Posted in Green Living News on 25. Jul, 2010
Gulf of Mexico storm nears oil spill zone A storm system moved toward the Gulf of Mexico oil spill area Saturday, forcing response crews to head inland for safety and halting work to permanently plug the ruptured BP well. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 24. Jul, 2010
BP prepares to resume spill work as storm weakens BP Plc prepared on Saturday to move ships and workers back to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill site as a storm that forced a temporary halt to operations began to lose its punch. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 24. Jul, 2010
Oil spill workers evacuate as tropical storm bears down Crews working on a huge oil spill evacuated Friday as a tropical storm barreled toward the Gulf of Mexico, prolonging the region’s environmental and economic nightmare. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 22. Jul, 2010
China oil spill spreads but not as big as BP oil spill in Gulf The estimated size of an oil spill off China’s northeast coast doubled Wednesday, as workers raced against the clock to contain a growing environmental disaster. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 11. Jul, 2010
Some oil spill events from Saturday, July 10, 2010 A summary of events Saturday, July 10, Day 81 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup [...]
Posted in Green Living News on 04. Jul, 2010
Gulf oil spill: BP grants $500 million for independent research The first research grants from a $500-million bushel of cash BP has pledged for independent research into the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are expected to reach individual scientists as early as this coming week. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via [...]
Posted in Green Living News on 28. Jun, 2010
BP: Gulf oil spill costs have reached $2.65B BP says the cost of the company’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached about $2.65 billion. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 28. Jun, 2010
Oil spill’s economic damage may not go beyond Gulf The BP oil spill has hammered the fishing and tourism industries along the Gulf of Mexico. But it appears the economic damage to the rest of the nation will be limited. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 24. Jun, 2010
Correction: Climate change story In a June 23 story about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Associated Press misstated the number of scientists picked by the U.N. body to write its fifth report on global warming. The correct number of scientists involved is 831, not 861. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News
Posted in Green Living News on 21. Jun, 2010
Israel to allow more ‘civilian’ goods into Gaza Israel announced it will allow all strictly “civilian” goods into Gaza while preventing certain weapons and dual-use items from entering the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
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