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Trump Moves to Vastly Expand Offshore Drilling
The Trump administration moved Thursday to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters off California for the first time in more than three decades.
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Trump Moves to Vastly Expand Offshore Drilling
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The Trump administration moved Thursday to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters...
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BP has launched its biggest push yet to deep-clean the tourist beaches that were coated with crude during the worst of the Gulf oil spill. Machines are digging down into the sand to remove buried tar mats left from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
HEADLINE: Not everyone happy with gulf beach cleanup
CAPTION: BP has launched its biggest push yet to deep-clean the tourist beaches that were coated with crude during the worst of the Gulf oil spill. Machines are digging down...
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In Louisiana, it's a tale of two localities‹ the coastal communities saw Summer tourism dollars evaporate after the BP oil rig disaster. New Orleans did just fine. The AP's John Mone says it all depends on how communities managed perception of how oil affected the Gulf region
HEADLINE: Oil Disaster Lasting Impact on Gulf Tourism
CAPTION: In Louisiana, it's a tale of two localities‹ the coastal communities saw Summer tourism dollars evaporate after the BP oil rig disaster. New Orleans did just fine. The...
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Animal rescue operations are gearing up in Louisiana as the region deals with the impact of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico after an oil rig exploded and sank last week.
HEADLINE: Oil-covered bird being treated in Louisiana
CAPTION: Animal rescue operations are gearing up in Louisiana as the region deals with the impact of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico after an oil rig exploded and sank last...
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Two years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, offshore islands still clamor with birds, but birders say there aren''t as many as before and the islands themselves are simply washing away.
HEADLINE: Islands, birds suffer 2 years after oil spill
CAPTION: Two years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, offshore islands still clamor with birds, but birders say there aren''t as many as before and the islands themselves are...
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Bob Dudley, the man BP swapped out for embattled CEO Tony Hayward as its face in the Gulf, toured a turtle rehabilitation facility Wednesday and acknowledged the spill response could be better.
HEADLINE: BP manager makes first Gulf visit as 'oil czar'
CAPTION: Bob Dudley, the man BP swapped out for embattled CEO Tony Hayward as its face in the Gulf, toured a turtle rehabilitation facility Wednesday and acknowledged the spill...
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Shell agrees US$15.5m settlement in lawsuit over execution of activist, lawyer and son reax
AP Television
New York City - June 8, 2009
1. Mid shot Judith Chomsky, lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), being interviewed
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Chomsky, lawyer for CCR, worked on Royal Dutch Shell case:...
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For more than a century, the elite cadre of 60 San Francisco Bar Pilots have enjoyed monopoly control over guiding ships around the San Francisco Bay. After a massive oil spill, shipping companies are contesting the pilots' rising fees with the Legislature.
HEADLINE: Bay Ship Pilots' Salaries Questioned
CAPTION: For more than a century, the elite cadre of 60 San Francisco Bar Pilots have enjoyed monopoly control over guiding ships around the San Francisco Bay. After a massive oil spill,...
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BP predicts at least one of the two relief wells now being drilled to remedy the spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be completed by the end of July or in August.
HEADLINE: BP opens drilling rig to cameras
CAPTION: BP predicts at least one of the two relief wells now being drilled to remedy the spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be completed by the end of July or in August. It allowed a camera on...
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Scientists combine new and old technologies in effort to stop oil spill
AP Television
Gulf of Mexico - May 25, 2010
1. Aerial of oil slick and containment ships on surface at site of oil leak
2. Wide aerial of vessel performing boom activity
3. Wide aerial of vessels at site of oil leak
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+4:3 Halliburton reaches $1.1B oil spill settlement
American company Halliburton said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay 1.1 (b) billion US dollars to settle numerous claims involving the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The settlement, which is subject to court approval, will be paid into...
