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2 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Public comment period for responding to gulf restoration plan ends Monday

On May 23, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released their initial draft plan for restoring the gulf following extensive damage caused by the 2010 Macondo blowout and BP oil spill .

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7 hrs ago | Pensacola News Journal

RESTORE Act forum set for Thursday

The Women's Civic Forum is hosting a session on the RESTORE Act and its potential impact on the area Thursday.

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11 hrs ago | KeysNews.com

BP charges dropped for 1

A federal indictment was dropped against a Bahama Village man accused of filing a fraudulent Deepwater Horizon oil spill claim, after he was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Sunherald.com

Mike Williams: Save the BP money until results are in

For all practical purposes there are no crabs in Fort Bayou. I know because I had been catching them for 25 years and now they are gone.

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Related Topix: Fort Bayou, MS, Weather

The Globe and Mail

Canada raises liability for offshore oil spills to $1-billion

The federal government will raise the bar for oil companies operating off the East Coast and in the Arctic, increasing the limit on their liability for environmental and other damage from a blowout or oil spill to $1-billion.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Mayflower, AR,

Christian Science Monitor

BP ends cleanup of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

Tar balls lie mixed with shells on the beach last week in Gulf Shores, Ala. Some locals and environmentalists say that the effects of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still very noticeable in some areas.

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Related Topix: Gulf Shores, AL, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

Iol.co.za

Oil industry experiments with remote control

Oil and gas companies are moving their control of some offshore platforms to offices on land to cut costs and improve efficiency, but labour unions say such moves reduce safety.

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Related Topix: Norway, World News

The Town Talk

Constitutional limits on oil spill money fails

Attempts to limit Gulf Coast oil spill penalty money to coastal restoration in the Louisiana Constitution failed to gain legislative passage for a second year, while disagreements continue over just how tightly the dollars should be restricted.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana, Erath, LA, Houma, LA

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WTVY Dothan

How The BP Oil Spill Is Affecting Dothan

The BP oil spill took a toll on several business along the gulf shores, effecting the livelihood of millions and Dothan might add to that number.

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Related Topix: Dothan, AL

Lake Cowichan Gazette

Suspicious fire causes oil slick in Nicomekl River

A suspicious fire at an abandonded Langley City house - the third time it has gone up in three weeks - also resulted in an oil slick in the Nicomekl River.

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Related Topix: Fire, Canada

WERC-AM Birmingham

Coastal Tar Ball Search Is Over

Environmental advocates and others are questioning the decision to quit using crews to look for tar balls left by the BP oil spill on Gulf Coast beaches in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

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Dear Kitty

BP oil still polluting United States beaches

This video from the USA is called Gulf Oil Spill: BP Execs Escape Punishment as Disaster Continues To Impact Sea life.

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Related Topix: Spill

Cool Hunting

Interview: Spencer Tunick: Liberating the nude condition on an epic scale with stunning photography

Photographer Spencer Tunick fills landscapes and public places with the naked body.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Mexico, NY, World News, Mexico,

St. Petersburg Times

Column: On gulf restoration, don't rush a " do it right

The gulf oil spill is a tragedy seared into my mind, even more than three years later.

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Related Topix: St. Petersburg, FL, Opinion

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Alberta company cleaning up oil spill has history of pipeline ruptures

Clean-up operations after the April, 2011, Rainbow Pipeline rupture and oil spill near Peace River, Alta.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Seattle Times

End of BP cleaning crews leaves questions on Gulf

Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Gulf Shores, AL, Baldwin County, AL

Star Tribune

End of BP cleaning crews after oil spill leaves questions, concerns on some Gulf Coast beaches

Environmental advocates and others are questioning the decision to quit using crews to look for tar balls left by the BP oil spill on Gulf Coast beaches in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

First season of HBO's 'The Newsroom' comes to DVD

Anchor Will McAvoy and his News Night staff would rather get it right than get it first - at least when a big story is breaking.

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Related Topix: The Newsroom, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Jeff Daniels, Sports Night, Comedy, Emily Mortimer

Red Deer Advocate

2012 oil spill had lasting impacts

Wayne Johnston scooped up this brown foam from the Red Deer River below his home.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Northwest Florida Daily News

EDITORIAL: Shaking up the Gulf drill debate

Better keep that tarball scooper handy. Government officials and oil industry lobbyists aren't just talking about expanded drilling in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Surfrider Foundation, Offshore Drilling, Opinion