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Cleaning Up

  1. Marathoners, Hard Hit Residents, and Other New Yorkers Volunteering Side by SideIt warms the heart, even as temperatures drop.
    By Andre Tartar
  2. cleaning up
    BP Reaches Settlement With Deepwater Horizon PartnerAnadarko Petroleum will help to compensate victims of the 2010 oil spill.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. cleaning up
    BP Could Face Manslaughter Charges for Deepwater Horizon DeathsBut don’t worry, the executives are still safe.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  4. snowball fight
    Mayor Bloomberg Is ‘Angry’ About City’s Slow Blizzard Cleanup“It is a bad situation.”
    By Mike Vilensky
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    Gowanus Canal Residents to EPA: How About That Raw Sewage While You’re at It?Please?
    By Nitasha Tiku
  6. cleaning up
    A Short List of What Federal Oil-Rig Inspectors Aren’t CheckingA short, semi-terrifying list.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  7. cleaning up
    Obama Administration Changes Its Mind About Offshore DrillingNow that we think about it, maybe that wasn’t the best idea.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  8. cleaning up
    BP Is Back to Being ProfitableHeckuva third quarter, BP!
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Four Advance Tests Showed That the Cement Halliburton Was Using to Close BP’s Well Was UnstableHalliburton only told BP about one of them.
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    Moratorium on Offshore Drilling Will Now End Before the MidtermsMy, that was quick.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  11. cleaning up
    Report Criticizes Adminstration for Response to Oil SpillGovernment retort: response was “in full force and immediate.”
    By Josh Duboff
  12. bp
    New BP CEO: We’re Coming Back From ‘Near-Death’“[We need] a fast evolution, not revolution.”
    By Josh Duboff
  13. cleaning up the prequel?
    Shell Wants to Build the World’s Largest Floating Natural-Gas PlantWhat could go wrong?
    By Nitasha Tiku
  14. cleaning up
    The BP Oil Well Is Now ‘Physically Incapable of Leaking Another Drop’Were all of your other issues from last summer resolved?
    By Mike Vilensky
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    BP Completes Relief Well, Now on to ‘Bottom Kill’BP sensors detect that the relief well has connected with the original Macando well 18,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  16. cleaning up
    Multiple Choice Photo: (A) Gravel Road or (B) Enormous Fish Kill in the Gulf?Guess which?
    By Nitasha Tiku
  17. twitter
    Creator of Fake BP Twitter Was Struck With Idea While ‘Taking a Whiz’“It was very obvious to me BP was more worried about its image than about actually letting people see and understand what was happening on the Gulf.”
    By Josh Duboff
  18. cleaning up
    You Know What They Say About People Who Like to Start FiresAnother week, another fire.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  19. cleaning up
    BP Report Blames a Series of Failures and a Number of Companies for the Spill“No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy.”
    By Nitasha Tiku
  20. cleaning up
    Louisiana’s Shrimp & Petroleum Festival Doesn’t See What All the Fuss Is AboutCelebrating Louisiana’s harvest since 1967.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  21. cleaning up
    Employees From the Company Whose Oil Rig Just Exploded Spent Yesterday Protesting Restrictions on Offshore DrillingJust yesterday, Mariner Energy employees objected to restrictions on offshore drilling.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Updated]Yes, this is happening again.
    By Chris Rovzar
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    BP Executives Should Be Thankful Brad Pitt Isn’t PresidentThe actor takes a stand in new Spike Lee documentary.
    By Josh Duboff
  24. cleaning up
    A 22-Mile Plume of Oil Has Gone Missing in the GulfScientists lost track of the oil “mist” after Hurricane Alex.
    By Josh Duboff
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    BP’s Cement Plug Has HardenedCrew now beginning the final phase of drilling.
    By Josh Duboff
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    Static Kill Completed in Deepwater Horizon WellThe oil leak is now double-stopped.
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. cleaning up
    BP Will Keep Killing the Well Until It Is Killed for GoodThe static kill worked, and the bottom kill will finish the job.
    By Dan Amira
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    New Report Claims Oil Spill Is Essentially Under ControlThree quarters of the oil has been eliminated.
    By Josh Duboff
  29. cleaning up
    BP Gets Hit With a New Lawsuit and (Surprise!) It Has Nothing to Do With the Spill$10 billion in damages for a benzene leak in Texas. Add it to their tab.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  30. cleaning up
    Oil Spill Estimate Increases Yet AgainAnd “static kill” is postponed.
    By Josh Duboff
  31. cleaning up
    Oil Spill Not Actually That Big a DealThe environment is doing fine!
    By Dan Amira
  32. cleaning up
    BP Exec Warns Congress About Risks of Restricting Offshore Drilling“It would harm the ongoing effort to increase America’s energy independence.”
    By Josh Duboff
  33. cleaning up
    Tony Hayward to Get Annual Pension of Close to $1 MillionBP CEO will be sitting on piles of money in Russia.
    By Josh Duboff
  34. cleaning up
    BP May Literally Banish Tony Hayward to SiberiaWell, Moscow, at least.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. cleaning up
    Tony Hayward Reportedly Stepping DownFor real, this time!
    By Mike Vilensky
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    Denied Reports of Tony Hayward’s Dismissal Make the Rounds Again [Updated]Will he leave soon, though?
    By Mike Vilensky
  37. cleaning up
    Oil-Spill Cleanup Commences AgainBonnie was pretty weak.
    By Mike Vilensky
  38. oil spill
    Oil Cleanup Paused While Bonnie Passes ThroughIt’s like Mother Nature is a cutter.
    By Mike Vilensky
  39. in hot water
    Deepwater Horizon Workers Knew Something Was UpEven before the rig exploded.
    By Mike Vilensky
  40. cleaning up
    Oil Companies Aiming To Impress Public, White House With ‘Rapid Response System’Four companies are each donating $250 million.
    By Josh Duboff
  41. cleaning up by getting dirty
    BP Pumps in Mud As CEO Departure Rumor Pumps Its StockWill the spill outlast Tony Hayward?
    By Mike Vilensky
  42. bp
    London Times: Tony Hayward to Step DownBP immediately denies claim.
    By Josh Duboff
  43. cleaning up
    Government Allows BP One More Day to Test CapSeepage detected near the Deepwater Horizon well has not sparked a release on BP’s cap yet.
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. cleaning up
    Setback in Spill Containment As Seepage Is Detected in GulfUh-oh.
    By Josh Duboff
  45. generally good news
    So How’s the New Oil-Containment Cap Working?Generally, well.
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. cleaning up
    Oil Has Apparently Stopped Gushing Into the Gulf“I am very excited,” BP senior vice-president said, “but I don’t want to create a false sense of excitement.”
    By Jessica Pressler
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    BP Delays Testing of New Cap“Additional analysis” needed on testing process.
    By Josh Duboff
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    Early Reports: New Containment Cap Appears to Have Stopped SpillBP has yet to confirm the PBS report.
    By Josh Duboff
  49. cleaning up
    So How’s the Oil-Cap Replacement Going?Robots are currently facing off versus crude oil.
    By Mike Vilensky
  50. cleaning up
    BP to Remove Pipe Cap As Early As SaturdayThey’ll replace it with a better cap … three days later.
    By Chris Rovzar
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