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Green activists protest Italy oil drilling plans
Environmental groups, including Greenpeace, organised a demonstration in Rome on Friday in support of an upcoming referendum that would ban oil drilling in Italian waters. The protesters laid out long strips of black cloth across the...
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Amphibious ship used to clean up oil spills, heads towards Iraq
March 18, 2003
0000 Wide shot USS Comstock in the Gulf, US flag in foreground
March 19, 2003
0005 Various bridge of the USS Comstock
0023 UPSOUND: Part underlaid (English) Commander John Padfield, Captain, USS Comstock
March 18,...
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As the Gulf oil spill grows, more and more images of oil-covered birds are being broadcast. Now there is a growing debate over whether it is worth cleaning those birds and nursing them back to health. The Ap's Lila Ibrahim has more.
HEADLINE: Is Cleaning oil covered birds worth it?
CAPTION: As the Gulf oil spill grows, more and more images of oil-covered birds are being broadcast. Now there is a growing debate over whether it is worth cleaning those birds and...
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Cape Town penguins threatened by ship wreck
A ship that ran aground a South African beach three years ago is still threatening bird and marine life.
The Seli 1 was heavily laden with coal and oil when engine trouble led to it being wrecked on Blouberg Beach, Cape Town in...
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Pamela Anderson and fellow celebrities talk about their passion for pets
The star of NBC's new sitcom, "Animal Practice," admits she may not practice the best animal care, but says that's because she can't bear to be without her dogs.
"We live in New York and L.A. and sometimes Florida for a portion of the...
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Tar balls have begun washing up on the white sand beach at Dauphin Island, Alabama, and crews are trying to determine if they are from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill or other rigs nearby.
HEADLINE: Crews investigating tar balls on Ala. beach
CAPTION: Tar balls have begun washing up on the white sand beach at Dauphin Island, Alabama, and crews are trying to determine if they are from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill...
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Public oyster beds in the Gulf of Mexico are producing less than a third of the shellfish than before oil spewed from a BP well in 2010. But whether the spill is a cause is still under review by the Natural Resource Damage Assessment. (Aug. 11)
nats Oyster boat motor
SOUNDBITE: Randy Slavich, Oyster Fisherman: "We've never seen it before like this."
nats Clanking of chain as metal oyster net, known as a dredge, is pulled into boat
SOUNDBITE Randy Slavich, Oyster Fisherman:...
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The man heading the Obama administration's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says a containment cap installed on the BP rig is helping to limit the leak.
HEADLINE: Allen: Containment cap showing promise
CAPTION: The man heading the Obama administration's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says a containment cap installed on the BP rig is helping to limit the leak. (June 8)
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Experts say there appears to be no good way to stop the oil that's streaming into the Gulf of Mexico. More than 200,000 gallons of oil a day are spewing from the site of the rig and a solution doesn't appear to be imminent. (April 30)
HEADLINE: Scientist: Oil cleanup methods a lose, lose
CAPTION: Experts say there appears to be no good way to stop the oil that's streaming into the Gulf of Mexico. More than 200,000 gallons of oil a day are spewing from the site of the...
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Restaurants and seafood industry officials in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells in hopes of revitalizing what dealers say is a depleted Gulf of Mexico harvest since BP oil spill in 2010. (June 24)
Restaurants and seafood industry officials in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells in hopes of revitalizing what dealers say is a depleted Gulf of Mexico harvest.
State officials said they don't have current figures on the size of...
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Scientists are returning to the Gulf of Mexico to assess the environmental impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (March 31)
Scientists are returning to the Gulf of Mexico to assess the environmental impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Researchers will be using a small U.S. Navy submergence vehicle to study the sea floor, collect water and...
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Hairdressers collect hair to mop up oil spill
Manila - 29 August 2006
1. Various of hair being cut in salon
2. Hair falling on floor
3. Hair being swept with a broom
4. Tracking shot of hair in a dustpan, pull out to staff putting it into plastic bag
5. Close of hair being put into...