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The White House asked Congress Wednesday to lift liability caps on oil companies, increase the excise tax that finances cleanups and provide $118 million in emergency spending to help deal [...]

Frustrated with the growing but still-unknown costs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Senate Democrats signaled Wednesday that they may move a proposal to increase liability caps [...]

As estimates of the devastation wrought by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill mount, Senate Democratic opponents of offshore drilling are planning legislation that would dramatically boost the statutory cap [...]

The environmental impact of this weekend's oil spill off Rhode Island is quickly being assessed, but the political fallout from the accident will take more time to determine, Sen. John [...]

The American Gas Association (AGA) withdrew its support of the Domestic Fuels Alliance over the lobbying group's negative advertising campaign and support of an anti-oil document. The Domestic Fuels Alliance supports alternatives to imported oil. AGA felt that two of the Alliance's ads were 'totally unacceptable.' One ad states that major oil companies are responsible for one oil spill a day. Efforts by ethanol and natural gas advocates attacking the health aspects of methyl tertiary butyl ether are causing some gasoline producers to evaluate the oxygenate even further., WASHINGTON -- The propaganda war over competing fuels has grown so harsh that the American Gas Association (AGA) decided last week to drop out of a lobbying group. AGA's board [...]

Political tensions over BP's Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appeared to rise June 10, 2010 as the British government warned of 'rhetoric' over the incident. U.K. businesses criticized U.S. demand for BP to cut its dividend, which accounts for about 15% of dividends to British pension funds.

The debate on the amount of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico that has taken place due to BP's runaway Macondo exploration well continues, with claims that the company has managed to use siphoning to divert it proving to be false as the leakage still continues. US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has informed Congress that the government will undertake an independent review to estimate the quantum of the leakage.

The US Senate recently passed a budget resolution amendment to support funding of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) located in Cordova, Alaska (USA). The amendment was sponsored by Alaska [...]

Oil Politics Nearly Normal One Year After Alaska Spill ANCHORAGE - When the tanker Exxon Valdez crashed into Bligh Reef a year ago and spilled 240,000 barrels of North Slope [...]

Harbor Oil Spill Likely to Ignite Political Battle FOR THE third time in a week, emergency crews battled to contain an oil spill in the New York Harbor area - [...]

Latest Tanker Spill Stirs Point Arguello Opposition SANTA BARBARA -- The Huntington Beach tanker accident has solidified political opposition to long-term use of tankers to transport crude oil from Chevron's [...]

California Spill's Aftermath May Roil Political Waters WASHINGTON -- A series of uncanny coincidences marked what may be the nation's second most dramatic oil tanker spill this year, but indications [...]

The federal government is pressuring the Lubicon Cree Nation to accept a plan that will undermine their right to land and self-determination, says Fred Lennarson, political advisor to Lubicon Chief [...]

LEAD: The diesel fuel spill in the Ohio River has given new impetus to legislation that would set liability for oil spills, a proposal that has languished through six previous […]

LEAD: Senate hearings into the huge tanker spill in Alaska opened today with lawmakers and officials of the executive branch charging that the oil industry had responded poorly because of […]

Numerous Spills Lead to Ban, Legislative Action It has not been a good year for the coastal waters of the United States. Large oil spills have clouded the waters -- [...]

`Innocent Bystander' May Face Wrath In Wake of Offshore California Oil Spill SOMETIMES the urge for swift justice nets the wrong suspect. The recent oil spill in California, coming on [...]