| Past problems for company at heart of oil spill
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 AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.
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| BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
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 Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
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| BP denies Texas a cash advance, gets scathing response
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Reuters - Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday. |
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| Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen
(AP) |
 AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.
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| BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated?
(Time.com) |
 Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown
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| EPA says Michigan spill appears contained
(Reuters) |
Reuters - Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill has been contained on a river about 50 miles inland from Lake Michigan, federal officials said on Thursday. |
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| Activists appeal Purdue coal power unit permit
(AP) |
AP - Two environmental groups that oppose Purdue University's plans for a new coal-fired power unit challenged the school's air permit Thursday in an appeal that says regulators failed to fully assess how much pollution the project is expected to emit. |
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| Renewable energy advocates make push in climate bill
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Renewable energy advocates are pushing Congress to include a renewable electricity standard in a climate bill that was proposed Tuesday in the Senate, and the idea got a boost this week when 27 Democrats and a Republican pressed for its inclusion. |
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| Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds
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 AP - Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill.
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| Partisan bickering delays oil spill legislation
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AP - Partisan disagreements in the Senate will delay passage of legislation responding to the Gulf oil spill until at least September, when Congress returns from its summer recess. |
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| Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara
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 AP - In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The following year the resulting "Earth Day" kick-started the modern environmental movement and shaped the way Americans thought about their air, water and soil.
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| Million dollar contest launched in US to clean oil spill
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 AFP - A US foundation that helped launch private spaceflight Thursday turned its gaze and pocketbook towards Earth, unveiling a 1.4-million-dollar contest to find new ways to clean up oil spills.
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