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Kids in Florida Play in Oil Covered Beach watch!
Little girl screams "Mommy get the oil off of me!". Thanks BP!
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Burning Tap Water: GASLAND Exposes the Natural Gas Industry
In 2008, Josh Fox received a letter from a natural gas company. They were interested in leasing land owned by his family to do natural gas drilling. The offer was for $100,000, but instead of taking the money, Josh decided to do some research on the natural gas industry and ended up making a documentary called GASLAND.
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WTF Organic pesticides is just another myth? (Study shows)
Consumers shouldn't assume that, because a product is organic, it's also environmentally friendly.
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A yachting trip? The 10 worst BP gaffes in Gulf oil spill.
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward attended a yachting race in England yesterday. It was just the latest BP public relations gaffe in the Gulf oil spill. Here are 10 of the worst.
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National Insect Week : The power of bugs view!
They are among the planet's smallest creatures, yet they have the power to change the world. Insects can be man's greate...
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New US Map Could Stop Species From Becoming Endangered
Through ground and satellite surveys of land cover, the U. S. Geological Survey’s Gap Analysis Program has generated data that conservationists may be able to use to create and sustain habitat for wildlife.
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Government Doubles BP Leak Estimate To 60,000 Barrels Daily
BP Plc's well in the Gulf of Mexico is gushing as much as 60000 barrels of oil a day, the government said, raising for the fifth time...
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California's Legendary Oil Spill
Horrific though the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been, its output is still short of what occurred a century ago in scrubby brush about 110 miles north of Los Angeles
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