Tag: Oil Spill
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Roomba-Like Robots Dropped by Helicopter Could Clean Up Oil Spills
A design for a floating robot to clean up after oil spills also has a system for keeping at-risk animals at bay.
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Mississippi River's Flow Kept Gulf Spill Oil Off Shore More Than Expected
New research shows that spring flood waters rushing into the Gulf created mounds of water that, for a while, kept the oil offshore.
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Daniel Beltrá's Amazing Photos: See the BP Oil Spill Like Never Before
Two years later, the true impact of the Gulf Oil Spill remains in question—and justice is elusive. In light of this, we look back at Photographer Daniel Beltra's shocking visual journal of the disaster.
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Armies of Microsubmarines Could Clean Up Oil Spills
Microsubmarines have been developed that can absorb and transport oil droplets in water. In the future, these tiny machines could be deployed in large quantities to clean up oil spills.
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Finally! First Criminal Charges Filed 2 Years After BP Oil Spill
About time! Almost 2 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and caused the gigantic BP oil spill which released over 200 million gallons of crude oil, the first criminal charges are being filed in connection with the event.
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2 Years After the BP Spill: Oceana Says It's Not If Another Oil Spill Will Happen, But When
Oceana's Jacqueline Savitz reminds us that unless we shift to clean energy and away from more fossil fuels and offshore drilling another BP oil spill is inevitable.
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2 Years After the BP Spill: 2 Big Unanswered Questions + A Prior Accident Hidden From Congress
On the two year anniversary TreeHugger takes a look at how well the Gulf ecosystem is recovering, where BP's civil damages stand, and at some shocking evidence that BP hid the true cause of a similar accident from Congress.
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TreeHugger Radio #203: Penguins on the Rebound, Ford’s New Electric, and the Future of Food in a World That’s Cooking
Jacob and Brian look at the top green news from the pages of TreeHugger.
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Hope Fades for Oil Spill Cleanup in Nigeria
Last year, UNEP released a report calling for a $1 billion cleanup fund for years of oil spills in the Niger Delta, but eight months later, there is little more than silence on the issue.
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Energy News: Shell's Small Gulf Spill, NASA's Floating Algae Biofuel Project, More
Plus, more outcry over Indonesia chopping down rainforest in pursuit of palm oil and biofuels (further endangering orangutans' and myriad other animals' habitat); and the lack of direct connection between renewable energy targets and electricity rates.
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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto
Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.
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How Deep are Lakes and Oceans? (Educational Webcomic!)
Once in a while, geek-deity Randall Munroe of XKCD creates special extra-large webcomics that are more educational than funny. His most recent one shows the depth (to scale) of various lakes and oceans.
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BP Oil Spill Definitely Caused Coral Deaths in Gulf of Mexico
New research has definitively linked the BP oil spill with deaths in 54 deep-sea coral colonies.
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Nigerian Villages Take Shell to Court Over Oil Spills in Groundbreaking Case
Lawyers representing 35,000 villagers filed suit in London, alleging that Shell's slow response to a 560,000 barrel oil spill has destroyed their local economy.
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Chevron Execs to Face Charges of Environmental Crimes in Brazil
It's been less than a week since news went public of Chevron's latest oil spill off the coast of Brazil, its second in less than 6 months, but troubles for the oil company and the environment are clearly escalating.
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New Chevron Oil Leak Detected Off the Coast of Brazil
Just five months after Chevron lost its drilling rights for causing the largest oil spill in recent memory off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, they've gone and done it again.
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7 Ways Ian Somerhalder Proves Green is Sexy
He may be best-known for roles on "Lost" and "The Vampire Diaries," but actor Ian Somerhalder is also an environmental superstar, proving that green is sexier than ever.
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Global Offshore Drilling Bonanza Heralds the Era of Deepwater Spills
As the BP Gulf spill slides further from view, a deepwater drilling bonanza is set to begin.
