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Keystone pipeline: Let's wait for the facts
The op-ed by retired Gulf Oil vice president Charles Campbell ("D.C.'s Keystone Kops) claims President Obama's refusal to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline was made only for political reasons. This couldn't be further from the truth. There is still...Tags: BP Plc, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama
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What's Obama's No. 1 priority? Not jobs.
"In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce."
That was the response from some bureaucrat when Leslie Groves, the man who oversaw the Manhattan Project, sought thousands of tons of silver to be turned into electrical...Tags: Global Warming, Manhattan (New York City), Environmental Pollution, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Oil Spills
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Baltimore scientists find low but possibly harmful Gulf contamination
Scientists from the National Aquarium and the Johns Hopkins University say they've found low but potentially harmful levels of toxic oil contaminants in the Gulf of Mexico months after the Deepwater Horizon well blowout was capped.
Erik Rifkin, interim...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Wetlands, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, BP Plc, Johns Hopkins University
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UPDATE 3-BP puts giant Russian joint venture up for sale
Reuters* Sale could raise $30 billion, help pay for oil spill * Possible route for Rosneft to become global oil giant * Sale would cut BP output 30 percent, $2-4 bln/yr in dividends * BP shares jump By Tom Bergin LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) - BP put its half-...Tags: BP Plc, Joint Ventures, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Russia, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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UPDATE 4-BP puts giant Russian joint venture up for sale
Reuters* Sale could raise $30 billion, help pay for oil spill * Possible route for Rosneft to become global oil giant * Sale would cut BP output 30 percent, $2-4 bln/yr in dividends * BP shares jump By Tom Bergin and Douglas Busvine LONDON/MOSCOW, June 1...Tags: BP Plc, Global Expansion, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Joint Ventures, Russia
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EPA spill plan deadlines
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State University Extension has been fielding numerous questions about confusion over deadlines required by the Environmental Protection Agency's program for Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC). Seeking to...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Farms, Water Pollution, Land Resources, Natural Resources
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China to levy duty on oil shipments for pollution fund - Xinhua
ReutersSHANGHAI, May 29 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday that receivers of oil shipments entering Chinese waters will have to pay a 0.3 yuan ($0.05) per tonne duty from July on behalf of a marine pollution fund, Xinhua News Agency...Tags: ConocoPhillips, Water Pollution, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Pollution, China
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Two years after BP oil spill, tourists back in Gulf Coast
ReutersNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Gulf Coast is a hot destination again two years after the massive BP Plc oil spill made the region a tourist dead zone, with the petroleum giant pumping more than $150 million into promotions to help the region recover. In New...Tags: BP Plc, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lee County (Florida), Media Industry, Hotels and Accommodations
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Explorers find a wreck and a lot of life in deep seas
WASHINGTON – While scientists watched intently on computer screens in Florida and across the world, the crew of a federal exploratory ship cruising in the Gulf of Mexico last month grew increasingly excited as they maneuvered a robotic undersea...
Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Energy, Nova Southeastern University, Petroleum Industry
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California relies on oil firms to probe worker's death
SACRAMENTO — Nearly a year after a Kern County oil worker was sucked underground and boiled to death, state authorities have turned to the two leading oil companies involved in the incident to investigate it. On Monday, the Division of Oil, Gas and...Tags: Unions, Executive Branch, Jerry Brown, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Pollution
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A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are...Tags: Energy Saving, Credit and Debt, Parties and Movements, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Companies and Corporations
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UPDATE 3-Brazil Navy investigates new oil spill off coast
Reuters* Spill seen in Petrobras' Jubarte field, Folha reports * Brazil navy investigating, no estimate of spill size * Jubarte field produces about 8 pct of Brazil oil output * Petrobras alerted agency of problem on Wednesday-Ibama BRASILIA, May 17...Tags: Chevron Corp., Companies and Corporations, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Brazil
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