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BP Plans Wildlife Fund, Burn-Off

Posted by Shirley Brady on June 9, 2010 09:00 AM

On day 51 of the Gulf oil spill, it's nesting season for imperiled pelicans. BP, which produced the video above, is responding to public's concerns by creating "a wildlife fund with all of its net revenues from selling the oil it skims from the sea surface or collects through the siphon positioned over the leak."

In other BP-related news:

AP: BP plans to burn some surface oil.

AP: Company's spill response plans "severely flawed."

BBC: U.S. Congress looks into oil spill.

WSJ: "As Missteps Mount, So Does the Backlash"

Guardian: Battle to bring BP to account for oil spill intensifies.

Guardian: BP releases annual audit of world's energy supply.

Reuters: BP shareholders would fire chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg before CEO Tony Hayward.

Reuters video: New footage of oil rig blaze emerges (via National Geographic Channel).

BBC: BP shares continue to lose ground.

Ad Age: BP demands Twitter PR impersonator be labeled as a parody.

Shell PR: Details assistance to BP.

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