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Obama names chairmen of Gulf oil spill commission
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 22nd, 2010
Associated Press: The Environmental Protection Agency chief on the job during the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989 and a former Florida senator will lead the presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico disaster. President Barack Obama on Saturday announced the appointments of William K. Reilly, EPA administrator under Republican President George H.W. Bush, and Bob Graham, a Democrat who also was Florida governor, as the panel's heads. Obama intends to name five others to the ...
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Obama unveils commission to probe oil spill
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 22nd, 2010
Reuters: US President Barack Obama said today that offshore oil drilling could only go forward if there were assurances that a disaster like the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill would not happen again. As Obama officially unveiled a commission to investigate the accident, he issued a stern message that while keeping pressure on firms involved in the still-uncapped spill - BP, Halliburton and Transocean Ltd - he would also hold Washington accountable for mending its ways. With ...
Anger, frustration over oil mounts along the Gulf
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 22nd, 2010
Associated Press: Anger grew along the Gulf Coast as an ooze of oil washed into delicate coastal wetlands in Lousiana, with residents questioning the federal government and others wondering how to clean up the monthlong mess that worsens with each day. "It's difficult to clean up when you haven't stopped the source," said Chris Roberts, a councilman for Jefferson Parish, which stretches from the New Orleans metropolitan area to the coast. "You can scrape it off the beach but it's coming right ...