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Gulf spill commission: Increase spending, research
A presidential panel on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill recommended new rules and new spending to prevent future disasters in its official report Tuesday, nine months after the Macondo well became the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Florida, Mexico
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World Briefs: Middle East unrest, BP suit
Bahrain mourner killed in clash; more protests DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and bird shot Tuesday on mourners gathered for a funeral procession for a man killed in Egypt-inspired protests, killing...Tags: Mexico, Health, Bahrain, Alex Trebek, Witnesses
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Centre students investigate realities of Gulf oil spill
![<span style="font-size: 10px;">It seems everyone has an opinion on the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last summer.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-02/59719754-26205647.jpg "<span style="font-size: 10px;\">It seems everyone has an opinion on the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last summer.</span>")
It seems everyone has an opinion on the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last summer.
A myriad of media figures, corporate public relations employees, government spokespeople, environmentalists, politicians and pundits all...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Mexico, Science and Technology, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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To fix Gulf's woes, think years and billions of dollars
John Hankinson Jr., a veteran of many of Florida's biggest environmental battles, is now the federal government's point man for one of the nation's most pressing challenges: cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the largest offshore oil spill...Tags: Mexico, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Louisiana
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Documentation likely to be oil-spill researchers' most crucial tool
As researchers probe the Gulf of Mexico for environmental harm from the nation's biggest oil spill, their most critical tools should include "documents, documents and documents." That's the advice 27 teams of Florida scientists got Wednesday as they...Tags: Science and Technology, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Colleges and Universities, Education
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Obama to launch ocean initiative
President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America's oceans and Great Lakes, including a type of zoning that could dramatically rebalance the way government regulates offshore drilling, fishing and other marine...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Energy Resources, Conservation
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Progress in protecting bird habitat on public and private lands
Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Harris Sherman and Interior Secretary Salazar announced the release of the "2011 State of the Birds" report that shows federal agencies and partners are making progress in protecting and...Tags: Environmental Issues, Game, Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Disasters and Accidents
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Roll Call: House votes on abortion, health exchange bills
WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Saturday: HOUSE Abortion tax policies Voting 251 for and 175 against, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill (HR3) that would use the U.S. tax code as a...Tags: Health, Disasters and Accidents, John Hoeven, Auction Service, Jeff Duncan
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Seeds of Gulf dead zones are draining from U.S. farms, study finds
ITHACA, N.Y. - If you want to grow a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, you first need to plant a seed in the rich farmland of the upper Mississippi River basin. A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Quality by a team from Cornell...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Fertilizer
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In Louisiana, a choice between two floods
Flood the farms to save the cities. That’s the trade-off staring at the Army Corps of Engineers in Louisiana this week as a historically high Mississippi River rolls south, flooding towns in Mississippi on Wednesday, prompting evacuations...Tags: Real Estate, Science and Technology, Louisiana, Disasters and Accidents, New Orleans
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Louisiana braces as flood spillway opens
ReutersMORGANZA, Louisiana (Reuters) - Army engineers on Saturday opened a key spillway to allow the swollen Mississippi River to flood thousands of homes and crops but spare New Orleans and Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge. The Army Corps of Engineers opened...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Louisiana, New Orleans, Meteorological Disasters, American Red Cross
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Sunshine State charms: 21 things to do on your Florida vacation
![Some of the best attractions in Florida — the beaches, sunsets and environmental gems — remain blissfully unchanged over time. Yet there are always new diversions, from museums and attractions to quirky stops that shout "only in Florida." Orlando Sentinel travel writer <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/JimAbbott">Jim Abbott</a> takes a regional tour of the state to spotlight the best stops — old and new.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61583442-18135419.jpg "Some of the best attractions in Florida — the beaches, sunsets and environmental gems — remain blissfully unchanged over time. Yet there are always new diversions, from museums and attractions to quirky stops that shout "only in Florida.\" Orlando Sentinel travel writer <a href=\"http://bio.tribune.com/JimAbbott\">Jim Abbott</a> takes a regional tour of the state to spotlight the best stops — old and new.")
Some of the best attractions in Florida — the beaches, sunsets and environmental gems — remain blissfully unchanged over time. Yet there are always new diversions, from museums and attractions to quirky stops that shout "only in Florida."...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Music, AOL LLC, Colleges and Universities, History
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Feb 15, 2011
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Dec 25, 2010
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Sep 15, 2010
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May 6, 2011
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Dec 3, 2010
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May 13, 2011
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May 14, 2011
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May 14, 2011
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
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