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BP sues US government over contract ban from AlJazeera.com

British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, documents showed. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year barred BP from … Continue reading

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Shirking Responsibility in the Gulf by Stephen Teague

If you don’t live near the Gulf Coast, you may have the impression that the area has fully recovered from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, the largest environmental disaster in American history. Sadly, that’s not the case … Continue reading

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Exxon Axes Housing Aid for Ark. Oil Spill Victims—Then Reinstates It After Fury by Sam Eifling

ExxonMobil did an about-face in Arkansas last week after local politicians criticized the company’s plan to stop paying victims of the March 29 Pegasus pipeline spill for temporary housing. Twenty-two homes on North Starlite Road were evacuated after the pipeline sent a … Continue reading

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Halliburton admits guilt in Gulf spill case from AlJazeera.com

US multinational Halliburton has agreed to admit it destoryed evidence related to its part in the huge 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US Department of Justice announced. Halliburton will pay the maximum fine available, be on probation for … Continue reading

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Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court from AlJazeera.com

Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history. The complaint, filed on Friday in US … Continue reading

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Fresh ExxonMobil pipeline spill hits Missouri from RT.com

While questions over the severity of ExxonMobil’s March 29 oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas still remain, the same pipeline has now ruptured, this time to the north, in Missouri. The 70-year-old Pegasus pipeline, which released thousands of barrels of tar … Continue reading

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Study finds ‘soup of toxic chemicals’ in the air near Arkansas ExxonMobil spill site from RT.com

While many questions remain following ExxonMobil’s March 29 tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, a new independent study has revealed the existence of high levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the area. The new research, co-published by the Faulkner County … Continue reading

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Tests reveal tar sands in Lake Conway, Exxon denies by Justin Lewis

An expert in water testing tells Channel 7 new information conflicting with reports from Exxon about the Mayflower oil spill. A person who conducted several water tests said there are remnants of the oil spill in Lake Conway, and could … Continue reading

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What BP Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill by Mark Hertsgaard

“It’s as safe as Dawn dish washing liquid.” That’s what Jamie Griffin says the BP man told her about the smelly, rainbow-streaked gunk coating the floor of the “floating hotel” where Griffin was feeding hundreds of cleanup workers during the … Continue reading

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ExxonMobil keeping quiet as Mayflower residents report increasing health problems from RT.com

As the cleanup of the March 29 ExxonMobil spill in Arkansas continues, eyewitness reports of environmental and public health consequences are beginning to emerge – despite notable near-silence from the oil giant and local authorities on the matter. Only a … Continue reading

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