Boycott Big Oil? Prepare to give up your lifestyle
(AP) -- Has the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico got you so mad you're ready to quit Big Oil?
Environment
Jun 11, 2010
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Oil from spill could have powered 38,000 cars (and more) for a year, researcher says
As of today (Wednesday, June 9), if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year, according ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2010
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Gulf oil spill could widen, worsen 'dead zone' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- While an out-of-control gusher deep in the Gulf of Mexico fouls beaches and chokes marshland habitat, another threat could be growing below the oil-slicked surface.
Environment
Jun 7, 2010
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Birds frozen in oil: image of a desperate summer
(AP) -- They are the ghastly images of a summer fouled before it started. Squawking seagulls and majestic brown pelicans coated in oil. Click. Gunk dripping from their beaks. Click. Big eyes wide open. Click. Even the professionals ...
Ecology
Jun 5, 2010
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Purdue membrane technology could help cleanup oil spills
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of membrane that separates oil from water developed by Purdue University material engineers may be used to clean up oil spills such as BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2010
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Congress Considers Cow Power, Other Alternative Energy Technologies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Legislators attending this year's Congressional Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo and Forum in Washington, DC, last week were quick to point out the problems with fossil fuel -- from cave-ins at coal mines ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 1, 2010
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Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster
(AP) -- Independent scientists and government officials say there's a disaster we can't see in the Gulf of Mexico's mysterious depths, the ruin of a world inhabited by enormous sperm whales and tiny, invisible plankton.
Environment
May 31, 2010
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'Top kill' fails to stop Gulf oil leak
BP's "top kill" operation to plug the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed in a stunning setback to efforts to stem the worst oil spill in US history.
Environment
May 30, 2010
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BP pushes on with 'top kill' as true slick size emerges
BP pressed on Friday with a risky bid to plug a ruptured oil well it said was going as planned, while new data showed the Gulf of Mexico spill is the worst in US history.
Environment
May 28, 2010
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Invisible Oil Plume Detected in Gulf Waters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers aboard the University of South Florida’s R/V Weatherbird II conducting experiments in a previously unexplored region of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have discovered what initial tests show ...
Environment
May 27, 2010
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