Gulf whale/dolphin death rate doubles - along with BP third quarter profits

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"BP sees Q3 profit rise, to sell off more assets

LONDON (AP) — BP PLC reported Tuesday that third-quarter profits more than doubled thanks to higher oil prices, with the chief executive saying the results marked a turnaround from the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

BP also announced that it now aims to dispose of $45 billion in assets, up from the $30 billion it originally set to raise money to pay for damage from the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20 last year. Eleven rig workers were killed in the explosion and fire.

For the three months ending Sept. 30, BP had a net profit of $4.9 billion, compared with $1.8 billion a year earlier."

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"2010-2011 Cetacean Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexicos

Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (as amended), an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) has been declared for cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Texas/Louisiana border through Franklin County, FL) from February 2010 through the present."

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/cetacean_gulfofmexico2010.htm#map