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The smell of prosperity or illness?
Jun 29, 2012
The residents of Roxana, Ill. debate if the oil refineries in and around their town represent jobs and money, cancer or something else.
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Brazil spill prompts new deep-water drilling lawsuit
Mar 20, 2012
An oil spill off the coast of Brazil last November is the subject of a lawsuit this week. Brazil is suing Chevron and Transocean over the spill.
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Oil-eating swarm of robots
Aug 27, 2010
It's an MIT project called Seaswarm. Little robots drag around nano-fabric that can asborb 20 times their weight in oil. These robots dragging...
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Retail sales rose in July...
Aug 13, 2010
... Great news if you like higher gas prices.
Consumer prices rose, too. Did we mention higher gas prices?
Severe school cutbacks will take not...
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BP says static kill is working...
Aug 4, 2010
... The government says three-quarters of the oil has already broken up!
Louisiana shrimpers getting set to return to work. Not everyone's thri...
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How healthy and clean was seafood from the Gulf of Mexico before the oil spill?
Aug 3, 2010
According to a lot of people I've talked to for stories about the oil spill, demand for Gulf seafood is off. It seems like a lot of people are a...
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Oil Spill Index: How long until the BP well is permanently sealed?
Aug 2, 2010
Easy Answer: It could be days instead of weeks; a BP spokesman says it's hard to know. The New York Times is guessing it could be done by the end...
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Hey BP! Here's Some Photoshop Advice
Jul 29, 2010
BP caught some heat last week for posting some photoshop-altered pics on its spill response website. In case you missed it, you can find out more...
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What's in the new energy bill? What do you think of it?
Jul 27, 2010
Today, aides for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) outlined a slimmed back energy and oil spill bill that would:...
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What's the BP quarterly report look like?
Jul 27, 2010
Easy Answer: BP says the spill will cost it $32 billion and CEO Tony Hayward is out October 1....
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