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Federal Government Ignores Long-Term Solutions for Gulf Coast Remediation
Floating Island International, a U.S. based company with an environmental solution to the spill, was approved by the U.S. Coast Guard for remediation of the spill. Unfortunately, the U.S. Coast Guard suddenly cancelled the approval of FII's bio-islands once the Macondo well was partially sealed, despite… Read More
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BP Manages to Cap the Oil Well for the First Time
BP has managed to temporarily cap the oil spill. Should we jump for joy? Read More
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Free Press Prevails, as Unified Command Grants Media Access to Oil Spill Cleanup Sites
Adm. Thad Allen today announced that journalists will be able to get within the prescribed 20-meter safety zone if they get the proper creds. Read More
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Free Press Threatened with Felony Charges and $40K Fines in the Gulf Oil Spill
The Unified Command of the oil spill response announced June 30 that anyone who intrudes without express permission on a new 65-foot "safety zone" around booming and cleanup operations may face Class D Felony charges and civil penalties up to $40,000. Read More
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TEDx Oil Spill: Talk is Cheap, Solutions Aren’t
For the most part, the TEDx conference on the oil spill was nothing new. Exciting, sure, but how do we move forward? Read More
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TEDx Event Hosted Great Talks on the BP Oil Spill. But Now What?
Monday's TED talk on the BP oil spill did an exceptional job of educating the converted. But with a conference full of people who want to see the Gulf of Mexico cleaned up in a responsible manner, what's the next step? Read More
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Gulf Oil Spill Could Mean the End of Bluefin Tuna if Endangered Status is not Granted
BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster threatens to devastate the western Atlantic bluefin tuna population as millions of gallons of oil gush into the tuna's native spawning ground. Activists hope granting the bluefin the status of Endangered will keep the species alive. Read More
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Fungal Fuels - Scavenging Green Energy from the World’s Waste
By extracting cellulase enzymes from fungus and mixing them with a liquefied wood pulp, sugar can be produced. Add that sugar to yeast, ferment, and you have fungal ethanol, or myconol as some like to call it. Best of all, you don’t need specific crops to produce it: any waste cellulose will do. Read More
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BP Burns Endangered Sea Turtles Alive, May Face Heavy Fines for ESA Violations
BP is incinerating endangered sea turtles in the Gulf, with "controlled burns," and reportedly refusing help. Read More
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Mycoremediation: Fungal Hope For A Clean Future
Using fungus to attack our most pressing environmental problems. Read More
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Government Stands By While BP Blocks Access To Oil Spill Site & Information
When the first of 30 sea turtles washed up dead on beaches along the Gulf Coast, federal officials told marine biologists performing necropsies that the turtles were evidence in an ongoing investigation, and to follow a chain-of-evidence protocol and not comment to the media. Read More
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Bracing for Oil to Hit the Gateway to the Atlantic
As the oil washes into Louisiana marshes and migrates along the Gulf loop current, regular citizens in the Florida Keys are trying to organize a defense. Read More
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Gulf Oil Spill, Week Three: The Rocky Road To Restoration
'TENTHMIL" has been working to start the discussion about how people, organizations, and federal agencies are going to work together to restore even a fraction of the affected area to its former status. Unfortunately, most of the experts needed to weigh in on this discussion have been unwilling or unable… Read More
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Clean-Up Begins, But Are Current Restoration Tactics Doing More Harm Than Good?
Frantic to make some headway on spill containment and clean-up, officials have authorized the use of chemical dispersants, both on the surface and beneath the waves, but this could usher in a whole new collection of environmental problems. Read More
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Blue Skies On The Horizon: Appeals Court Delivers Decision
The California State Court of Appeals handed down their decision regarding the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the expansion of the Chevron Corporation’s refinery in Richmond, California on April 26, 2010, and it’s good news, at least for now. Read More
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Oil rig Deepwater Horizon sinks into the Gulf of Mexico after fire breaks out
A fire broke out on board the Deepwater Horizon Tuesday evening, releasing 336,000 gallons of crude oil per day. The raft has now sunk into the Gulf of Mexico (Video). Read More
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Seeing Smokestacks, Dreaming Of Blue Skies!
People are fighting back rising up against big oil, fighting their own city to win the right to control their environment and gain the breathing room they need to restore their polluted air, land, and water. Read More
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Restoring the Alameda Naval Air Station
At it's peak in 1945, Alameda was a bustling Naval Air Station that had a military and civilian work force of over 18,000. There were 1,513 housing units, berthing space at two piers for aircraft carriers, and a Seaplane Lagoon. Today, habitat restoration group Friends of Alameda Wildlife Refuge works… Read More
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A Disturbing Trend
Only a Wyatt Earp of environmental law can reign in this madness. Read More
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Algae Breakthrough: Air Force to Begin Fuel Production
We thought we were several years away from cost-effective algae biofuel, but it looks like the Department of Defense has achieved a breakthrough. If it pans out, this could be a game-changer for energy in all aspects of life... Read More
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