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Blame game starts in spill hearings
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The blood, er, oil is already flying this morning in Senate hearings into the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill - and the oil company executives haven't even testified yet. Democrats and Republicans alike on the Senate......Tags: Halliburton Company, BP Plc, Emergency Incidents, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Corruption
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Oil Spill Testimony To Congress: Not Our Fault
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- BP PLC told Congress Tuesday its massive Gulf oil spill was caused by the failure of a key safety device made by another company. In turn, that company says BP was in charge, and that a third company that poured concrete to plug the...Tags: Mobile, Environmental Issues, Water Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters
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Green Groups Hope Gulf Spill Galvanizes Movement
ABC26 NewsIn the weeks after an oil rig exploded and killed 11 men in the Gulf of Mexico, worried environmental groups scoured the water for oil plumes, set up animal triage centers and stretched boom across shorelines. Activists hope their involvement doesn't end...Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Water Pollution, Disasters, Energy Resources
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Political Patience Wanes As Gulf Oil Spill Grows
ABC26 NewsPolitical patience was whittling away for BP executives who can't stop a broken underwater well from pouring oil into the Gulf where crews tried the latest solution - submerging a second containment box designed to funnel the gusher to a waiting tanker....Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Water Pollution, Disasters, Energy Resources
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Congress seeks to have hospitals justify tax-exempt status
Proposals in the Maryland General Assembly to define which patients are eligible for financial assistance at hospitals are getting an unexpected push from Congress, which might soon consider legislation aimed at making nonprofit hospitals justify their...Tags: Politics, Health, Health Insurance, Martin O'Malley, Family
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Senate ready to grill Chu, Salazar
The Swampby Jim Tankersley Barack Obama is done appointing his Cabinet. Now come the questions. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee announced today it will dive into confirmation hearings on Energy Secretary nominee Steven Chu and Interior...Tags: Global Warming, Steven Chu, Ken Salazar, National Government, Lisa Murkowski
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Obama's 'culture clash' with Congress
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas Barack Obama walked the halls of the Capitol as a senator for nearly four years, and in his earliest decisions following election assembled a coterie of key advisers with deep roots in Congress. And......Tags: Politics, Parliament, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arts and Culture, Jack Kingston
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Chu beams into Senate hearing
The Swampby Jim Tankersley, and updated Only on Capitol Hill - and maybe an elite physics department near you - does a Nobel-winning scientist garner round-the-corner lines, an overflow crowd and a cascade of flashbulbs when he steps out in public.......Tags: Politics, Parliament, United States, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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