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Gulf Oil Leaks Could Gush for Years

If efforts fail to cap the leaking Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico (map), oil could gush for years—poisoning coastal habitats for decades, experts say.
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Shock figures show scale of bee catastrophe

The number of managed honeybee colonies in the US fell by 33.8% last winter, according to the annual survey by the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US government's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute some £26bn to the global economy.
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The BP oil spill: America's Chernobyl?

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Meanwhile, an estimated tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil are spilling out into the ocean every day, millions of gallons total so far. The impact on wildlife and the entire Gulf ecosystem is devastating: not only is oil itself dangerous, but upon being exposed to sunlight at the water's surface, the oil is converted into various toxins, poisonous chemicals, and cancer-causing carcinogens.
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As oil leaked, Interior Dept. official rafted with wife

Tom Strickland -- who serves as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's chief of staff and the department's assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks -- traveled to the Grand Canyon on official business on April 27, three days after the oil leak was initially discovered.
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Halliburton is responsible for the oil spill, your reaction?

The scrutiny on cementing will focus attention on Halliburton Co., the oilfield-services firm that was handling the cementing process on the rig, which burned and sank last week. The disaster, which killed 11, has left a gusher of oil streaming into the Gulf from a mile under the surface. Federal officials declined to comment on their investigation, and Halliburton didn't respond to questions from The Wall Street Journal.
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5,000 barrels a day spewing, still want more offshore drilling?

11 dead, 5,000 barrels of oil spewing into the ocean, and now a man made massive oil fire on the pristine blue ocean. surely there's a better way? or no, you still want to "drill baby drill"?
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The Sun Chips Biodegradable Bag

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But I can’t find anything wrong with Frito Lay’s creation of a 100% biodegradable bag for SunChips. It will completely compost in 14 weeks under ideal conditions. I can imagine a day when most of our trash goes into our own back yard, simply to melt away into the ground.
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U.S. to require gas mileage of 35.5 mpg by 2016

The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday will sign final rules requiring 2016 model-year vehicles to meet fuel efficiency targets of 35.5 miles per gallon combined for cars and trucks, an increase of nearly 10 mpg over current standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Obama OKs drilling for oil: environmental assault?

Employing Orwellian doublespeak, Obama asserted that allowing the oil companies to drill in these vast expanses of ocean is a step toward clean energy.
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Why Drinking Bottled Water is Bad

Three reasons are given for why you shouldn't drink bottled water and use the tap instead.
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All that megafarm poo is polluting our water, ready to regulate?

That excess manure gives off air pollutants, and it is the country's fastest-growing large source of methane, a greenhouse gas. And it washes down with the rain, helping to cause the 230 oxygen-deprived "dead zones" that have proliferated along the U.S. coast. In the Chesapeake Bay, about one-fourth of the pollution that leads to dead zones can be traced to the back ends of cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys.
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Copenhagen’s Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets

(click for video) In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent of commute trips are made by bike, and mode share among city residents alone is even higher.
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