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When will oil spill be cleaned up? Maybe never 9:15 PM EST

After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an environmental mess of unprecedented scope can be cleaned up.

Next attempt to seal BP well in Gulf likely to begin Tuesday 5:30 PM EST

Officials for BP have moved to Tuesday the likely start for their next effort to kill the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells said Friday that the delay by a day in the so-called "static kill" was necessary because debris was found at the bottom of a nearby relief well.

Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act 5:20 PM EST

As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?

Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future 5:20 PM EST

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one in Texas.

Cautioned by BP oil spill, Brazil continues deep-sea drilling 5:20 PM EST

Three years ago, the abundant "pre-salt" oil reserves found off Brazil's coast epitomized the country's optimism and rise on the world stage.

For 'oiled' marshlands, time may be the only balm 3:45 PM EST

A few days ago, at least a dozen tiny crabs scurried along the sandy bottom of Jackson Marsh near here, just inches beneath a streak of oily sheen that was racing back into a crude-soaked Gulf of Mexico with the tide.

Oil-soaked waste worries Gulf Coast landfills' neighbors 2:35 PM EST

At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped.

Florida takes aim at Gulf oil spill-related scams 7:45 AM EST

Florida's state attorney general is investigating two Florida companies over claims they offered free emergency response training for oil spill clean up work but then withheld students' training certificates unless they paid a large fee.

Transcript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen's Thursday briefing 7:10 PM EST

<em>This is the transcript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen's briefing with reporters July 29 on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The transcript was ditributed by the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center.</em>

New auto dealership in Pembroke Pines focuses on hybrids 1:00 AM EST

Veteran auto dealer Craig Zinn has opened the newly minted Florida Hybrid Center hoping that a wave of environmentalism and an anti-oil attitude will draw more Floridians towards Priuses, Lexuses and other semi-electric vehicles.