AP Exclusive: Mariner opposed federal safety rule (AP)
September 4, 2010 by admin
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AP – The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry’s “excellent safety record” when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety systems aimed at reducing workers’ mistakes.
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BP oil spill costs surge to $8 bln (AFP)
September 3, 2010 by admin
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AFP – British oil giant BP revealed Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost it eight billion dollars (6.2 billions euros) so far — with a sharp rise in payments in the last month.
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Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast (AP)
September 2, 2010 by admin
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AP – An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
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Tar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oil (AP)
September 1, 2010 by admin
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AP – Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India’s western coast, officials said.
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Exelon to buy Deere’s wind power unit for $860 million (Reuters)
August 31, 2010 by admin
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Reuters – Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co’s wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio of carbon-free electricity generation.
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UN climate panel must ‘fundamentally reform’ (AFP)
August 30, 2010 by admin
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AFP – The UN’s climate panel needs to “fundamentally reform” its structure to prevent the kind of embarrassing errors found in a landmark 2007 study on global warming, a review said Monday.
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Mongolian Cabinet holds meeting in Gobi desert (AP)
August 29, 2010 by admin
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AP – Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading “Save our planet” and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for a Cabinet meeting aimed at drawing attention to climate change.
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Truckers to appeal ruling for LA anti-smog program (AP)
August 28, 2010 by admin
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AP – Environmentalists on Friday hailed a federal judge’s ruling that allows the nation’s largest port to enforce anti-smog rules on big rigs that haul goods in and out.
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Key BP engineer refuses to testify at hearing (AP)
August 27, 2010 by admin
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AP – A BP drilling engineer who was a key decision maker at the rig in the Gulf of Mexico that blew up in April has refused to testify before a federal panel investigating the incident.
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BP exec avoids question on relief well completion (AP)
August 26, 2010 by admin
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AP – A senior BP executive is again avoiding committing the oil giant to using relief wells to seal to the Gulf of Mexico well that blew out in April.
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