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
British Petroleum (BP)
-
New worry: Gulf spill full of methane
NEW ORLEANS: 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.
-
Clean-up of oil spill may cause long-term damage
Methods of mopping up the oil hitting the shore from the Gulf spill must be carefully assessed to be sure they don't do more harm than good.
-
A liability cap that leaves room for tech enterprise
New technologies hold the promise of benefits for society but they also carry risks. Public policy is supposed to weigh these risks and benefits and ensure that the latter outweighs the former, although this is a hard judgment to make.
-
Oil slick without end
Sreeram Chaulia
-
BP fund a political score for Obama
President Barack Obama scored a political victory by pressuring BP Plc to commit $20 billion for damages from an environmental disaster that
-
Oil spill: Costner's cleaning machines
Leo Hickman We could be waiting millions of years before the Hollywood star's
-
$20bn BP fund for spill claims
JACKIE CALMES and HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON
-
BP agrees to set aside $20 b for oil spill claims
Obama Meets BP Chairman, Chief Executive At White House BRITISH energy giant BP Plc reached a tentative agreement with President Barack Obama on Wednesday to place about $20 billion in a special fund to pay damage claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
-
Obama to demand BP fund to pay for oil spill damages
Washington: US President Barack Obama, seeking to counter an image of detached leadership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand on Wednesday that BP Plc set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe.
-
Small safety lapse; massive oil spill
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama took the unusual step of speaking directly to the American people in a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House. Earlier presidents have also gone on TV in the Oval Office, but usually at times of war.