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ROBERT, Louisiana, May 19, 2010 (ENS) - Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has reached the Loop Current in the form of light to very light sheens, according to observers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. This means the oil eventually could be carried around Florida an...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2010 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act to a public database called Envirofacts.
"The addition to Envirofacts will provide the American people with...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 19, 2010 (ENS) - American Municipal Power, an Ohio nonprofit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta, Ohio under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act.
A months after an explosion sunk the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and triggered a massive leak of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, BP announced that it has made a significant step forward in stemming the flow of environmental damage. A siphon tube inserted into the cracked wellhead is reportedly siphonin...
ROBERT, Louisiana, May 18, 2010 (ENS) - Effective tonight, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is nearly doubling the size of the area closed to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco told reporters by teleconference to...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2010 (ENS) - President Barack Obama will establish an independent commission to investigate the cause of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the response to it as early as Tuesday, according to statements of elected representatives and media reports.
BP...
Filmmaker Peter Mettler recently released a new documentary that gives viewers an aerial perspective of Canada's oil sands operations in Alberta. Called Petropolis, the documentary looks at the impact Alberta's oil sand extraction program and its effect on the land, water, and wildlife of Canada. Gr...
HOUSTON, Texas, May 14, 2010 (ENS) - Scientific analysis of a new video released Wednesday by BP shows oil and gas spilling from the broken Deepwater Horizon wellhead on the the Gulf of Mexico seafloor at a much higher rate than previously estimated.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2010 (ENS) - In view of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Democratic lawmakers Thursday introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to permanently ban offshore drilling in all federal waters off the Pacific coast.
The West Coast Ocean Protection Act...
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 13, 2010 (ENS) - The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has finalized a natural gas lease agreement by which the state will meet its need for revenue from drilling next year, while protecting state forests, Governor Edward Rendell said Tuesday...
