Mar 24 2011
Stuck Pipe to Blame for BP Oil Spill
A stuck pipe was to blame for last year's worst-ever oil spill, a study finds.
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Mar 23 2011
Exxon Valdez 22 Years Later
With the one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon spill approaching, the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill can still provide some lessons.
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Mar 03 2011
Dolphin, Manatee Deaths Baffle Scientists
These animals have been dying at near-record levels, raising the alarm and a whole host of questions.
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Feb 14 2011
BP Oil Spill Also A Deep-Sea Gas Leak
Taking into account the gas leaked during the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year indicates the spill was 33 percent larger than estimated.
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Jan 28 2011
Dispersants Persisted After BP Spill
Chemicals used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico last year lasted through September.
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Jan 06 2011
Bugs Ate Up Methane From Gulf Spill
Some rare good news: Most of the methane released by the Deepwater Horizon blowout was digested by bacteria within four months.
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Dec 07 2010
Sperm Whales Cleared Out After Gulf Oil Spill
Sperm whales showed good sense after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, acoustic surveys show. They left.
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Dec 03 2010
Ground Shifts Again on Offshore Drilling
The Obama Administration reverses course on offshore drilling in the Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico, but not off the coast of Arctic Alaska.
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Dec 03 2010
Ground Shifts Again on Offshore Drilling
The Obama Administration reverses course on offshore drilling in the Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico, but not off the coast of Arctic Alaska.
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Nov 16 2010
Vacuuming Up an Oil Spill
The vacuum cleaner spits out bark or another material to absorb oil, and then sucks the oil-laden material up.
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