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BP told to stop circulating settlement agreements with coastal Alabamians
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Alabama Attorney General Troy King said tonight that he has told representatives of BP Plc. that they should stop circulating settlement agreements among coastal Alabamians.
Booms to stop oil spill are breaking down, says Gov. Bob Riley
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Bob Riley says most of the inflatable booms deployed to catch the oil spill are breaking down, forcing crews to rework their contingency plan.
Volunteers to clean Alabama beaches before oil spill lands
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The beaches along Dauphin Island and five others in Baldwin County will be cleaned by as many as 1,000 volunteers today before the Gulf of Mexico oil slick ever meets land, organizers said.
Ala. gov.: booms breaking down due to bad weather (AP)
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AP - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley says most of the inflatable booms deployed to catch the oil spill are breaking down, forcing crews to rework their contingency plan.
AGs for 5 states talk legal strategy for oil spill (AP)
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AP - Alabama's attorney general says he's "a little concerned" about setting an adversarial tone with BP PLC while crews are in the midst of the oil spill cleanup.
Response to Gulf Coast oil spill falls on many shoulders, causing concern
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WASHINGTON -- The players include BP Plc, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Minerals Management Service, and that's just for starters. But under a structure known as the incident command system, no single entity has overriding authority in confronting the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a spokesman for the effort said Thursday.
Our View: The Alabama Environmental Council's recyling center site in downtown Birmingham is getting a much-needed and creative facelift
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Any way you look at it, recycling is a good thing. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing to look at.
Preparations made in Alabama as oil spills into Gulf of Mexico
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MOBILE, Ala. -- With the oil spill still well off Alabama's coast, this is what people are doing right now to prepare:
Alabama coast preparing booms; few reports of tourists canceling
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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said that BP crews were setting up on local beaches, preparing to deploy thousands of feet of oil-absorbent booms because of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Alabama officials prepare for oil slick threat
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State and federal officials have met to prepare Alabama's response to the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that could threaten coastal marine life and beach resorts.
