The Coverup of The BP Oil Leak Coverup (VIDEO)

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Saudi Prince, Part Owner Of FOX News, Says, "Keep US Addicted To Oil"

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"We don’t want the West to go and find alternatives, because, clearly, the higher the price oil goes, the more you have incentive to go and find alternatives. So, really, our interest coincides with American interest, to have the price for around $70, $80 which is a price good for consumers and producers."

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BP expects to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico within months

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BP has predicted it will be back drilling in the Gulf of Mexico within a matter of months despite continuing legal threats and rows over pollution from last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster.

"We expect to be back and actively drilling during the second half of the year," Byron Grote, the company's chief financial officer, told financial analysts from the City of London on Wednesday.

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Mystery illnesses plague Louisiana BP oil spill crews

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Jamie Simon worked on a barge in the oily waters for six months following the BP spill last year, cooking for the cleanup workers, washing their clothes and tidying up after them.

One year later, the 32-year-old said she still suffers from a range of debilitating health problems, including racing heartbeat, vomiting, dizziness, ear infections, swollen throat, poor sight in one eye and memory loss.

She blames toxic elements in the crude oil and the dispersants sprayed to dissolve it after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast of Louisiana on April 20, 2010.

BP Anniversary: Toxicity, Suffering and Death

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has caused the biggest chemical poisoning crisis in US history, experts say.

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Less than a year after spill disaster, BP wants to resume drilling in Gulf Coast

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The paper reported that BP has applied to resume drilling in July at 10 established points, in exchange for adhering to stricter safety practices and closer supervision.

Some outlets are reporting that a deal has already been reached, but government officials quickly shot the rumor down.

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Transocean gives bonuses to executives after Gulf of Mexico BP OIL spill

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The offshore drilling firm responsible for running the Deepwater Horizon rig has given its top executives bonuses for its "best year" for safety.

Transocean was blamed along with BP and Halliburton after last year's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eleven workers, nine of whom worked for Transocean, died when the Deepwater Horizon exploded almost a year ago.

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Oil Spill Washes Up On Louisiana Coast As New Drilling Authorized By Obama

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Oil slick near Grand Isle, LA.

Yesterday, as the Obama administration “approved the first deepwater oil and gas exploration plan since last year’s Macondo oil well blowout,” “emulsified oil, oil mousse and tar balls from an unknown source were washing up on beaches from Grand Isle to West Timbalier Island along the Gulf of Mexico, a stretch of about 30 miles.”

New Oil Spill Update 3/23/2011

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NEW OIL SPILL IN GULF OF MEXICO - Photos of “100-mile long oil slick spotted off Louisiana coast” — “Slick is rapidly expanding”

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A large oil slick – 12-miles wide by 100-miles long – was spotted yesterday off Grand Isle, Louisiana, by pilot Bonny Schumaker, who heads up the California-based environmental nonprofit “On Wings of Care.” Ms. Schumaker confirmed that the slick is rapidly expanding…

New Orleans photographer Jerry Moran, who was flying with Schumaker, filed aerial photos.

Ms. Schumaker observed the slick roughly 25 miles from where BP’s Macondo well spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf last year.

Coast Guard investigating possible new Gulf of Mexico oil spill

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U.S. issues second post-spill drilling permit in Gulf of Mexico

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The government has given BHP Billiton the second new permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico since the British Petroleum oil spill, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said on Saturday.

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Dead baby dolphins continue to wash ashore on Gulf of Mexico beaches

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Dozens of dead baby and adult dolphins have washed ashore on Gulf beaches since the beginning of the year, according to new reports.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says the rising death count is exceptionally high, especially because the normal birthing season for dolphins -- a time at which some baby dolphins inevitably end up dying -- is normally several months from now.

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Bloody Oil (VIDEO)

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Dead Baby Dolphins Showing Up In Mass In The Gulf Of Mexico (VIDEO)

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Scientist finds Gulf of Mexico bottom still oily, dead

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Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a scientist's video and slides that demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.

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The Head Of FedEx Calls For End To Oil

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In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for the nation to rapidly deploy electric cars and trucks to get the United States off oil dependence.

The president has now been joined by one of America’s top Republican businessmen, FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith.

Smith agreed with the president that America can power away from petroleum.

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BP faces US investigation into gasoline price manipulation

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BP, the oil company struggling to restore its image in the United States following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, may face charges relating to manipulation of the US gas market.

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Republicans' Solution To Egypt Riots? "Drill, baby, drill!"

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Top Republicans Exploit Egyptian Uprising To Shill For More Domestic Oil Drilling

In the past few days, a number of high-profile Republican legislators have responded to the protests not by commenting on the need to support the movement, but by exploiting the uprising to shill for more domestic oil drilling here in the United States.

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BP Spills Coffee (VIDEO)

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Sick Gulf of Mexico Residents Beg Officials For Help (VIDEO)

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Has oil from the Gulf of Mexico "British" Petroleum Disaster reached England?

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Warning signs after oil found on Sennen beach

If more oil washes up, tests will be carried out to determine where it could be coming from.

Essex beaches closed after oil spill.

Warning signs have been put up after thick black oil was discovered on a beach in Cornwall.

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Transocean refuses to co-operate with BP Gulf oil spill probe

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The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has challenged the company's involvement in monitoring the testing of a key piece of equipment that failed to stop the oil spill disaster.

Transocean said the U.S. Chemical Safety Board does not have jurisdiction in the probe, so it doesn't have a right to the documents and other items it seeks.

The board told The Associated Press late Wednesday that it does have jurisdiction and it has asked the Justice Department to intervene to enforce the subpoenas.

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