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mixing oil with dispersant made the BP oil spill worse. Georgia Tech
reports that the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean up the 4.9
million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010
Deep Water Horizon spill made the oil 52 times more toxic.
BP oil spill cleanup toxic to key species
Plankton-like animals suffer when chemical dispersants and crude are
mixed, study finds
Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic
As in 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, it makes petroleum less visible,
but much more harmful
RESTORE Act’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Council to hold first meeting Dec. 11 in Mobile, Ala.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, which will oversee
the spending of about 80 percent of BP Clean Water Act fine money under
the terms of the federal RESTORE Act, will hold its first public meeting in
Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 11.
Steffy: Call may decide fate of 2 from BP
The difference between exoneration and a lifetime in prison may
come down to a 10-minute phone call.
Shell’s oil spill containment gear ‘crushed like a beer can’ in testing
Shell Oil has been building and testing equipment designed for the
Arctic Ocean in Puget Sound.
In September, a key test of underwater oil-spill equipment was a
spectacular failure.
Shell VP: Yeah, we’re gonna spill some oil in the Arctic
Your quote of the day comes from the BBC.
There’s no sugar-coating this, I imagine there would be spills, and no
spill is OK. But will there be a spill large enough to impact people’s
subsistence? My view is no, I don’t believe that would happen.
LA oil company faces criminal charges for 2011 spill
Los Angeles city prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an
oil company for a 245-gallon crude oil and water spill last December.
Pressure mounting on Obama over pipeline decision