EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency’s one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers ...
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bp oil spill
The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has reached an $18.7 ...
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How are oil spills contained? Scientists reveal how floating barriers, chemicals, and even giant SPONGES can be used - after a tanker bursts into flames off the Yorkshire coast
After the BP Deep Horizon oil spill, hundreds of skimmers were used to scoop up oil from the water's surface. However, these proved much less effective than expected and only recovered about three ...
Senate and House bills clash on oil drilling restrictions along Apalachicola River
Legislation to prohibit oil and gas drilling in the North Florida wilderness along the Apalachicola River cleared a House ...
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Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education
Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for ...
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What we've learned about cleaning up major oil spills since Deepwater Horizon
However, it is thought that these measures recovered or dispersed only around a third of the spilled oil. The BP spill sparked a huge amount of research into oil spills and their impacts.
Apalachicola Riverkeeper continues fight against oil drilling permit in Apalachicola River
Almost a year ago, the Department of Environmental Protection intended to issue a permit to Clear Water Land & Minerals to allow exploratory oil drilling ...
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Senate and House bills clash on oil drilling restrictions along Apalachicola River
He half-jokingly told the committee the 2010 BP oil spill left him and other Gulf coast residents with post-traumatic stress disorder. “Folks, that oil never got to us, but it killed our ...
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Britain's worst ever oil spill: As tanker collides with container vessel off Yorkshire coast... how ship grounding in 1967 caused devastation
What remains Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds ... In the bungled clean-up operation, a 'detergent' chemical called BP 1002 was sprayed over affected areas of ...
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What we've learned about cleaning up major oil spills since Deepwater Horizon
An estimated 5% of the BP oil spill was burnt off the surface. Burning requires concentrating the oil on the sea surface to at least 2-3mm – relatively thick for an oil spill. It also requires ...
$3B LA lawsuit could ‘destroy’ gulf energy industry, critics warn, as state’s position questioned
Louisiana is ground zero for a slew of potentially landmark environmental lawsuits, some supported by the state's pro-energy governor.
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Birds Face Weakened Protections Under Trump Move
“It’s devastating.” Had the Trump administration’s view been in place during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, she said, BP would have avoided some $100 million in fines, money that ...