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Blame game starts in spill hearings
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The blood, er, oil is already flying this morning in Senate hearings into the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill - and the oil company executives haven't even testified yet. Democrats and Republicans alike on the Senate......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Ron Wyden, Jeff Bingaman, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico
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Salazar: Break up drilling agency
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will propose splitting the troubled agency that regulates offshore drilling in half, in a bid to improve safety regulation in response to the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an Interior......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Analog response for Drilling 2.0
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The federal agency charged with regulating oil and gas drilling offshore has failed to keep up, my colleague Julie Cart and I wrote in Tribune Newspapers this weekend, as offshore exploration raced into a bold new world......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Issues, Halliburton Company
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Climate bill to be unveiled--finally
The Swampby Jim Tankersley After months of negotiations and weeks of delay, Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will unveil their plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions and spur clean energy growth Wednesday -- and the biggest challenge......Tags: Global Change, Global Warming, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Are You Less Likely to Fill Up at BP?
KickingTiresWe have a simple question for you: After the BP oil spill, which is quickly becoming one of the worst environmental catastrophes in U.S. history, are you less likely to fill your tank at a BP gas station? Recent evidence......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues, BP Plc, Disasters and Accidents
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Oil spill: A 'butt-naked' cleanup emperor
The SwampWorkers check for tar balls and other signs of the oil spill on Dauphin Island in Alabama Friday (EPA/Larry W. Smith) by Kim Geiger In light of the news today that BP and Coast Guard officials may have seriously......Tags: Education, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, Disasters, Alabama
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Spill wrapup: Obama defends actions
The SwampPresident Obama, in Chicago for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, waves Friday morning as he boards Air Force One to depart to Louisiana. (AP/Evan Vucci) by Ashley Powers, Jim Tankersley and Bettina Boxall As BP continued its effort to......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Petroleum Industry
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Adm. Allen: At the center of the spill
The SwampCoast Guard Adm. Thad Allen addresses the media Tuesday in New Orleans. (AP/Cheryl Gerber) by Jim Tankersley Response Day 37 began at 6 a.m. with a weather report, then an accounting of boats, burns and recon flights. Inside a......Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Career and Workplace, Meteorological Disasters, National Football League, Multi-Sport Events
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Oil spill: Criminal probe launched
The Swampby James Oliphant, Peter Nicholas and Nicole Santa Cruz Striking an increasingly aggressive posture as the Deepwater Horizon disaster enters its second month, the Obama administration said Tuesday it would launch a criminal investigation into the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Hurricane Damage, Bob Graham, Disasters, U.S. Army
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VP Biden to appear on Charlie Rose
The Swampby James Oliphant Vice President Joe Biden's extended interview with Charlie Rose appears tonight on PBS. As a service, you'll find a transcript of the exchange, in which the vice president addresses the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil.......Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Petroleum Industry, Constitutional Issues, Science, Death
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President returning to Gulf coast next week
The Swampby Mike Memoli President Obama will make his fourth trip to the Gulf coast region next week since the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, the White House announced this afternoon. The president will make stops in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida "to......Tags: Disasters, Alabama, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Gulf spill coverage surges of late
The Swampby Mike Memoli In an interview aired Tuesday, President Obama struck a defensive tone when asked about the forcefulness of the administration's response to the BP oil spill. "I was down there a month ago, before most of these talking......Tags: Television Industry, Times Square, Petroleum Industry, Arizona, Disasters
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