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Battling for Birds After the BP Oil Spill (PHOTOS)

Sarah Hull | Posted 05.23.2012

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The oil-slicked seabirds have flown off to bluer oceans, but the padded pool used to recuperate them remains, a thoughtful placeholder should they need to return.

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What the Fukushima and BP Disasters Remind Us About Our Failure to Communicate

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: BP Oil Disaster, BP Oil Spill 2010, Government Honesty, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, BP Oil Spill, Fukushima, Politics News

If we really want accurate information and danger assessments during a health-threatening crisis, we must demand that government officials refrain from protecting us from the bad news.

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Ship That Caused Major Disaster To Be Used For Scrap

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: BP Oil Disaster, Video, Exxon Valdez Payments, Business News, BP Oil Spill 2010, Exxon Valdez Lawsuit, BP Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Exxon-Valdex-Tanker-Spill, Business News

More than 20 years later, a ship best known for causing an environmental catastrophe is finally being put to rest. The Exxon Valdez, which spille...

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European Bankers Hire Ex-BP, Lehman PR Man To Boost Image

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2012

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By Tom Bergin LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Europe's bankers have hired the man responsible for leading oil giant BP's public relation...

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BP Settlement Offers Hope For Victims With Health Concerns

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.04.2012

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BOOTHEVILLE, La. — A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring hea...

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BP Wins Ruling To Keep Old Accidents Out Of Gulf Spill Trial

Reuters | Posted 04.11.2012

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* Evidence of Texas, Alaska incidents excluded * Judge: Older cases too dissimilar from Gulf spill * Feb. 27 trial expec...

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7 Hours Of Opening Statements Expected For BP Oil Spill Trial

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of M...

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Don't Believe the (BP) Hype!

Ivan T. Thornton | Posted 03.20.2012

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Notice the increase in BP commercials on television lately? While several of the points in the commercials regarding the effectiveness of BP's response are true, allow for me to provide some balance to their story. Not everyone has enjoyed the successful resolution the company portrays.

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BP Says Halliburton Owes Money From Spill

AP | KEVIN McGILL | Posted 03.04.2012

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NEW ORLEANS — BP is reiterating claims first made last April that it is entitled to payment from contractor Halliburton Energy Services for expe...

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18 Months Later: Drilling Deeper Than Ever

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 02.29.2012

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ALAMINOS CANYON BLOCK 857, GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deep...

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Prosecutors Reportedly Preparing Criminal Charges In BP Oil Spill

Posted 12.29.2011

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Federal prosecutors are preparing the first criminal charges against BP in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst of its kind...

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WATCH: Oil Giant BP In Sticky Situation With Art World

Posted 12.19.2011

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BP, the oil mega power infamously known for the disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, is continuing their controversial funding of several B...

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #13: Addicted to Risk

Naomi Klein | Posted 12.08.2011

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As a culture we have been far too willing to gamble with things that are precious and irreplaceable.

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Naomi Klein On The Addiction To Risk

Posted 12.08.2011

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jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

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Scientist Wins Award For Helping Gulf With Crucial Calculation

AOL Government | By Partnership for Public Service | Posted 11.16.2011

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Paul Hsieh provided critical scientific information that proved to be a turning point in ending the worst oil spill in our nation's history....

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Federal Report Released On BP Oil Spill

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.14.2011

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BP bears ultimate responsibility for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a key government panel said Wednesday in a report that assigns more...

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BP Seeks White House Emails Related To Oil Spill Response

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 09.19.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — A federal magistrate refused Wednesday to order the White House to provide BP PLC with emails by a former top adviser to President...

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One Year Later, Congressional Action Long Overdue

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 06.21.2011

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The only way to ensure we won't forever condemn future generations to cleaning up our messes is to stop making them in the first place. That means ensuring drilling companies are responsible for fixing their mistakes.

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BP Oil Spill: It Could Happen Again

Tyson Slocum | Posted 06.19.2011

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Until regulators are given the authority and resources they need to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling and oil companies invest their profits into technology that will stop an oil spill, it isn't prudent to move forward on deepwater drilling.

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A Plea for Presidential Leadership on Sustainable Energy

Steven Cohen | Posted 06.04.2011

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When President Obama ran for President, it seemed to me that he really understood the need to transition our economy from fossil fuels to renewable en...

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Sea Turtle Deaths Mount in the Gulf

Rocky Kistner | Posted 06.03.2011

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In Mississippi, Shirley Tillman believes oil has something to do with the dead sea life she constantly encounters by the shore. Altogether, she has found nine dead turtles this year.

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Fresh Oil Continues to Wash Ashore in the Bayou

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fresh Louisiana crude washed into the beaches and dock areas near Grand Isle over the weekend, creating a sickening sight for the residents of this oil battered region.

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Swarm of the Black Swans

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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A "hurricane" in the Pacific Northwest was foreseeable but it had been discounted by folk wisdom. A hurricane of the force and site of Katrina was foreseeable but had been statistically discounted in likelihood. Black swans.

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The Year of Living Dangerously in Power Generation

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper-Branch-Mine, Massey Energy, Upper Branch Mine, Japan Earthquake, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami, Upper Big Branch Coal Mine, Japan Tsunami 2011, BP Oil Spill 2010, BP Oil Spill, Upper Big Branch Disaster, Upper Big Branch Mine, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, Green News

Over the past 12 months, we've had caved-in coal mines, underwater oil spills and now compromised nuclear facilities. What does it take for us to accept that renewable energy is the way to go?

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NASA Data Strengthens Reports of Toxic Rain on the Gulf Coast From BP Spill

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Nasa, Cdc, Marine Life, Gulf Restoration, Ira-Leifer, BP Oil Spill 2010, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Orange Beach, Dolphins, Oil Spill Rain, Nasa Oil Spill, Oil Spill Toxic Rain, Gulf Toxic Rain, Nasa Toxic Rain, Green News

I spoke to NASA scientist Ira Leifer at length about data collected during the oil spill last summer, strengthening claims that oil was brought onshore in rain during the spill.

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