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Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover
The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment — most of them destined, in all likelihood, for the landfill.
It was Mardi Gras 2011, and Kirk and Holly Groh were stationed in...Tags: Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945), Circuses, Mitch Landrieu, Arts and Culture
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Debate continues on Big Oil's big profits
The five so-called "super major" oil companies -- Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and BP-- have just wrapped up their fourth quarter earnings reports, but not without inspiring disdain over how they made those billions in profits...Tags: Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, ConocoPhillips, Interior Policy, Companies and Corporations
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Scientists were asked to downplay Deepwater Horizon spill rates
Estimates of the amount of oil spewing from BP’s blown-out deep-sea well were an ongoing subject of debate and controversy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which wound up on the record books as the nation’s largest offshore oil spill....Tags: Politics, Oil Spills, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, White House
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El Segundo, Chevron at odds over oil company's taxes
Doug Willmore wasn't on the job long as El Segundo's city manager before discovering just how deep the town's loyalty runs to the oil giant that put it on the map.
After the city began discussing a big tax increase for the Chevron oil refinery a few...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Los Angeles International Airport, Elections, Politics, Bill Lindsay
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Obama calls for expanded use of natural gas
Washington BureauDeclaring the United States the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas," President Obama began pushing Thursday for greater use of the fuel resource under domestic soil as he continued to pitch his economic plan on a tour of battleground states. Speaking to a...Tags: Energy Resources, National Government, Elections, Politics, Environmental Issues
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Toyota, BP, Goldman Sachs made big gains in brand image in 2011
Reporting from Washington -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Goldman Sachs were among the biggest gainers in brand image last year after a rough 2010 that saw each of them enmeshed in controversy, according to U.S. corporate brand rankings made by an online market...Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Toyota Motor Corp., Companies and Corporations
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Sempra, BP to invest $1 billion in wind projects
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in the joint development of the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas.
Both wind farms, which will be the largest ever...Tags: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues
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Currents may hold secret to gulf oil spill mystery
New research suggests that oil and gas belching from BP’s blown-out well during the Deepwater Horizon disaster disappeared more quickly than expected because of the northern Gulf of Mexico’s geography.
The deep-sea blowout, which produced the...Tags: U.S. Navy, Oil Spills, Mexico, Petroleum Industry, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Deepwater Horizon's missed lessons
As the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy fades from public concern, its painful lessons seem to have been lost as well.
A year ago this week, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling issued its final report,...Tags: National Government, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Toyota, Goldman Sachs, BP made big gains in brand image in 2011
Toyota Motor Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were among the biggest gainers in brand image last year after a rough 2010 that saw each of them enmeshed in controversy, according to rankings by online market research firm, YouGov.
Toyota's image had...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone, History (tv network), Steve Jobs, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Gulf currents aided breakdown of oil after BP spill, study says
The geography and water circulation patterns of the northern Gulf of Mexico promoted the breakdown of oil and gas spewing from a busted wellhead during the BP oil disaster, according to a new study. Using computer models and Navy data on gulf currents,...
Tags: Energy Resources, Oil Spills, Oil Spills, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor’s race
GreenspaceIndependent photojournalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander were on Alaska’s North Slope in November to document traditional whaling by the native Inupiat people, and found themselves at the height of a highly charged mayoral election season, with...
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