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June 17th, 2010

BP boss vows to US lawmakers to repair Gulf coast (AFP)

BP CEO Tony Hayward listens to opening statements from members of Congress as he waits to deliver his opening remarks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hayward vowed the British energy giant would repair the economic and environmental devastation caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as he was quizzed by irate lawmakers.(AFP/Rod Lamkey Jr)AFP - BP boss Tony Hayward vowed Thursday the British energy giant would repair the economic and environmental devastation caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as he was quizzed by irate lawmakers.


June 17th, 2010

Texas lawmaker accuses White House of BP shakedown (AP)

BP CEO Tony Hayward takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington,, Thursday, June 17, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on 'the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill, (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - A leading House Republican accused the White House Thursday of a "$20 billion shakedown" of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill.


June 17th, 2010

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore (AP)

A dolphin swims in the Barataria Bay near oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill Wednesday, June 16, 2010, near Grand Isle, La. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches, like forest animals fleeing a fire. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.


June 17th, 2010

Oil ends life on the water for Gulf boat captain (AP)

Boat captain Brent 'Hollywood' Shaver looks at the oil that has fouled one of his fishing reels as he works on his boat at Cotton Bayou in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, June 10, 2010.  Shaver, a long time charter boat operator, is shutting down his inshore fishing business because of the gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Grounded by oil, the charter boat owner along Alabama's Gulf Coast known as Capt. Bligh walks past an old first mate.


June 16th, 2010

BP chairman apologizes to Americans for oil spill (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc's chairman apologized on Wednesday to the American people for the catastrophic oil spill on the Gulf coast.

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