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After meeting with top BP officials, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the oil giant has agreed to set aside an initial $20 billion to pay the victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
HEADLINE: Obama: BP to fork over billions to help Gulf
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says BP has agreed to set aside $20 billion to pay oil spill victims, as well as create a $100 million compensation fund for oil industry workers left...
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Dead turtles are starting to wash up along the Gulf Coast. Experts say it is unclear if these turtles died because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but they are performing necropsies on them to determine a cause of death.
HEADLINE: Dead sea turtles washing up along Gulf Coast
CAPTION: Dead turtles are starting to wash up along the Gulf Coast. Experts say it is unclear if these turtles died because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but they are...
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Peru's oil co. confirms spill in the Amazon
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLima - 22 August 20161. Various of demonstrators blocking street, holding banner, outside Peru's oil state-own oil company, Petroperu2. Various of Petroperu's...
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Cleanup After Crude Oil Spills in SoCal Ravine
Cleanup is underway in a Southern California ravine where thousands of gallons of crude spilled from an oil pipeline.Crimson Pipeline LLC spokeswoman Kendall Klingler says the cause of the spill Thursday in Ventura County is under...
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Peru's oil co. confirms spill in the Amazon
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLima - 22 August 20161. Various of demonstrators blocking street, holding banner, outside Peru's oil state-own oil company, Petroperu2. Various of Petroperu's...
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Philippines and India hold joint maritime drills
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYManila bay - 10 January 20171. Various of Indian and Philippine Coast Guard ships firing water cannons at small ship as part of drill2. Philippine coast guard...
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Crews in Greece clean up pollution from sunken tanker ship
Greece's merchant marine minister says clean-up crews are working to contain pollution caused by a small tanker that sank over the weekend off a Greek island.
The Agia Zoni II sank Sunday while anchored off the coast of...
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Authorities provide more info on US oil rig blast
Authorities searched by air and water on Monday for a contractor who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans.
Seven people were injured, including three who were in critical condition,...
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Sri Lanka works to clean oil slicks near capital
Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of coast guard and navy personnel on Monday to clean oil slicks on a coastal stretch near the capital following a pipeline leak.
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Oil spill on Venezuelan shore affects fishermen
Venezuelan fishermen in the Playa Sola said on Friday that an oil spill on the shore of the city Carabobo has prevented them from fishing over the past three days.
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Brazil oil fields near maritime park fails to sell at auction
The Brazilian government failed on Thursday in its attempt to tender oil fields near a maritime national park that protects one of the largest coral reefs in Brazil, at a time when the country is dealing with a major oil spill.
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Venezuela's broken oil industry threatens fishermen
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Brazil indigenous protest at oil company in Madrid
A small group of indigenous activists from Brazil on Sunday gathered outside the Madrid headquarters of an energy company to protest against an oil spill that has been affecting the Brazilian coast for several months.
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10 years after BP spill, companies drill deeper
Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be huge but the risks are greater than ever.
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California Beaches Reopen After Oil Spill
Officials in Huntington Beach are still warning people to stay away from areas that smell of oil and not to touch anything that has oil on it.
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Coast Guard Investigating Cargo Ship For Hitting Oil Pipeline
Still undetermined is whether the impact caused the October leak or if the line was hit by something else at a later date or failed.
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VOICED : Offshore refuelling deepens fears for S. Africa's penguin haven
Cargo ships refuel within five kilometers of the world's largest breeding colony of African penguins, near the South African city of Port Elizabeth (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Paying The Price After Winning Millions From Shell
March 4 -- In 2015 the community of Bodo won a $77 million lawsuit against Shell for two oil spills that devastated their environment and livelihoods. The money from this landmark victory has now been spent, but is Bodo any better off?...