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Voices From the Spill | Gary Hooter, Businessman: Quickly Shifting Gears When Disaster Strikes
In a Gulf Coast city in Louisiana, one company helps with the oil spill response by selling cleanup supplies.
Scientists Confirm Underwater Plumes Are From Spill
The conclusion was announced by University of South Florida researchers, although federal scientists had acknowledged there were clues tying plumes to BP’s well.
Voices From the Spill | Robin Palmisano, Shrimper: Out of Work, and Suddenly Taking Orders
Robin Palmisano, like thousands of other Gulf Coast fishermen BP is paying to clean up the oil from its well offshore, is not accustomed to having a boss.
Director Accepts Limits on Chevron to ‘Crude’ Footage
A U.S. appeals court puts limits on Chevron’s access to outtakes of the documentary “Crude.”
White House Memo: Shifting Politics in Presidents’ Vacations
A first family’s leisure time — including trips like the Obamas’ to Maine, and not the Gulf Coast — is increasingly seen as fraught with meaning and ripe for critique.
BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky
BP is moving ahead with a project off the coast of Alaska that is considered “onshore” drilling because it sits on an artificial island built by the company.
Fierce Recycling Effort in Fighting Oil’s Spread
The Gulf Coast cleanup effort, experiencing a shortage of oil-containment boom, has turned to restoring used boom.
Kenya: Fearing Poison, Farmers to Grow Maize for Energy Only
Farmers in Eastern province and parts of Coast are to be forced to grow maize for energy production only, following a report that aflatoxin contamination is generic in the areas.
Rwanda: Country Frees U.S. Attorney on Health Grounds
Rwanda has insisted that a Kigali High Court’s decision to offer US lawyer, Peter Erlinder, bail on Thursday will not deter continued investigations.
Pressed by Obama, BP Weighs Options on Dividend
As President Obama headed to the Gulf Coast on Monday, BP is searching for a way to satisfy both the United States government and its shareholders.