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IfItWasMyHome.com - Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster
IfItWasMyHome.com - Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster
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Arctic Sea Ice at Lowest Point in Thousands of Years
The shrinking amount of sea ice that covers the Arctic Ocean today is the smallest it has been in the last few thousand years, a new study suggests.
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BP Amoco: Accidents Not Waiting to Happen
British Petroleum has a long record of bold claims and clever slogans. Far to many have proven to be incredibly ironic. BP also has another history, one we are reminded of now more than ever, one they pay to dollar to cover up. A history of accidents and incidents of epic proportions.
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Gambling site lets you bet on oil spill related extinctions
Gambling website PaddyPower.com placed odds on which species would be the first to go belly-up forever because of impacts from the spill. The Kemp's ridley turtle, an endangered species that migrates to along the coastline from Mexico to Florida, is seen as the most likely winner, with a $5 bet likely to bring back $9 if it's listed as extinct.
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11 Powerful Environmental Messages
These images from various ad campaigns around the globe remind us that the planet is in peril.
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The Park in the Sky
Elevated parks are mostly built on raised former rail lines, or industrial buildings. Many urban green spaces, elevated or otherwise, offer reinterpretations of different, former uses.
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Interview: Naomi Klein on oil spill watch!
Frustration is growing among residents of the US Gulf of Mexico coast over the pace of efforts to combat the growing oil...
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Russian Man Single-Handedly Builds Underground Subway System view!
Leonid has been at it since 1984. He has been doing it with his pension, that it is all legal and approved and that he i...
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Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu BP: Not Again
The Trans-Alaska pipeline was shut down today after crude oil overflowed from a 55,000-barrel crude oil storage tank at a pumping station. BP is the largest single owner of the pipeline operator.
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Brown: the New Green (VIDEO)
Oh, BP! You and your oil spills are just ripe for comedy.
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