The US president has blamed the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on “a breakdown of responsibility” at energy giant BP as he unveiled a commission to investigate the disaster.
Barack Obama, in his weekly radio and internet address on Saturday, also said offshore oil drilling could only go forward if there were assurances [...]
Barack Obama, the US president, has formed an independent presidential commission to probe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Two-term Florida governor and former senator Bob Graham, a Democrat, and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Reilly, a Republican, will serve as co-chairmen of the seven-member body, Obama said [...]
Barack Obama, the US president, has condemned what he said was the “ridiculous spectacle” of oil company executives trading blame over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
In his sternest comments yet on the issue, Obama said he would not tolerate any more “fingerpointing” and denounced what he said had been a “cosy relationship” between oil [...]
Oil sheen from a massive crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico has begun washing ashore on islands off the coast of Louisiana, the US coast guard said.
“Teams have confirmed oil on Freemason Island,” Petty Officer Connie Terrell of the US coast guard, said on Thursday.
Oil sheen is the shimmering thin layer of crude settled [...]
Barack Obama, the US president, has vowed that “no effort” will be spared in attempts to tackle a massive oil slick threatening the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Shortly after arriving in the US state of Lousiana, one of four that could be affected by the spill, Obama defended his government’s response to the potential [...]
Satellite images taken of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have shown the slick could be three times larger than previously estimated, analysts say.
The problem has been compounded by poor weather conditions that continue to hamper efforts to clean up the oil and prevent a major environmental disaster.
Images taken of the slick [...]
The southern US state of Louisiana is seeking emergency help after reports that an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was five times worse than previously thought.
Rear Admiral Mary Landry of the US coast guard said on Wednesday that the leak from an underwater oil well owned by British energy company BP was dumping [...]
One person has been killed and more people are feared trapped under rubble after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Mexican town of Mexicali, close to the US border.
A man was killed when his home collapsed just outside of Mexicali following the quake which struck at 3.40pm (2240 GMT) on Sunday, said Alfredo Escobedo, [...]
The US secretary of state has pledged to help Mexico broaden its war on drug gangs, saying the cartels were not just at war with the Mexican government but with the US as well.
Leading a high-level US delegation in Mexico City for a day of talks with Mexican officials on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said it [...]
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