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Majority of BP spill 'dealt with'
President Obama: "The long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end" Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces, the US government has said. A government report, external says only a quarter of the oil from the BP well remains and that it is "degrading quickly". The majority has been ca
BP was told of oil safety fault 'weeks before blast'
A Deepwater Horizon rig worker has told the BBC that he identified a leak in the oil rig's safety equipment weeks before the explosion. Tyrone Benton said the leak was not fixed at the time, but that instead the faulty device was shut down and a second one relied on. BP said rig owners Transocean were responsible for the operation and maintenance of that piece of equipment. Transocean said it test
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：ケビン・コスナー氏の原油分離器、英ＢＰが３２台購入へ - 国際
米ルイジアナ州で１８日、原油分離器を搭載したはしけを見た後、報道陣からの質問に答えるケビン・コスナーさん（左）とＢＰ関係者ら＝ロイター 米南部沖のメキシコ湾で起きた原油流出事故で、国際石油資本の英ＢＰは１８日、俳優ケビン・コスナー氏が投資、開発してきた原油分離器を３２台購入することを決めた。複数の米メディアが報じた。 コスナー氏の原油分離器は、汚染された海水を吸い上げ、遠心分離の原理で９９％近く原油と水に分離できるとしており、１機約５０万ドル（約４５００万円）。１９８９年のアラスカ沖の原油流出事故をきっかけに開発を始めたという。連邦議会の委員会に１７日出席して、今回の事故で活用するよう訴えていた。 コスナー氏は海洋や環境問題に関心が深く、温暖化した未来世界を描いた「ウォーター・ワールド」（９５年）では、製作・主演を務めた。 ＢＰは、映画「アバター」で知られるジェームズ・キャメロン監
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WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform
Roy Greenslade: The Economist in hot water over 'edited' cover image
Flushing The Gulf?
BP accused of killing endangered sea turtles in cleanup operation
Mishap Sets Back Efforts to Contain Leaking Oil Well
Oil spill: Protesters disrupt BP speech as Tony Hayward pulls out
Judge Blocks Deep-Water Drilling Moratorium - NYTimes.com
Gulf oil spill - A hole in the world | Naomi Klein
Who’s Lobbying for BP?
Opinion | Clean the Gulf, Clean House, Clean Their Clock (Published 2010)
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Classic Biden
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