Environment News

Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill
AP – 43 mins ago

AP

MARSHALL, Mich. - Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. Full Story »
Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
AP – 1 hr 8 mins ago

AP

BILOXI, Miss. - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen. Full Story »
BP to try well kill Tuesday
Reuters – 1 hr 39 mins ago

Reuters

BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling. Full Story »
Group sues over Wyoming-to-Oregon gas pipeline
AP – 1 hr 57 mins ago

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish. Full Story »
House approves bill on drilling, oil spills
AP – Fri Jul 30, 7:38 pm ET

WASHINGTON - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production. Full Story »
House approves oil spill reform bill
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 7:16 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story »
House votes to end offshore drilling moratorium
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 5:56 pm ET

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday voted to end the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil companies that meet new federal safety requirements. Full Story »
New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-up
AFP – Fri Jul 30, 5:39 pm ET

AFP/File

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed Friday that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase. Full Story »
U.S. nuclear front-runners begin to slow spending
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 5:36 pm ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two companies leading the U.S. nuclear power revival may curb spending on the next generation of reactors due to delays in federal loan support, officials said. Full Story »
Oil threat recedes for East Coast, much of Florida
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 5:22 pm ET

AP

MIAMI (Reuters) - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday. Full Story »
Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided
AP – Fri Jul 30, 4:55 pm ET

AP

NEW ORLEANS - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. Full Story »
Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future
McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Jul 30, 4:51 pm ET

WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one in Texas. Full Story »
Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act
McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Jul 30, 4:37 pm ET

WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too? Full Story »
Everglades, Madagascar rain forest on UNESCO list
AP – Fri Jul 30, 3:56 pm ET

AP

RIO DE JANEIRO - The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger. Full Story »
Gulf Coast states push for offshore oil revenues
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 3:36 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP massive oil spill has given Gulf Coast lawmakers leverage to push for a larger share of the billions of dollars in royalties that oil companies pay to drill in U.S. waters. Full Story »
Hayward says leaving top post out of 'love' for BP
AFP – Fri Jul 30, 3:15 pm ET

AFP/Pool/File

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward would have liked to remain in his job, but is leaving after a firestorm over his handling of the US oil spill because of his "love" for the British firm. Full Story »
Debris in relief well delays static kill: government
Reuters – Fri Jul 30, 2:11 pm ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's delayed a critical first step toward killing its Gulf of Mexico oil leak to clean out debris and sediment at the bottom of a relief well, the top official overseeing the spill response said on Friday. Full Story »
South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact
AP – Fri Jul 30, 1:26 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS - Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never reached the powerful loop current. Full Story »