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BP forced to pay $1bn to businesses affected by 2010 Gulf oil spill after losing court appeal as company continues to wrangle over compensation
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9 years ago
A divided U.S. appeals court has rejected BP Plc's bid to block businesses from recovering money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even if they could not trace their economic losses to the...
U.S. lifts ban on BP winning federal government contracts for first time since Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
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9 years ago
It comes just before the U.S. Department of Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales. The company said...
Adventures in Geology – Why I Couldn’t Eat Bacon for a LONG Time
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9 years ago
Years ago, drilling companies called me to provide geologic services to their companies, as they tried to take care of their clients. One of them called me up one bright, sunny day, and requested...
Adventures in Geology – Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
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9 years ago
One of the first projects I had when I went out on my own, was also thanks to a reference from a distant drilling company, with whom I had worked. The job was acquired by a branch of their offices...
Houston Shipping Channel closed after barge collides with ship
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9 years ago
A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in the Houston Ship Channel. The bulk carrier Summer Wind, reported a collision between the Summer Wind and a barge, containing...
Pollution is the world’s biggest killer: Dirty air has overtaken heart disease, diet and even smoking-related deaths as the biggest preventable killer
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9 years ago
In 2012 one in eight deaths worldwide were linked to pollution In that year seven million deaths globally were linked to polluted air The main causes of death linked to...
Is your home as safe as you think it is?
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9 years ago
We ready ourselves for bed by following a routine. We may shower and brush our teeth, then walk through the house locking windows and doors as we go. Making our home as secure as we possibly can....
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Hosting Spirit Camp to Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz to Attend
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9 years ago
The opening ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at approximately 12 noon. Hundreds expected to attend the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Spirit Camp to oppose Keystone XL pipeline...
North Dakota Oil Spills Highlight Gaps in Regulation and Oversight
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9 years ago
Again, Why don't we want the Keystone XL Pipeline going across America? This should be answer enough, why increase chances for more of this? Officials are mopping up a...
Climate change could make humans extinct, warns health expert
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9 years ago
Climate change has already left its mark "on all continents and across the oceans", damaging food crops, spreading disease, and melting glaciers, according to the leaked text of a blockbuster...
Stongest Earthquake in 34 Years Rattles Yellowstone National Park
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9 years ago
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK The strongest earthquake since February 22, 1980 rattled Yellowstone National Park on Sunday, March 30, 2014. On Sunday, the University of Utah Seismograph...
Now that's a mobile home! Incredible moment Amish men lift and carry a house across a field and onto its new plot
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9 years ago
It is often said that faith can move mountains, but when it comes to buildings, it appears that manpower will do. A group of 80 men, reportedly from a local Amish community in...
Shwarzeneggar Investments Harming the Rainforest
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9 years ago
Former movie star and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is facing criticism after Global Witness produced evidence that his investment company is profiting off rainforest destruction in Southeast...
Wyoming Senators Look to Deny EPA’s Wind River Ruling
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9 years ago
The Northern Arapaho Tribe on April 1 presented a press release in regards to the latest step by Wyoming legislators to stifle the Wind River Reservation boundaries. According to the...
Coast Guard report shows Shell was underprepared for ill-fated tow across Gulf of Alaska
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9 years ago
A Coast Guard report released Thursday shows that while a series of events ultimately led to the grounding of a drilling rig designed to drill in the Arctic, an inadequate assessment and...
Standoff in the desert: Last rancher in south Nevada takes on 200 armed federal agents and snipers trying to confiscate cattle from his ancestral land in constitutional dispute over a rare TORTOISE
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9 years ago
Cliven Bundy is appealing for help to stop the Federal Bureau of Land Management and the FBi from removing his 900 or so cattle He claims his family have owned 600,000 acres of Gold...
4 years after Deep Water Horizon, questions on long-term health effects
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9 years ago
When a BP oil well began gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico four years ago, fisherman George Barisich used his boat to help clean up the millions of gallons that spewed in what would...
Californian inventor spends millions creating one-off camper van to take his four year old daughter around the world
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9 years ago
The KiraVan, a giant custom built off road truck, is capable of travelling almost anywhere in the world and was designed by 61 year old Californian inventor Bran Ferren. The incredible...
Ship owners petition to limit liability in oil spill cases
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9 years ago
The owners of a ship involved in a collision that spilled heavy fuel oil into Galveston Bay seeks to stop claims against the firm. Attorneys for Sea Galaxy Marine, owners of the cargo...
Fuels made from corn worse than gas for global warming, study says
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9 years ago
Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that...
The wages of fear: The harrowing plight of the ship breakers of Bangladesh - one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
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9 years ago
The sad beauty of these incredible images cast a light on the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, where workers face death and injury from accidents and environmental hazards for just a few...
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