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4 Years After BP Spill, Florida Beach Monitors Remain

Four years after the massive 2010 BP oil spill, monitors from Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection continue to find thousands of tar balls on beaches in the western Panhandle. The Pensacola News Journal reports that the two remaining oil spill …

Tests Confirm Link Between BP Oil, Post-Isaac Tar

Scientific testing has confirmed a link between oil from the massive BP spill and tar found on Alabama beaches after Hurricane Isaac. Auburn University researcher Joel Hayworth said Tuesday a chemical analysis showed that tar balls collected after Isaac were …

Tropical Storm Lee Exposes Old Oil from BP Spill in Louisiana

BP PLC is sending cleanup crews back to Fourchon Beach because erosion from Tropical Storm Lee unearthed miles of tar balls, tar mats and abandoned cleanup equipment left from last year’s oil spill. Six task forces – 90 workers and …