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Shell spills oil, drilling mud off Alabama coast
Global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced on Sunday that its Appomattox well off the Alabama coast spilled 319 barrels of oil and drilling fluids into the Gulf of Mexico. This latest spill occurred about 20 miles from BP’s failed
BP, Cameron International reach oil-spill agreement
BP has reached a settlement with Cameron International, another one of its contractors involved in the Macondo well operations that ended in a deadly explosion and set off the catastrophic Gulf oil spill. BP sued Cameron and other companies involved
Dispute heats up over use of BP oil spill fine money
A group of Gulf Coast officials went to Washington this week to urge passage of the RESTORE Act, a piece of legislation designed to ensure that 80 percent of the oil-spill fine money BP pays to the federal government would
New study links SSRIs to developmental disorders, autism
Studies helped persuade doctors that treating depression in pregnant women was important to the well-being of both the mother and the fetus. As a result, antidepressant use during pregnancy increased. But new research shows that treatment with certain antidepressants just
Oil and tar reappears on Gulf beaches after Tropical Storm Lee
When Tropical Storm Lee pummeled the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas over the weekend, it left many coastal residents wondering if there would ever be an end to the BP oil spill. Many residents in coastal areas from Florida
Louisiana’s oyster production still struggles after oil spill
The typical oyster season in Louisiana, which starts in September, produces an average of 25o million pounds of oysters – about one-third of the nation’s oyster supply. This year, however, thanks to the BP oil spill and the Mississippi River
Legislators agree on recovery and restoration plan for BP oil spill fine money
A landmark new bill that would direct billions of dollars in BP oil spill fine money to Gulf Coast recovery and restoration efforts cleared the Senate today with broad bipartisan support. Senators from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida — the
Oil pollutes coast a year after BP spill, millions of gallons unaccounted for
BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was successfully capped a year ago, but hundreds of miles of Gulf coast beaches and marshlands are still contaminated by oil from the blown-out Macondo well. According to the National Oceanic and
Grant will fund study to determine safety of Gulf seafood
Researchers led by the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, announced they will receive nearly $8 million to study the effects of the BP oil spill disaster on seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. The five-year grant is
