Gulf Oil Spill
USDA announced $50 million for Gulf river basins
HOUSTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday pledged $50 million to a program designed to restore seven river basins from Florida to Texas in an attempt to show a blueprint for rebuilding the Gulf Coast’s fragile ecosystem is more than just another federal report.
Gulf Oil Spill
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GULF OIL SPILL
Researchers find signs of oil in La. marsh fish
WASHINGTON -- Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is safe to eat and the water is clear after the BP oil spill, but a biological study released Monday shows that effects of the oil on a small Louisiana marsh fish could be an early sign of trouble ahead for fish populations.
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Probe finds 3 companies violated safety rules
WASHINGTON -- The three companies drilling the exploratory Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico all violated federal safety regulations leading up to last year’s oil spill, a federal investigation concluded in findings that could be crucial for a Justice Department investigation and numerous...
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Bipartisan bill seeks BP funds for 5 Gulf states
WASHINGTON -- In an unusual show of bipartisanship, nine Gulf Coast senators from both parties joined forces Thursday to introduce a bill that would require at least 80 percent of penalties from last year’s BP oil spill paid under the Clean Water Act to be directed to restoration projects...
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GULF OIL SPILL
A year later, Gulf Coast still coming to terms with oil spill
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. -- It was nearing sunset on a muggy night when Debra Bosarge arrived at the State Docks, her daughter, Celia, buckled into the passenger seat. They were there to wave goodbye as Bosarge’s boyfriend, Connie Johnson, set out for a night of shrimping aboard the trawler Empty...
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Fla. economists look at oil spill revenue losses
TALLAHASSEE -- The complex task of determining how much revenue, whether it be sales taxes or hunting and fishing license fees, that Florida lost due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill began Wednesday.
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GULF OIL SPILL
Panhandle towns finally noticing signs of recovery
PENSACOLA -- ATVs still rumble across the eight-mile stretch of Pensacola Beach each morning, driven by workers looking for tar balls.
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GULF OIL SPILL
A year after BP oil spill, Panhandle towns seeing signs of recovery
ATVs still rumble across the eight-mile stretch of Pensacola Beach each morning, driven by workers looking for tar balls. One year after crude from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion reached Florida's shores, cleanup crews are still unearthing the sticky, hardened bits of oil.
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GULF OIL SPILL
Scientists look for lingering damage from BP oil spill
ORLANDO -- If dolphins could turn out for a roll call, then biologist Graham Worthy would have a much easier task determining the survivors, victims and overall harmful effects of the massive oil spill last spring and summer in the Gulf of Mexico.
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GULF OIL SPILL
Scientists fret over BP funds for Gulf research
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it could be too late to assess the crude’s impact on pelicans, shrimp and other species by the time studies begin.
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GULF OIL SPILL
Manatee’s oil spill claims payments total $9.8 million
MANATEE -- Claims paid resulting from last year’s gulf oil spill total $9.8 million so far in Manatee County, with Sarasota County’s payments totaling $7.4 million.
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