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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 Danner says all hav...
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 wind farm.
The six-mem...
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 attached hanging pla...
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 environmental programming held...
MIAMI, Florida, August 31, 2010 (ENS) - A major storm blowing across the northeastern Caribbean Sea has strengthened to a Category Four hurricane, generating sustained winds of 135 miles per hour with higher gusts.
Hurricane Earl has been ripping roofs off buildings, toppling trees and cutting powe...
NEW YORK, New York, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "needs to fundamentally reform its management structure and strengthen its procedures," finds a report issued today by the InterAcademy Council, an Amsterdam-based organization of the world's science academies....
WASHINGTON, DC, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - With battery electric cars, plug-in hybrids and regular hybrids joining gas-powered cars and light trucks in the marketplace, the Obama administration today proposed updated fuel economy labels to be pasted to the window of every new vehicle in dealer showroom...
HOUSTON, Texas, August 30, 2010 (ENS) - Locally turbulent weather at the BP/Deepwater Horizon well site has put on hold operations to bring up equipment that will become evidence in several ongoing investigations. The heavy sets of valves, one as tall as a five-story building - must be brought up fr...
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 28, 2010 (ENS) - On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and members of the Cabinet will travel Sunday to New Orleans.
The President will speak at Xavier Unive...
SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 26, 2010 (ENS) - All sewage discharges from large cruise ships and cargo ships to the marine waters along California's entire coastline will be banned under new rules proposed by the U.S. EPA..
The sewage discharge ban will establish the largest coastal No Discharge...
