So far, the berms have captured only 1,000 barrels of oil, according to official estimates, compared with the nearly five million barrels believed to have spewed from the BP well over all.

Re: "Sand berms a dubious solution," Other Opinions, July 6. In his guest column, former state coastal scientist Len Bahr criticized the sand berms that are blocking oil in our coastal area. You ...

Sand berms built to block and capture oil from BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico were largely a waste of money, a presidential commission said on Thursday. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Central NY News; Barriers to protect Gulf sand berms from oil called a $200M waste. Published: ; Dec. 16, 2010, 5:21 p.m.

In a Sept. 7 letter made public Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency urged the Army Corps of Engineers to turn down the state's recent request to build 101 miles of sand berms to stop oil ...

Three months after BP capped its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, the state of Louisiana is still building a chain of sand berms off its coast to block Louisiana oil spill berms called a waste ...

Officials in Louisiana continue to push for a 6-foot sand berm that, if effective, could protect fragile marsh ecosystems from offshore oil that has yet to reach the shores. But the plan has its ...

Re: "Don't ignore science on berms," Your Opinions, July 12. There is no need to politicize everything. The building of sand berms was not a Republican attack on science. It was a legitimate plan ...

With oil pushing at least 12 miles into Louisiana's marshes and two major pelican rookeries now coated in crude, Gov. Bobby Jindal says the state is working on chain of sand berms that would ski ...

BISMARCK - New rules that would require berms to better contain spills from North Dakota oil well sites and impose sweeping regulations for oil and saltwater gathering pipelines were delayed ...

An East Coast oil company has been ordered to immediately shore up a fragile berm that is holding back mercury-laden water and mud at an abandoned mercury mine on Mount Diablo. It is the first ...

Construction is about to begin on miles of sand piles designed to block oil from hitting the Louisiana coast, but documents show the Obama administration approved the project despite concerns from ...