Oil Spill
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Putin hits out over struggle to contain oil spill
Russian president Vladimir Putin has vented his fury on local officials after efforts to contain a massive oil spill failed. Streams have turned blood red by diesel after around 20,000 tonnes of fuel spilled from a tank at a power plant,
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BP to pay out £12bn for oil spill
Oil giant BP said it had reached an 18.7bn US dollar (£12bn) legal settlement in the US to cover the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that killed 11 workers five years ago. It said the agreement would settle all US federal, state and
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's beach jeopardised by 101,000 gallon oil spill
A 100,000 gallon oil spill off the coast of Southern California has jeopardised the private beach at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Santa Barbara property. A ten square mile oil slick was created in the ocean last week when an onshore
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BP seeks halt on oil spill payouts
BP has asked a judge to temporarily suspend all settlement payments to Gulf Coast businesses and people who claim they lost money after the company's 2010 oil spill while former FBI director Louis Freeh investigates alleged misconduct by a
