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July 29, 2010

7 Louisiana parish presidents call for bigger say in oil spill cleanup and aftermath | San Francisco Examiner

The presidents of seven coastal Louisiana parishes and other local officials say the Coast Guard and BP PLC have banded together and ignored them, and they want a change...

Oil spewing from well near La. marsh | msnbc.com

Adding insult to the Gulf's injury, a wellhead hit by a tug boat is now spewing oil up 20 feet into the air near a Louisiana marsh area, officials said Tuesday.

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Oil spewing from a busted wellhead is seen Tuesday in the distance off the Louisiana coast.

Feds: Cap on ruptured BP's oil well leaking | The Associated Press

Oil is leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured oil well, but federal officials intend to leave it in place for now.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says Monday afternoon that the leaks are so far not a major concern...

Beloved pelicans offer us a way to wrap our minds around the Gulf oil spill | NOLA.com

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A Brown Pelican coated in oil flaps its wings while standing on Raccoon Island, a barrier island in Terrebonne Parish, La. on Thursday, July 15, 2010.

Temporary Cap in Place Now What for the Gulf? | ABC News

With temporary cap in place keeping oil gusher at bay, Gulf Coast residents ask: Now what? Where will the millions of as-yet uncollected, unburned, unseen gallons of oil from the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well end up?

With New BP Oil Well Cap in Place, What Now? | Newsweek

The integrity test will involve completely "shutting in" the well so the full pressure of the oil gusher can be measured, giving the scientists and engineers a read on the structural stability of the piping that lines the 13,000-foot-long well. The results of the test will be critically important for determining whether it's safe to leave the well shut in, ending the flow indefinitely, or whether the well will have to be opened up again.

Volunteers ready but left out of spill cleanup | Hutchinson, Kansas news

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.

EPA scientists discuss chemicals used to break up oil in Gulf | CNN.com

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson's briefing on dispersants in Gulf Breeze, Florida, comes two days after the agency released results from its first round of toxicity testing on eight of the dispersants used in the Gulf.

Whale sharks unable to avoid oil spill (with video) | al.com

Three whale sharks swimming in heavy oil four miles from the gushing Deepwater Horizon wellhead.
Our worst fears are realized. They are not avoiding the spill area... Taking mouthfuls of oil is not good. It is not the toxicity that will kill them. It's that oil is going to be sticking to their gills...

New Orleanians Join Hands Across Sand | WDSU New Orleans

In a show of solidarity, dozens of environmentalists gathered behind Audubon Zoo, joining tens of thousands around the world in what's called "Hands Across the Sand." Similar events took place in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and more than 30 countries...

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