NEWS.com.au | Latest oil spill developments CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, said Saturday night that BP should immediately invest $1 billion to protect marshes, wetlands and estuaries. An independent contractor supplying workers to clean up an oil spill on ... Gulf residents eye slow fix for historic oil spill As oil spill damages Gulf, will US change energy use? 'Top Kill' Fails to Stop Leak |
Reuters | Local crews cleaning up coast as BP tries to stop gushing oil CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- Local teams in Louisiana will start a cleanup Saturday aimed at protecting coastal marshes while BP continues its efforts to stop oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Plaquemines Parish President ... Gulf oil spill hits Day 40 with no end in sight Americans wait to learn if top kill will stop oil BP's oil spill is an ecological disaster |
The Hindu | Success of 'top kill' attempt remains uncertain, BP official says Washington Post The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has surpassed the size of the 1969 Santa Barbara spill and the Exxon Valdez. Here are some other historical spills. By Joel Achenbach The "top kill" on the leaking gulf oil well remained a brute-force battle Thursday ... Obama: Federal Government 'in Charge' of Oil Spill Response Obama's News Conference on the Oil Spill Big Oil's Offshore Battle |
CBC.ca | Pressure piles on BP as Gulf spill widens Reuters VENICE, La, May 24 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama was dispatching two Cabinet secretaries to the fouled Gulf Coast on Monday to keep pressure on energy giant BP to plug an undersea oil leak that threatens an ecological disaster. ... US Raises Pressure on BP to Stop Oil Leak, Clean Up Spill 1979 OIL SPILL Spill has 'perfect precedence' -- in 1979 disaster Coast Guard: BP may delay 'top-kill' until Wed. |
Washington Post | Arlen Specter out, Rand Paul advances, Blanche Lincoln fights on Christian Science Monitor Tuesday's primaries signal a restless electorate unwilling to follow the behest of either party establishment. Sen. Arlen Specter lost in Pennsylvania. 'Tea party' pick Rand Paul is GOP's Senate candidate in Kentucky. Sen. ... Senate race in Pa. will be about jobs, economy Pennsylvania Primary Ends Arlen Specter's 30-Year Reign: 'Hard to Imagine ... US primaries deal blows to both parties |
Reuters | FBI Raids in Northeast Are Linked to Bomb Case New York Times Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took two people into custody as part of an investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing, which Obama administration officials ... FBI searches Watertown, Brookline in NYC bomb probe Search warrants executed in Times Square probe Times Square Case Prompts Raids in Boston, New York Area |
Reuters | Gulf of Mexico oil spill's lessons learned MarketWatch TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- It's been about two weeks now since a fatal explosion and fire sank an oil rig in mile-deep waters off the coast of Louisiana, but it may take years to sort out the consequences that this chain of ... BP: Started To Lower Oil Spill Containment Dome To Sea Bed |
