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BP increases amount of oil being collected from leak
BP Plc has increased the amount of oil it is collecting through a containment cap fitted over its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and is working to improve on that rate, the U.S. national oil spill response commander said on Saturday. U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told reporters the containment effort was working…
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Cyclone hits Oman, disrupting oil and gas infrastructure
Cyclone Phet, despite weakening to a Category 1 storm, pummeled Oman’s coastline on Friday, killing two and halting the small oil-producing country’s oil and gas production, officials and state media said. Phet’s first confirmed casualties were an Omani man who died trying to cross a flooded area in Oman’s northern al Dhahira region and a…
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The June 15 deadline for taking the ENN Reader Survey is rapidly approaching. Don’t miss out on the chance to make your voice heard, tell us what you think, and win a new iPad! ENN is looking at ways we can improve our website to better serve you. Please take 5 minutes to complete a…
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How to Contain an Oil Spill
At present there is a large oil release in the Gulf of Mexico. It is not the first of its kind. Obviously one must try to confine it and then clean it up but what it is the right and effective way? What is a waste of time and resources and what works? Ixtoc I…
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New Study Examines the Effects of Development Intensity on Stream Health
The health of a waterway is entirely dependent on the status of its riparian zone, the area of land from which storm water flows. In urban environments, which are typically found along a waterway, that land is altered, and the flow of water to the stream or river is affected. These changes can have a…
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Hubble catches stars on the move
With a mass of more than 10 000 suns packed into a volume with a diameter of a mere three light-years, the massive young star cluster in the nebula NGC 3603 is one of the most compact stellar clusters in the Milky Way [1] and an ideal place to test theories for their formation. A…
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BP puts containment cap on gushing Gulf well pipe
BP made promising strides in its latest bid to capture some of the oil spewing from its ruptured deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico, while President Barack Obama called off an overseas trip and prepared for another visit on Friday to the spill-stricken U.S. Gulf Coast. After failing days ago to plug the well,…
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The Spreading No Fishing Zone in the Gulf Of Mexico
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expanded some boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to capture portions of the slick moving beyond the current boundaries – the most significant expansion includes an area off southwest Florida that covers waters just to the west of the Dry Tortugas. Additionally,…
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EPA Takes a New Stance on Sulfur Dioxide in Final Rule
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) is a highly reactive gas that is produced from the combustion of fossil fuels. The largest sources of SO2 are power plants (73 percent) and other industrial facilities (20 percent). The gas is strongly linked to negative effects on the human respiratory system such as asthma. Children, the elderly, and those already…
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D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA Revisions to Air Quality Criteria and Standards for Lead
In Coalition of Battery Recyclers Association v. EPA, 2010 WL 1929879 (May 14, 2010), the D.C. Circuit recently upheld an EPA rule revising the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for air-borne lead (Pb) pollution against challenges by industry representatives. The case arose from consolidated petitions for review under the Administrative Procedure…