6/16: BP to create $20b escrow fund

IN THE NEWS
June 16, 2010

• Check out today's Picture of the Day at www.BetterGulf.org
• Check out BetterSouth President Andy Brack's Gulf commentary on Sunday from the Mobile Press-Register
  

US: BP to set up $20 billion claim fund, The New York Times

• BP apologizes, agrees to escrow account, The Washington Post
• BP chair apologizes for spill, Associated Press
• AL governor disappointed in speech, Associated Press
• BP to create $100 million fund for unemployed, Associated Press
  

US: Obama pushes energy policy in oil address, The New York Times

• Gulf Coast residents react to president's speech, The Washington Post
• Gulf coast welcome's Obama's pledge to restore wetlands, Miami Herald
• Political feedback on speech, New Orleans Times-Picayune
  

US: BP opens second containment system, The New York Times
AL: Tar balls foul Orange beach, Pensacola News-Journal
FL: Spill pushing towards Perdido area, Pensacola News-Journal
LA: BP begins burning siphoned oil, Associated Press

NEWS ROUNDUPS

AL.com
FL: Miami Herald
FL: Pensacola News Journal
LA: New Orleans Times-Picayune
MS: Biloxi SunHerald

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New York Times multimedia collection
Wall Street Journal

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