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  • BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer

    By Cain Burdeau - Associated Press

    Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said Friday. Published December 16, 2011 Comments

  • BP, Anadarko settle Gulf disaster claims

    By Robert Barr - Associated Press

    Anadarko Petroleum Co. has agreed to pay $4 billion to BP PLC as part of a settlement related to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, adding weight to BP's contention that it was not solely responsible for the disaster. Published October 17, 2011 Comments

  • Foreign insects, diseases got into post-9/11 U.S.

    By Tracie Cone - Associated Press

    Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a pest explosion that threatened the quality of the nation's food supply. Published October 10, 2011 Comments

  • Both sides turn up heat in final Canada-to-Texas pipeline hearing

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    A final public hearing on the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday turned into a heated and often testy battle, filled with boos and cheers for speakers who traveled from across the country to testify. Published October 7, 2011 Comments

  • White House feels pressure on oil pipeline

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    The State Department's support of a oil-pipeline project is putting pressure on the White House. Published October 6, 2011 Comments

  • Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections

    By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

    The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark — from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat. Published September 29, 2011 Comments

  • BP oil not degrading on Gulf floor, study says

    By Jay Reeves - Associated Press

    Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over from last year's BP spill isn't breaking down as quickly as some scientists thought it would, university researchers said Tuesday. Published September 20, 2011 Comments

  • Promises of green jobs withering on vine

    By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

    Despite billions of dollars in federal investment and cheerleading from President Obama, even the most ardent supporters of an energy sector based largely on wind, solar and other renewable sources acknowledge that their dreams have not translated into reality. Published September 11, 2011 Comments

  • Business groups find much to cheer in Obama EPA decision

    By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

    In a twist, business leaders who had been critical of the Obama administration were praising the president Friday for choosing the economy over the environment in back-to-back moves. Published September 2, 2011 Comments

  • Obama halts EPA air-quality regulations

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    President Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency Friday to shelve proposed regulations for new air-quality standards, citing the potential impact on the weak economy. Published September 2, 2011 Comments

  • Oil companies investigate report of sheen in Gulf

    By Raphael G. Satter - Associated Press

    A new oil sheen was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, although energy company BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its operations and was far from the site of its disaster-hit Macondo well. Published August 18, 2011 Comments

  • Year after oil spill, Gulf seafood rebounds

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    President Obama is doing stomach stimulus this week as he eats his way across the Midwest, but exactly a year ago he had more riding on the presidential palate as he ate his way across the Gulf of Mexico coast, trying to revive the region's tourism and seafood industries one shrimp po' boy at a time. Published August 17, 2011 Comments

  • Shell: 56,600 gallons of oil spilled in North Sea

    By Ben McConville and Meera Selva - Associated Press

    Royal Dutch Shell estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil have spilled into the North Sea from an oil rig off Scotland's eastern coast. Published August 15, 2011 Comments

  • Obama announces deal to boost fuel economy

    By Dina Cappiello and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

    President Obama and automakers ushered in the largest cut in fuel consumption since the 1970s on Friday with a deal that will save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes. Published July 29, 2011 Comments

  • Rising river complicates Exxon oil spill cleanup

    By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

    The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged by the crude spilled from a company pipeline. Published July 5, 2011 Comments

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