MiamiHerald.com: Gulf Oil Spill

Rep. Palazzo sought millions in Katrina relief for Biloxi Housing Authority

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:54 EST

U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says he voted against funding to pay the Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims because of the deficit, but as the chief financial officer for the Biloxi Public Housing Authority back in 2005, Palazzo asked for federal relief despite the nation's debt.

Study will look at oil spill's effect on whales

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:32 EDT

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Tags, tissue samples and sound are among methods being used on a scientific cruise to study the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's effects on whales and other endangered animals.

BP ignores offers to help with oil spill cleanup efforts

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:11 EDT

NEW ORLEANS -- BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers available to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico.

Is BP rejecting skimmers to save money on Gulf oil cleanup?

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:32 EDT

Investment banker Fred D. McCallister of Dallas says he's been trying since June 5 to offer a dozen Greek skimming vessels from a client to BP for the cleanup. BP says no. McCallister thinks the answer is that by letting the oil sink on its own, BP can stretch out the cost of the cleanup for years.

Gulf's coastal wetlands surviving despite oil

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:22 EDT

BELLE CHASE, La. -- From a seaplane 1,000 feet above Louisiana's coastal wetlands, the places hit hardest by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are easy to spot - dark slashes marring a vast expanse of marshes and bayous.

Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:31 EDT

ON BARATARIA BAY, La. -- While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil slick expected to take its toll on dolphins in Gulf

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:08 EDT

For now, desperate oily pelicans are the gut-wrenching image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Tropical system could spread oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29 EDT

It would normally be considered your garden-variety tropical disturbance, plodding through the Caribbean, except for one thing – it holds potential to strengthen into a tropical storm and churn into the BP oil spill.

Day 65 updates on BP oil spill: Two workers die

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:43 EDT

The Coast Guard reported two people involved in the clean-up effort died on Wednesday. This report changes the number of fatalities to 13.

Best hope to stop spill? Relief wells, but they're tricky

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:11 EDT

The last, best hope of stopping the oil that's gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is two "relief wells" that are being drilled, but they won't be finished until August.

BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:04 EDT

METAIRIE, La. -- BP sliced off a pipe with giant shears Thursday in the latest bid to curtail the worst spill in U.S. history, but the cut was jagged and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.

2 more days till BP knows if well plug try works

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:07 EDT

BP has made progress toward plugging its Gulf of Mexico oil spill with mud but won't know for two more days if the fix will really work, the company and the government's point man for the disaster said Friday.

BP resumes 'top kill' in effort to stop Gulf oil leak

Thu, 27 May 2010 06:21 EDT

Scientists declared the 5-week-old BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico to be the worst in U.S. history on Thursday, while federal and oil industry officials capped a day of confusion by announcing they had suspended and then restarted their mud-pumping "top kill."

2 more days till BP knows if well plug try works

Wed, 26 May 2010 13:20 EDT

BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.

Decision expected on plug for BP's broken oil well

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:50 EDT

Officials could know by early Friday if BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been sealed for good. An analysis of tests on the well done Thursday was scheduled to be completed within 24 hours, letting the federal government and BP PLC know if work last month that was meant to be temporary had the unexpected effect of permanently plugging the gusher.

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Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:53 EDT

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Ships ready to leave BP leaky well as storm brews

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:51 EDT

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Crew members aboard dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico prepared Thursday to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill.

BP's altered photo distorts spill center activity

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:53 EDT

BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston.

Sandra Bullock, other celebs back Gulf restoration

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:42 EDT

NEW ORLEANS -- From Sandra Bullock to Drew Brees, more than a dozen celebrities are urging people to sign a petition demanding full funding and implementation of a plan to restore the Gulf of Mexico and its coasts and wetlands.

More testing needed for giant oil skimmer

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:20 EDT

An official said more tests are needed to determine if a massive Taiwanese oil skimmer tested amid choppy seas over the weekend can successfully scour large amounts of crude from the Gulf.

Tell us about your BP claim

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:26 EDT