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The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River on Monday, two days after an oil spill closed the river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. About 31,500 gallons of light crude oil spilled into the river after a tank barge hit a towboat. (Feb. 24)
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The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River on Monday, two days after an oil spill closed the river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
About 31,500 gallons of light crude oil spilled...
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1st sea turtle hatchlings evacuated from Gulf oil released into Atlantic
HEADLINE: First Person: Turtle eggs saved from oil hatch
CAPTION: The first sea turtle hatchlings whose eggs were evacuated from the Gulf Coast oil spill to Florida's Kennedy Space Center have been released into the Atlantic Ocean. (July...
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After meeting with top BP officials, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the oil giant has agreed to set aside an initial $20 billion to pay the victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
HEADLINE: Obama: BP to fork over billions to help Gulf
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says BP has agreed to set aside $20 billion to pay oil spill victims, as well as create a $100 million compensation fund for oil industry workers left...
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Dead turtles are starting to wash up along the Gulf Coast. Experts say it is unclear if these turtles died because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but they are performing necropsies on them to determine a cause of death.
HEADLINE: Dead sea turtles washing up along Gulf Coast
CAPTION: Dead turtles are starting to wash up along the Gulf Coast. Experts say it is unclear if these turtles died because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but they are...
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Peru's oil co. confirms spill in the Amazon
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLima - 22 August 20161. Various of demonstrators blocking street, holding banner, outside Peru's oil state-own oil company, Petroperu2. Various of Petroperu's...
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Peru's oil co. confirms spill in the Amazon
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYLima - 22 August 20161. Various of demonstrators blocking street, holding banner, outside Peru's oil state-own oil company, Petroperu2. Various of Petroperu's...
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Philippines and India hold joint maritime drills
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYManila bay - 10 January 20171. Various of Indian and Philippine Coast Guard ships firing water cannons at small ship as part of drill2. Philippine coast guard...
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Crews in Greece clean up pollution from sunken tanker ship
Greece's merchant marine minister says clean-up crews are working to contain pollution caused by a small tanker that sank over the weekend off a Greek island.
The Agia Zoni II sank Sunday while anchored off the coast of...
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Authorities provide more info on US oil rig blast
Authorities searched by air and water on Monday for a contractor who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans.
Seven people were injured, including three who were in critical condition,...
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Sri Lanka works to clean oil slicks near capital
Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of coast guard and navy personnel on Monday to clean oil slicks on a coastal stretch near the capital following a pipeline leak.
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Oil spill on Venezuelan shore affects fishermen
Venezuelan fishermen in the Playa Sola said on Friday that an oil spill on the shore of the city Carabobo has prevented them from fishing over the past three days.
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Brazil oil fields near maritime park fails to sell at auction
The Brazilian government failed on Thursday in its attempt to tender oil fields near a maritime national park that protects one of the largest coral reefs in Brazil, at a time when the country is dealing with a major oil spill.
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Venezuela's broken oil industry threatens fishermen
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10 years after BP spill, companies drill deeper
Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling into deeper and deeper waters, where the payoffs can be huge but the risks are greater than ever.
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Coast Guard Investigating Cargo Ship For Hitting Oil Pipeline
Still undetermined is whether the impact caused the October leak or if the line was hit by something else at a later date or failed.
Steve Spangler Science
Oil Absorbing Polymer
This episode does a good job of showing a really good way to perform the classic science experiment which involves separating oil from water. Spangler shows a chemical that "hooks onto" the oil that has been dumped into a container of...
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The World's Smallest Robots: Rise of the Nanomachines
Think robots are big, clunky heaps of metal? Not anymore! Introduce your class to a whole new breed of robots through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. The resource shows what these tiny machines are made...
Steve Spangler Science
Soap Bubble Science - Inside a Giant Bubble
Spangler has a fourth grader join him in this segment. Her science fair project was a demonstration of how biologists cleaned up the birds and other wildlife that were affected by an oil spill. Amazingly, it's as simple as using soap!...