Two seal pups dive back into the sea after California rescue
Two 6-month-old elephant seal pups have been released back into the Pacific Ocean after being treated at a rehabilitation center near Los Angeles.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2016
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Crews begin pumping oil cargo from sunken barge in Lake Erie
Salvage crews have begun an underwater operation to pump a hazardous oil-based substance from a sunken barge that apparently had been sitting undiscovered on the bottom of Lake Erie for nearly 80 years.
Environment
Nov 22, 2015
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Divers to unplug leak in sunken Lake Erie barge for sampling
The U.S. Coast Guard says divers will briefly unplug a tiny leak on a sunken barge to take a sample of the escaping liquid in Lake Erie, near where an oil-based substance has been spotted in recent weeks.
Environment
Nov 9, 2015
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Shipwrecks posing threat to US waters hold many unknowns
Dozens of shipwrecks scattered along America's coasts are thought to be holding oil and certainly will start leaking someday as corrosion eats away at their tanks.
Environment
Oct 31, 2015
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With ice melting, Arctic coast guards pledge cooperation
Coast guard leaders from the U.S., Russia and other Arctic nations pledged Friday to strengthen cooperation in response to safety and environmental concerns as warming temperatures open new waterways in northern seas.
Environment
Oct 30, 2015
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Search resumes for tangled blue whale off California coast
Whale watch boats and the Coast Guard are resuming their search off Southern California for a blue whale entangled in hundreds of feet of fishing line.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2015
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Scientist: Oil slick likely from natural seafloor seepage
Coast Guard officials were still trying to determine the source of a mysterious miles-long oil slick off California's Santa Barbara County shoreline, but a scientist said Thursday that it's likely the result of naturally ...
Environment
Jul 30, 2015
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EPA says first day of oil spill spent 'planning'
On the afternoon of the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, graduate student Natalie Phares quickly organized a volunteer bucket brigade to clean a beach north of Santa Barbara.
Environment
May 29, 2015
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Authorities eye reopening of goo-struck California beaches
Crews scouring 7 miles of Southern California beaches had scooped up truckloads of mysterious oily goo Thursday and the area might be clean enough to reopen for the weekend, authorities said.
Environment
May 29, 2015
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Latest on California oil spill: Up to 105,000 gallons leaked
Cleanup crews fanned out Wednesday along a stretch of scenic California coastline stained by thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from broken pipe and flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Environment
May 20, 2015
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