The US government has said in a Louisiana court it is considering filing a civil complaint against BP under the Clean Water Act to claim 1,100 dollars for each barrel of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Sep 15, 2010
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Officials say underwater inspections at the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have failed to identify the source of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Dec 18, 2012
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The White House pledged Friday to clamp down on US emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas produced by cattle and natural gas production that contributes to climate change.
Environment
Mar 28, 2014
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Last week, New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill passed in February that banned oil and gas drilling off New York's coastline. The state's action was in part a response to the Trump Administration's plan to encourage ...
Environment
May 7, 2019
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Developing offshore wind technology in the Atlantic Ocean would produce twice the energy and job growth as drilling for oil would, an environmental group said Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 14, 2015
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On top of the approximately 3 km thick ice sheet in Greenland the temperature is normally around minus 10-15 degrees C in the summer and about minus 60 degrees in the winter. This year, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2012
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A researcher from the University of Southampton will join an international team of scientists, setting sail from Southampton today (26 October 2015) for the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, to drill rocks that were once part ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2015
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Students in Robert Palassou's fifth-grade class at Valley View School got an unusual treat last month when scientists from NASA’s Ames Research Center visited their Pleasanton, California, classroom and handed them the ...
Other
Dec 7, 2010
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BP on Thursday removed a massive cap which had stemmed the flow of oil from its ruptured well deep in the Gulf of Mexico in a key step toward killing the well once and for all, officials said.
Environment
Sep 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research and which may ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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