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Residents outraged after major oil spill devastates popular park: 'This is unacceptable'

Dublin residents are voicing outrage after a major oil spill devastated Kilbogget Park, a popular public green space just ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Ship's crew detained in inquiry into oil spill

SAN FRANCISCO — The entire crew of the cargo ship that sideswiped a bridge, causing San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades, has been detained as part of a criminal investigation, a ...
The Atlantic

Is the Worst of the Oil Spill Really Over?

We Can Rule Out Worst-Case Scenarios The Atlantic's Megan McArdle asks, "How bad is it really? ... There's a phase in disasters--often quite long--when people start treating the worst-case scenarios ...
Time

Nearly Two Years On, Did the BP Oil Spill Have to Happen to BP?

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to divide people into two categories: those who can’t forget, and those who refuse to remember. In the first camp are Gulf Coast residents and environmentalists ...

Microbes in Singapore coastline offer natural alternative to clean up oil spills, say researchers

SINGAPORE: Chemicals are usually sprayed on oil slicks in water after an oil spill to break up the pollution, but new ...
The Atlantic

Spotlight: The Worst Case Scenario for the Oil Spill

All the actions and few tid bits of information all lead to one inescapable conclusion. The well pipes below the sea floor are broken and leaking. ... I took some time to go into a bit of detail ...