Tag: Oil Spill
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Reusable sponge material can collect oil from both the surface and depths of seawater
This revolutionary new material can be wrung out allowing the oil and the sponge to be used again.
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Significant contamination at 3,900 fracking spill sites in North Dakota alone
Lead, salt and radioactive radium, these are just some of the yummy things you'll find in water and soil in and around fracking sites in North Dakota.
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More bad news for Gulf Coast dolphins
Scientists uncover reproductive problems caused by the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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25 years after the Exxon Valdez crash, scientists explain fishery collapses
Study indicates the effects of low levels of oil contamination are worse than anticipated
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BP to pay $18.7 billion for Deepwater Horizon spill
Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history.
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Pipeline that spilled 105,000 gallons of oil in California was only one in county without 'auto shut-off'
Why make exceptions like this?
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21,000 gallons of oil spill in Santa Barbara County
The rupture spilled thousands of gallons of oil, contaminated at least four miles of beach and spread into the ocean.
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10 impressive innovations for cleaning up oil spills developed since the Gulf disaster
Last week was the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf. Here are 10 solutions that could have helped then and will hopefully prevent major damage in the future.
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Lost and found: 10 million 'missing' gallons from the 2010 BP oil spill turn up on sea floor
Government officials and BP cleanup crews could not find millions of gallons of oil...
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Milkweed could be nature's answer to oil spills
The plant that is the favorite of monarch butterflies could also help clean up oil slicks and spills.
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Don't touch the sand patties -- BP Deepwater spill dispersants still lurk on beaches
A new study shows that dispersants expected to have degraded long ago remain persistent in the environment.
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"Everything is NOT awesome" with LEGO, says Greenpeace (video)
Greenpeace thinks something is rotten in the state of Denmark!
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Quote of the day: "Oil spills can have positive effects"
Pipeline company Kinder Morgan claims that they create "business and employment opportunities".
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U.S. is NOT prepared for a major oil spill in the Arctic
One of the perverse effects of climate change, and of the fact that the poles are warming up faster than the rest of the planet, is that Arctic sea ice is retreating more than we've ever seen before, opening up the Arctic sea to oil shipping and drilling.
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Wildlife rescuers remember the Exxon Valdez spill 25 years later
The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.
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Check this map to see if you live near Enbridge's controversial Line 9 oil pipeline
Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.
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Knit a sweater, save a penguin
Sweaters keep little penguins warm, and prevent them from ingesting toxins.
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It took 25 years for Alaska sea otters to get over the Exxon Valdez oil spill
A federal study of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled around 30,000,000 gallons of oil about 25 years ago has concluded that the otters have returned to pre-spill numbers.
