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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Toxicity of deepwater horizon source oil and the chemical dispersant, corexit® 9500, to coral larvae
Acute catastrophic events can cause significant damage to marine environments in a short time period and may have devastating long-term impacts. In April 2010 the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon (DWH) offshore
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BP steadily moving beyond Gulf of Mexico spill disaster
BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast in 2010 is a record amount, and a significant sum of money. Or, looked at another
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BP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for U.S. oil spill
BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever. The settlement
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Louisiana requests trial to decide $1 billion spill claim against BP
The state of Louisiana has asked a federal judge to declare a jury trial to decide on its claim for more than $1 billion from BP Plc to compensate the state for economic losses resulting from the 2010
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Seven yrs on, KG basin gas story runs out of steam
Euphoria Fades Over India’s ‘Gulf Of Mexico’ As Output Falls At RIL’s Finds | ONGC, GSPC Yet To Begin Production Mumbai: In 2005, while addressing students at IIM-Ahmedabad, Reliance Industries (RIL)
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BP, Transocean blamed for lax safety guidelines in Gulf oil spill report
Houston BP and Transocean lacked clear guidelines for key tests to ensure that the ill-fated Macondo well was safely sealed before it ruptured and triggered the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, US safety investigators said. The preliminary report from the US Chemical Safety Board, to be delivered at a public hearing in Houston on Tuesday, puts the spotlight back on missteps highlighted in prior investigations as BP faces potential civil and even criminal penalties over the incident.
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Degradation and resilience in Louisiana salt marshes after the BP–Deepwater Horizon oil spill
More than 2 y have passed since the BP–Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, yet we still have little understanding of its ecological impacts. Examining effects of this oil spill will generate
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U.S. Unveils Final Drilling Plan, Limits Arctic Sales
U.S. oil companies will be allowed to drill in more areas of the Gulf of Mexico but won only limited access to the Arctic under the final version of the Obama Administration's five year drilling plan that
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Scientists investigate dolphin deaths on Texas coast
Scientists are trying to find out why 119 bottlenose dolphins became stranded and died along the Texas coast in recent months, looking at possibilities ranging from algae blooms to oil pollution. The
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Colorado Researchers Raise Atlantic Storm Forecast
Colorado State University researchers on Friday raised their forecast for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season to 13 tropical storms, with five hurricanes and two major hurricanes. In April they forecast