The offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon burns in the Gulf of Mexico shortly before it sank April 22, 2010. | Photo courtesy Jon T. Fritz/MCT
An oil-soaked bird struggles against the side of a supply vessel May 9, 2010, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. | AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A containment device waits to be lowered May 6, 2010 into the water at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT) |
Workers clean oil residue form the rocks that form a jetty protecting a Gulfport, Mississippi, boat ramp as Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announces his plan for Gulf Coast restoration. (Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT) | Amanda McCoy/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT
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Restore Act measure to boost BP cleanup passes House
The House approved an amendment Thursday pushed by Gulf State lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the BP oil spill to a trust fund for coastal restoration of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. » read more
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- · Oil spill fund chief says he welcomes oversight
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- · Gulf state lawmakers work to bring oil spill money home
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