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NEW ORLEANS, Lousiana, September 2, 2010 (ENS) - An explosion ripped through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of central Louisiana at about 9:19 this morning CDT, throwing 13 crewmembers into the water. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Prentice...
BOSTON, Massachusetts, September 2, 2010 (ENS) - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of wind farm developer Cape Wind Associates on Tuesday, rejecting the appeal of a permit the state has granted for transmission lines needed to carry power generated by the wi...

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BAFFIN BAY, Greenland, September 2, 2010 (ENS) - Four Greenpeace activists who climbed a Cairn Energy oil rig in Greenland waters were arrested this morning and are now being held in police custody in Greenland. The activists first scaled the oil rig Stena Don on Tuesday. They...
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, September 1, 2010 (ENS) - Police shot to death a gunman who held three hostages for several hours at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring. The hostages were not injured. A man protesting the nature of the Discovery Channel's environment...

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MIAMI, Florida, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - A major storm blowing across the northeastern Caribbean Sea has strengthened to a Category Four hurr...
NEW YORK, New York, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "needs to fundamentally reform its management stru...

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WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - With battery electric cars, plug-in hybrids and regular hybrids joining gas-powered cars and light...
HOUSTON, Texas, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - Locally turbulent weather at the BP/Deepwater Horizon well site has put on hold operations to bring...