The Daily Glob

"Oil Still Washing up on Panhandle Beaches"

"Pensacola Beach, Florida -- The search for underwater oil in local waterways is over, and preliminary results show no recoverable oil was found, Coast Guard officials said Wednesday. But that doesn't mean there are no tar balls still washing up on the beaches of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. And it doesn't mean oil in tiny particles is not present.

"'This Is Our Beat'"

"Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon sank and oil began erupting into the Gulf of Mexico in late April, the 105-year-old Audubon magazine did something that it had never done before—it sent a blogger to cover a breaking news event in real time.

"Gulf Oil Spill Claims Chief Faces Angry Crowd on Alabama Coast"

"The administrator of BP oil spill claims is getting a taste of the widespread dissatisfaction with the system on the Alabama coast.

"Editorial: If Oil Spill Info Is Public Record, Let's See It"

In Alabama, Shelby Co. lawyer John Aaron, a Democrat, is seeking records about possible misuse of BP spill compensation money from State Sen. Ben Brooks, a Republican. The Mobile Press-Register editorializes in favor of disclosing public documents in the matter.

"Interior: Idle Wells in Gulf Must Be Plugged"

"The Obama administration said Wednesday it will require oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to plug nearly 3,500 nonproducing wells and dismantle about 650 production platforms that are no longer used.

"Allen: Blown-Out Gulf Well to Be Sealed by Sunday"

"KENNER, La. — The U.S. government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Wednesday that BP's blown-out well is expected to be permanently sealed and declared dead by Sunday, nearly five months after a rig explosion set off the disaster.

National Incident Commander Thad Allen told reporters gathered at a seafood distributor in Kenner, La., that a relief well is expected to intersect with the blown-out well within 24 hours. He said mud and cement will then be pumped in, which is expected to seal the blown-out well within four days.

"We are within a 96-hour window of killing the well," Allen said."

Harry R. Weber reports for the Associated Press September 15, 2010.

"Gulf May Avoid Direst Predictions After Oil Spill"

"How much damage resulted from almost five million barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico is still being toted up in laboratories and government offices."

"AP ENTERPRISE: A Look at Who Got Gov't Gulf Work"

"The federal government hired a New Orleans man for $18,000 to appraise whether news stories about its actions in the Gulf oil spill were positive or negative for the Obama administration, which was keenly sensitive to comparisons between its response and former President George W. Bush's much-maligned reaction to Hurricane Katrina.

"Alaska Seeks To Overturn Delay In Arctic Drilling"

"The state of Alaska on Thursday filed a petition in federal court to overturn the Obama administration's moratorium on drilling in federal waters of the Arctic, even though Interior Department officials insist that no such formal moratorium exists.

"Oil Industry Targets Schwarzenegger"

"LOS ANGELES – The oil industry is going after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Republican.