10 Species 10 Years Later
<p>This report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later, summarizes the best information available about the wildlife featured. We selected these species for many reasons: They represent different types of affected
Gulf Of Mexico
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BP oil spill: methane persisted in sea after microbe cleanup
Bacteria bloom feeding on leaked methane after Deepwater Horizon explosion declined abruptly in June 2013 Scientists on Sunday said that methane which leaked from the 2010 oil-rig blowout in the Gulf
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$1tn oil projects 'will not see return' if governments act on climate – report
Capital investment will never see a return if world's governments fulfil climate change pledge, says Carbon Tracker group Over $1tn is being gambled on high-cost oil projects that will never see a return
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Climate change is clear and present danger, says landmark US report
National Climate Assessment, to be launched at White House on Tuesday, says effects of climate change are now being felt Climate change has moved from distant threat to present-day danger and no American
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Compensation battle rages four years after BP's U.S. oil spill
Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and some islanders are fed up with hearing from BP that the crisis is over.
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Anadarko Petroleum settles U.S.-wide clean-up case for $5.15 billion
Energy company Anadarko Petroleum Corp agreed on Thursday to pay more than $5 billion to clean up areas across the United States polluted by nuclear fuel, wood creosote and rocket fuel waste that caused
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BP Must Live With $9.2 Billion Oil-Spill Deal, Court Says
BP Plc (BP/) was told by a federal appeals court to abide by terms of a $9.2 billion settlement with victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after failing to satisfy judges that a claims administrator
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Deepwater Horizon crude oil impacts the developing hearts of large predatory pelagic fish
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (MC252) disaster in the northern Gulf of Mexico released more than 4 million barrels of crude oil. Oil rose from the ocean floor to the surface where many large pelagic fish
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BP appeal to stop 'fictitious' U.S. oil spill claims fails
One of BP's attempts to curb payouts for what it says are "fictitious" and "absurd" claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has failed after a legal appeal was rejected by a U.S. court.
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BP Gulf oil spill still killing dolphins
A new study has revealed that BP gulf oil spill is still influencing dolphin mortality, prognosis and reproductive health. Scientists caught dolphins in Barataria Bay (BB), Louisiana, and a site thought
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80,000 acres swallowed up
The United States has lost approximately 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands between 2004 and 2009 according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).