Tag: Oil Spill - Page 10
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Clams Could Become The Newest Tool In Oil Spill Cleanup
Natural solutions for oil spills, especially the recent Gulf spill, is at the top of every environmentalist's list. And while everything from mushrooms to bacteria are being explored, there is one
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NIEHS Launches Major Study Of Gulf Oil Spills' Health Impacts
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has announced that it will launch a massive, long-term study, to help
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Dead Baby Dolphin Death Toll Rises to 60 Along Gulf Coast
Updating the story from three days ago on dead baby dolphins washing up at 10 times the normal rate on Gulf Coast beaches: And then there were 60. Initial reports said that 17 dead baby dolphins had been discovered
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BP Tried to Trick Scientists Into Underestimating Spill Size (Video)
Yet another heartwarming revelation has emerged from the depths of the ongoing saga of the BP Gulf spill -- and yes, that saga is still continuing, even if most folks who don't live in Louisiana, Alabama, or Mississippi don't seem to be aware of it.
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Dead Baby Dolphins Washing Up Along Gulf Coast at 10 Times Normal Rates
Not too much in way of detail on this yet, but scientists from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies are reporting that dead baby dolphins are washing up along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Alabama
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Gulf Oil Spill Caused Inches of Dead Animals & Oil to Coat Seafloor
Ten months on since the Gulf Oil Spill started and we get a new assessment of how bad things were and are in the deep parts of the gulf. BBC News has summarized the work of University of Georgia's Professor Samantha
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US Not Ready to Drill in Arctic: Gulf Spill Response Leader
Thad Allen, the Rear Admiral of the US Coast Guard charged with heading up the BP spill response in the Gulf, has issued a frank warning about the perils of drilling in the Arctic. Simply put, we're not ready to
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770,000 Gallons of Dispersant from BP Spill Didn't Degrade
Perhaps one of the most controversial elements of the BP spill saga was the oil giant's use of large quantities of chemical dispersent Corexit to attempt to break down the oil both spewing from the wellhead and on the slick on the ocean surface. The
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Toxic Oil Spill Chemicals Showing Up In Gulf Coast Residents' Blood
Nine months after the Gulf oil spill and the effects of exposure in Gulf residents is starting to show up in people's blood. The Institute for Southern Studies reports that the Louisiana Environmental Action
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5 Most Important Findings of the Presidential Oil Spill Investigation
The presidential oil spill panel released its full report this week, and it included a slew of recommendations for reforming how the government oversees the oil industry's dangerous offshore operations. News of
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Just the Greed... Alabama Surfers Tell More Stories From The Gulf Oil Spill (Video)
It's a new year, nearly nine months on since the start of the Gulf oil spill, and NRDC has released a new video in their Stories From The Gulf series. Produced in collaboration with StoryCorps and Bridge the Gulf, this latest one has teenage brothers
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BP, Halliburton Likely to Face Criminal Charges Over Spill
In light of the presidential report on the Gulf oil spill that's due to be released next week, speculation is running rampant that the companies involved -- BP, Halliburton, and Transocean -- could soon be facing criminal
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Oil Spill Panel: Failures that Led to Disaster are 'Likely to Recur'
The presidential oil spill panel is gearing up to release its final report on the BP disaster, and it isn't pulling any punches. Chief among the findings is that one of the primary causes of the spill were "bad
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Obama to Let 13 Oil Companies Drill Offshore With No Environmental Review
If there was anything that Obama impressed upon the American public in the wake of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, it was that if offshore drilling was to continue, it must be safer and better scrutinized. A
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Where'd All the Oil from the BP Spill Go?
There was plenty of anger and eye-rolling when the Obama administration announced that its team had determined that over half of the oil from the BP spill was "gone". Today, the federal government sticks by that number (it
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Tarballs Still Washing Up on Gulf Coast
There's no doubt that the impact of the BP Gulf spill will be felt for years to come. But you'd be forgiven for thinking that the oil itself was no longer of concern -- both the Obama administration and BP itself have pushed an overly sunny
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Stephen Baldwin Sues Kevin Costner Over BP Oil Machine Deal
One of the few amusing side notes in the BP Gulf spill saga was Kevin Costner riding to the rescue with an oil-sucking machine his scientist brother had built. Even more surprising was news
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Greenpeace Unveils Gulf Spill-Themed Board Game
Just in time for Christmas, everyone's favorite radical environmental activist group has whipped up a Gulf spill-themed board game that pits Greenpeace against the "evil" oil companies. There's no word whether Greenpeace's game, Deep Sea Desperation,
