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Shell's Chukchi Sea Offshore Drilling Exploration Plan Approved
Channel 2 NewsShell Oil Company’s exploration plan for summer 2012 offshore drilling in the Chukchi Sea was conditionally approved by the Department of the Interior on Friday. Among the conditions in the approval is a measure which requires Shell to cease...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Lisa Murkowski, Environmental Pollution
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Arctic Council Meeting: Reps Discussed International Oil Spill Response Plan
Channel 2 NewsMembers of the Arctic Council wrapped up a three day meeting in Girdwood to discuss a proposed international oil spill agreement on Thursday. Last May, representatives from eight Arctic nations formed a task force to produce an agreement that would...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Government, Petroleum Industry
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Former Oil Spill Worker Settles Out of Court
News ReporterA whistleblower who sued one of the cleanup companies after the Kalamazoo River oil spill has settled out of court. He claims he was fired after he went to the EPA and the media, saying that they were covering up oil. John Bolenbaugh settled his lawsuit...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Litigation, Environmental Issues
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Warm spring brings loons back to Minnesota early
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Transmitter data confirm that the unusually warm spring is bringing loons back to Minnesota almost three weeks earlier than usual. At least six of 29 loons tagged with satellite transmitters had returned to their breeding lakes in...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Lake Michigan, Science and Technology
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Tea partiers and liberals agree: BP fines should go to Gulf recovery
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A collective of environmental groups is ratcheting up pressure on Congress to devote a large portion of the fines from last year's BP oil spill to the recovery of the businesses and environmental assets along the Gulf Coast. The groups... -
In first gulf oil lease auction since spill, BP bids -- and bids
Nation NowIn the first auction of Gulf-based leases since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, BP submitted 11 high bids for drilling leases.... -
Sunken vessel near Lowman Beach salvaged; remaining oil cannot be recovered
Q13 FOX News reporterA 150-ton crane barge was able to pull a sunken 73-foot vessel up to the surface Saturday, salvaging the ship. The vessel was removed successfully from the water at approximately 9:30 p.m. and placed on a barge that will transport it from the area off...Tags: U.S. Military, Biology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Conservation, Wars and Interventions
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Oil spill cleared at intersection of National Pike and Mill Street
An oil spill was reported in Clear Spring near the intersection of National Pike and Mill Street, also called U.S. 40 and Md. 68 respectively, a supervisor for Washington County Emergency Services said. Police were responding to the oil spill at 12:19 p....Tags: Environmental Issues
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BP to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico
CNN MoneyFive hundered and fifty-four days after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, BP is back in action in the Gulf of Mexico. The company announced Wednesday that it had earned its first permit to drill for oil in the Gulf since last year's oil spill disaster,...Tags: Gulf of Mexico, BP Plc, Fines, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations
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EPA Victories
We talk about what our organization does on a daily basis, and for some it's hard to understand without concrete proof of the action we take. Cattlemen have won some battles and made some giant leaps the past couple weeks. In the wake of Congress...Tags: Kristi Noem, Environmental Politics, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Environmental Issues, Water Pollution
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Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths
KIAHNearly 600 dolphins have died in the Gulf of Mexico in the last year and half, and although scientists haven’t confirmed the 2010 oil spill is to blame...It’s definitely a factor they’re considering. What researchers do know is the...Tags: Gulf of Mexico, BP Plc, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Baltimore scientists find low but possibly harmful Gulf contamination
Scientists from the National Aquarium and the Johns Hopkins University say they've found low but potentially harmful levels of toxic oil contaminants in the Gulf of Mexico months after the Deepwater Horizon well blowout was capped.
Erik Rifkin, interim...Tags: Environmental Politics, BP Plc, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Aquarium Baltimore, Environmental Issues
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Oct 26, 2011
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Oct 28, 2011
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