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Topic: Gulf Oil Spill (page 13)

Rescue time, May 20, 2010
Fire and oil in the Gulf of Mexico, April 29, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a briefing on the damage along the Louisiana coastline caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010. (From L-R) National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen , Obama, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and the Senate Banking Committee's Ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April, 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S. President Barack Obama, National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen and Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph (C) survey damage along the Louisiana coastline at Fourchon Beach caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010.

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Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010 and obtained on April 22. Eleven workers were missing and 17 injured in an explosion at the Transocean oil drilling rig, and crews were fighting the fire 16 hours later, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday. An estimated 126 people were aboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the explosionA Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. Picture taken April 21, 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Â© Ho New / Reuters)

A turning point for energy legislation?

U.S. President Barack Obama surveys damage along the Louisiana coastline at Fourchon Beach caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia, front, and Sasha walk off Air Force One after arriving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Thursday, May 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) (AP)

Ben Nuckols, Greg Bluestein

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This image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) early Friday morning, May 28, 2010 shows drilling mud escaping from the broken pipe on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. 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. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALES (AP)

Matthew Brown, Jason Dearen

Dispersed oil floats on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico waters close to the site of the BP oil spill. (Reuters/Hans Deryk)

Thursday link dump

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A group of workers clean the beach of oil residue from the Deepwater oil rig spill near Grand Isle, La., Thursday, May 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Ben Nuckols, Greg Bluestein

Federal Gulf oil spill costs at $87M and rising

The Associated Press

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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on Wall Street reform in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, May 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Â© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)

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Garret Graves with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority shows his hand after collecting oil samples in Pass A Loutre near Venice, Louisiana on May 26, 2010. Louisiana Governor Jindal gave a tour of the area to reporters showing the damage of the oil spill. BP launched an ambitious deep sea operation to choke off a gushing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, but President Barack Obama cautioned Americans there was no guarantee it would work. BP is under intense pressure from Obama to bring a swift end to the five-week-old spill that threatens an environmental catastrophe and has ignited a political storm. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) (Reuters)

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A Brown Pelican is cleaned Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Buras, La. The bird was rescued after being exposed in an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

Seth Borenstein, Greg Bluestein

FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the Minerals Management Service is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP sources say Birnbaum has been fired (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP)

Erica Werner, Matthew Daly

FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, oil from the leaking Deep Horizon oil rig is seen swirling through the currents in the Gulf of Mexico. Move over Goldman Sachs. Big Oil may be even less popular with the electorate than Wall Street bankers. Edgy lawmakers of both parties are counting on it. The month-old Gulf oil disaster has unleashed a gusher of congressional oversight hearings that may prove harder to cap than the blown BP well. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) (AP)

Associated Press

This early Thursday morning, May 27, 2010 image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) shows equipment being used to try and plug a gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. 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. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALES (AP)

Ben Nuckols, Greg Bluestein

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