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Are You Eating the BP Gulf Oil Spill?
Aug 4th, 2010 – TreeHugger
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since the deepwater horizon oil spill in april, everyone from chef tom colicchio to president barack obama has come out to promise that gulf coast seafood is as safe and delicious as it ever was — and to remind the rest -
Oil Company Was Alerted of Michigan Spill
Aug 2nd, 2010 – Wall Street Journal
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officials with the national transportation safety board announced its preliminary findings on monday from its investigation of the oil spill into the kalamazoo river near battle creek, mich. investigators stressed that their findings have not determined -
BP seeks to end oil spill catastrophe
Aug 2nd, 2010 – The Independent
battered bp today hopes to launch an operation to permanently plug its gulf of mexico oil well and bring to an end the worst spill in us history.
engineers at the group plan to begin a so-called “static kill” operation that will see a stream of mud -
Too Much Dispersant Used in Oil Spill?
Aug 1st, 2010 – ABC News
the only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the gulf of mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. as soon as this week, crews will be pumping
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Oil Spill Creates Hard Choices for the EU
Aug 1st, 2010 – New York Times
brussels – the seemingly limitless amounts of oil spewing into the gulf of mexico earlier this year left many americans feeling powerless over the colossal spill.
to make matters worse, president barack obama had to wait – and then wait
Oil Spill videos from YouTube:
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1:03US oil spill explained
Al Jazeera looks at what engineers are facing in trying to stem the flow of oil. -
2:49BP Spills Coffee
This is what happens when BP spills coffee. More comedy videos: www.UCBComedy.com Like UCB www.facebook.com Follow UCB: www.twitter.com Director: Peter Schultz & Brandon Bassham; Writers: Gavin Speiller, Eric Scott, Erik Tanouye … -
3:24AP Exclusive: Scuba Diving in the Gulf Oil Spill
A rare and different perspective at the oil spill from beneath the surface. The AP’s Rich Matthews got an exclusive look at the spill by joining a dive team who explored how the oil is impacting the Gulf of Mexico. (June 9)
Oil Spill from WikiPedia:
An oil spill is a release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term often refers to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters. Oil spills include releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline, diesel) and their by-products, and heavier fuels used by large ships such as bunker fuel, or the spill of any oily refuse or waste oil. Spills may take months or even years to clean up.
Oil also enters the marine environment from natural oil seeps. Most human-made oil pollution comes from land-based activity, but public attention and regulation has tended to focus most sharply on seagoing oil tankers.
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