Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2010 – 12:08 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, I just completed a meeting with the Cabinet that is directly in charge of dealing with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. From the beginning, we activated 15 agencies for what is now the largest national response ever to an[Read More…]
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Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, June 7, 2010
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2010. BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, June 5, 2010
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides Operational Update for Unified Area Command National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the progress of the administration-wide response to the BP oil spill at the Theodore Staging[Read More…]
Press Briefing by National Incident Commander for Deewater BP Oil Spill Response, June 5, 2010
THEODORE, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2010 – Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the National Incident Commander for the Deepwater BP Oil Spill Response, briefed the media Saturday morning at the Theodore staging area. 9:45 a.m. CT OPERATOR: Good morning everybody. We’re here at the Theodore, Alabama, staging area to give you the[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Administration Response Efforts to the BP Oil Spill
Grand Isle, Louisiana–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2010. I’m speaking to you from Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana, one of the first places to feel the devastation wrought by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While I was here, at Camerdelle’s Live Bait shop, I met with a group of[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama After Briefing on Gulf Oil Spill Update
New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010 – 2:29 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to thank everybody who participated in this meeting. Most of the folks here were in the meeting that we had last week. One of the encouraging signs is that, at least with respect to Louisiana, it[Read More…]
Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund Fact Sheet, June 4, 2010
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. The Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund was created in January 2010. To date, the Fund has raised more than $14 million from more than 100,000 individuals for earthquake relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance. Since the earthquake, the Foundation has spent $7 million and allocated $2 million for[Read More…]
Security Council Authorizes Extra Police for UN Force in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country’s national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of[Read More…]
Audubon Launches National Oil Spill Volunteer Response Center
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2010. A new national Volunteer Response Center is gearing up to channel the energies of a growing force of volunteers seeking to help birds, wildlife and habitat to weather the assault of the Gulf oil spill. The National Audubon Society will use the facility in Moss Point,[Read More…]
Oil Industry Holding Gulf Jobs Hostage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. As Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator David Vitter and others call on President Obama to end the three-week old off-shore drilling moratorium, they are using local concerns about jobs in an effort to push for more drilling in the devastated region. The Gulf, like all of[Read More…]
