahead of BP Oil Spill Trial
Nearly two years after the oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and spilled millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the myriad plaintiffs suing BP and other companies over the disaster
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Shell Moves Closer To Arctic Drilling With Spill Response
Royal Dutch Shell's bid to drill in the Arctic this summer took another step forward on Friday when the U.S. Interior Department approved its oil spill response plan for the Chukchi Sea. Shell's response
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BP Partner in Blown-Out Well Agrees to Pay $90 Million
A minority partner in BP’s blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico agreed on Friday to pay $90 million in a settlement with the federal government and gulf states over the disastrous 2010 oil spill.
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Mitsui Unit Settles With U.S. on Deepwater Spill
Federal officials reached the first civil settlement related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when a division of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. agreed Friday to pay $90 million for alleged violations
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BP Squares Up For Oil Spill Lawsuits
BP ratcheted up the rhetoric around multi-billion dollar claims from the Gulf oil spill by warning it would "vigorously" contest lawsuits over one of the world's worst environmental disasters. While
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Latest Effect of Gulf Spill: Waves of Cash to Aid Coast
Sand dunes rise above a windy, desolate stretch of beach, miles beyond where most tourists venture. Occasional flocks of brown pelicans are visible, arcing through the sky above the water. Photographs