Building Sandcastles Illegal On Florida Beaches
Put your plastic spade and bucket away if you’re heading to the beach in Florida. No digging means no sandcastle building. The Raw Story reports: Ever go to the beach and not think of slapping together...
View ArticleA Gallon Of Gas Should Cost $15
We know the approximate price of gas for consumers, but what is the price for society? The external costs borne may be as high as $1.7 trillion per year for the United States alone — that’s from health...
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Shell Nigerian Oil Spill Far Worse Than Reported
Photo: Vin Mullen (CC) Emily Gertz reports for Talking Points Memo: A Shell deepwater drilling site off the Nigerian coast that the company reported leaking on Wednesday may have spilled up to 2.4...
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New Oil Spill Dispersant Made from Ingredients in Peanut Butter, Chocolate,...
Picture: Evan-Amos (PD) Not to say they’re natural ingredients. Via ScienceDaily: With concerns about the possible health and environmental effects of oil dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon disaster...
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OM NOM NOM! Oil-Loving Bacteria Help With Deepwater Horizon Clean-Up
Picture: Artist's Conception, Oil-Eating bacteria (PD) Via LiveScience: Scientists studying the after-effects of 2010′s Deepwater Horizon oil spill report that naturally-occurring bacteria have...
View ArticleAMAZING Aerial Footage Of Arkansas Tar Sands Oil Spill!
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Louisiana Oil: From The Kingfish To Deepwater Horizon
This is not just another article about Deepwater Horizon, but rather a short history lesson. For instance, have you, or do you… …ever wonder where the New Deal came from and why? …know who drew up...
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Heads-up Canada, B.C. Government Has Given Industry Access to Our Parks: A...
via chycho On 26 March 2014, to my disappointment and dismay, I found out that the Government of British Columbia had passed a bill that would drastically alter the management of B.C. parks (2, 3, 4)....
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Scientists Discover Huge ‘Bathtub Ring’ Of Oil On Sea Floor From BP Spill
Louisiana GOHSEP (CC by-sa 2.0) More bad news. via Think Progress: Scientists have discovered yet another unforeseen effect of BP’s historic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: a 1,235-square-mile “bathub...
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Ruptured Pipeline Along California Coast Dumps Crude Oil into Pacific Ocean
This post was originally published on Common Dreams. See more of Jon Queally posts here. An oil pipeline that runs along the coast of central California broke on Tuesday, according to officials,...
View ArticleWould You Blow It Up Bill?
Since the oil spill in April, the Gulf of Mexico has witnessed numerous accounts of failed attempts to stop the oil from gushing into the water. With BP’s constant efforts to find... The post Would You...
View ArticleBP Says They’ve Stopped The Oil
Don’t get too excited now, this is only a test. The well has been temporarily sealed, successfully stopping the flow of oil. This provisional solution will allow tests to be conducted to... The post BP...
View ArticleOffshore Oil Strike: The BP Board Game
Want to teach your kids about the fun of deep-sea drilling? Pick up a copy of the unfortunate 1970 board game Offshore Oil Strike, produced by BP. “The 1st player to make... The post Offshore Oil...
View ArticleBP May Drill In Same Undersea Oil Pocket Again
Really?! What about learning from our mistakes? What about waiting to see if the plug actually holds? How about cleaning up the mess before making a new one? RawStory reports: BP PLC... The post BP May...
View ArticleTiny Workers Helping To Clean Up Oil Spill
Not only are human workers trying to clean up BP’s oil spill, but bacteria workers are looking at the task as a feast. Alcanivorax bacterium can be found munching on bits of... The post Tiny Workers...
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