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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban

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AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.

Group sues over Wyoming-to-Oregon gas pipeline

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AP - An environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.

New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-up

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Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley, seen here in June, 2010 in Washington, DC, vowed Friday the company would stay the course in cleaning up the oil-hit Gulf region during his first visit since he was named to take the company's helm.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed Friday that the firm would sta

U.S. nuclear front-runners begin to slow spending

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Reuters - Two companies leading the U.S. nuclear power revival may curb spending on the next generation of reactors due to delays in federal loan support, officials said.