The same problems that made the gulf oil spill so much worse than it should have been -- namely a lack of investment in science and conservation -- are also threatening our National Parks.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philippe-cousteau/national-treasures-or-ame_b_684481.html
It might have been better for the environment to have done nothing about the enormous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico except to keep the oil out at sea, British scientists said on Monday.
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http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE65R16720100628
With oil spilling from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico for nearly two months now, it's not shocking that there's plenty of misinformation going around.
Here's some surprising science to set the record straight.
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http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/06/17/five-myths-of-the-gulf-oil-spill/
President Barack Obama's chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans -- who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill -- were to run Congress after the fall election.
Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for what the congressman called a shakedown.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/20/rahm-emanuel-joe-barton-bp-apology_n_618646.html
Drew Bledsoe and Troy Aikman are competing with Kevin Costner as the company of BP's choice to get in the water and help remove the oil as backers of a company called Ecosphere.
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http://thepigskindoctors.com/2010/06/ex-nfl-stars-help-clean-bp-gulf-oil-spill/
Despite the fact that National Incident Commander Thad Allen and BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles have publicly stipulated that the media is to have access to the areas affected by the Gulf oil spill, as well as the workers who are laboring to clean up the beaches, an overall media clampdown continues.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/oil-spill-media-access-bp_n_611121.html
The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has revived the debate about alternatives to the extraction or use of fossil fuels.
But what most commentators do not realize is that the spill wouldn't be happening if the earth were 4.6 billion years old--because the oil wouldn't be under the tremendous pressure now causing it to spew out.
Obama said he has talked to a variety of "experts" on the oil spill in addition to the fishermen. "I uhhh.. talk uhhh.. to these folks uhhh.. because they potentially uhhh.. have the best answers - Let me uhhh.. make this perfectly clear, (glances at teleprompter) so I know whose ass to kick," Mr.
Obama then feigned anger as he hot-boxed a Newport.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/07/obama-looking-ass-kick-oil-catastrophe/
Experts fear hurricane season could turn Gulf rescue operations on their heads.
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/what-could-make-the-gulf-oil-spill-worse-how-about.php
As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, comfort may come from an unusual direction: the largest oil spill in history.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/04/kuwait.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=C1
Fragile habitats, endangered species, even our favorite seafoods may be tainted by the spreading oil leak.
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http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/45/animals-most-threatened-by-the-gulf-oil-spill.html
Hey, remember last weekend on Fox News Sunday when everyone was talking about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Good times were had by all, especially by Brit Hume, who was feeling pretty breezy about the whole disaster:
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/20/bobby-jindal-has-some-pic_n_583462.html
Rep.
Edward Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday lashed out at BP for hiding the true extent of its now four-week-old oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and demanded that the oil company and the Coast Guard make a live video feed from the source of the leak continuously available to the public.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/19/gulf-oil-spill-markey-dem_n_582444.html
An infographic to help you understand the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and the incredible costs that will affect us all.
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http://infographicworld.com/infographics/crude-awakening.html
Petrochemical giant BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region, according to an Associated Press report.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/06/feds-let-bp-avoid-filing-_n_566224.html
The Gulf oil spill caused by BP / Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig is massive.
Here's how to help, volunteer, write to Congress or otherwise take action about the serious offshore oil spill.
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http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/gulf-oil-spill-2010-0503
