| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:08:09 GMT
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|  AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:48 GMT
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|  Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday voted to end the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil companies that meet new federal safety requirements.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:48:51 GMT
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| AP - The House debated a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills, and impose new fees on oil and gas taken from federal lands.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:48:21 GMT
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|  AP - Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:39:05 GMT
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|  AFP - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed Friday that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:28 GMT
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| Reuters - Two companies leading the U.S. nuclear power revival may curb spending on the next generation of reactors due to delays in federal loan support, officials said.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:22:35 GMT
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|  Reuters - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:55:20 GMT
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|  AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:00 GMT
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| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one in Texas.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:48:48 GMT
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| Reuters - A close vote is expected later on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives decides on legislation to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:37:00 GMT
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| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:56:21 GMT
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|  AP - The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:55:18 GMT
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|  Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would put tougher restrictions on offshore drilling.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:36:46 GMT
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| Reuters - BP massive oil spill has given Gulf Coast lawmakers leverage to push for a larger share of the billions of dollars in royalties that oil companies pay to drill in U.S. waters.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:15:46 GMT
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|  AFP - Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward would have liked to remain in his job, but is leaving after a firestorm over his handling of the US oil spill because of his "love" for the British firm.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:11:15 GMT
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| Reuters - BP Plc's delayed a critical first step toward killing its Gulf of Mexico oil leak to clean out debris and sediment at the bottom of a relief well, the top official overseeing the spill response said on Friday.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:26:50 GMT
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| AP - Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never reached the powerful loop current.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:25:29 GMT
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| AP - In stories July 28 and July 29 about an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River, The Associated Press reported erroneously how deep the oil would be if put in a walled-in football field. The roughly 800,000 gallons of oil would fill a walled-in football field, including the end zones, with just under 2 feet of oil, not 14 feet.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:49 GMT
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| AP - BP is giving a Louisiana charity $100 million to hand out to oil rig workers struggling because of the federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday.
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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:44 GMT
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|  AP - China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — bigger than the famous Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago — and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster, an American expert said Friday.
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