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Coast
Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill (By Jay Reeves and Ray Henry, The
Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 6/12/10)
The majority of Americans believe in global warming (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 6/11/10) Scientist Warns Sand Berms Won't Last (By NPR Staff, 6/11/10) Rich countries accused of carbon 'cheating' (By Richard Black, BBC News, 6/11/10) Scientist Proposes Unleashing Mississippi River to Flush Oil From Delta (By Paul Quinlan, The New York Times, 6/11/10) New Estimates Double Rate of Oil Flowing Into Gulf (By Justin Gillis and Henry Fountain, The New York Times, 6/10/10) The Conversation: Press Hassled on Gulf Coast? ABC Reporter Matt Gutman Questioned During Video Chat on Alabama Beach (Reported by ABC News Reporter Matt Gutman, ABC News, 6/10/10) [Article and video] Brits blame Obama as BP-linked pensions plummet (By Jennifer Carlile, msnbc.com staff, MSNBC.com World Blog, 6/10/10) Plastic's Future May Not Be In The Bag (By Alan Greenblatt, National Public Radio, 6/10/10) EPA leans on Amish farmers in Pennsylvania (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 6/9/10) Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News (By Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times, 6/9/10) The Reality of Life for Louisiana Fishermen Is an Unpalatable Choice (By Abby Aguirre, The New York Times - Op Ed, 6/9/10) Cousteau: U.S. oil spill response reflects 'soul of this country' (By Andrew Seidman, McClatchy Newspapers, 6/9/10) AP journalist dives into Gulf of Mexico: Quiet, scary and 'only thing I see is oil (By Rich Matthews, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/10) [video and article] A Call to Triple U.S. Spending on Energy Research (By John M. Broder, The New York Times, 6/9/10) Ingredients of Controversial Dispersants Used on Gulf Spill Are Secrets No More (By Elana Schor, Greenwire as reported by The New York Times, 6/9/10) Reports at BP over years find history of problems (By Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson, The Washington Post, 6/8/10) Rethinking our oil-drenched lifestyles (By Joanna Weiss, The Boston Globe - Op-Ed, 6/8/10) BP buys first place in Google results: Company attempts to spin story in decidedly modern way (By Helen A.S. Popkin, MSNBC.com, 6/8/10) Subsea oil plumes found 142 miles from rig: Crude moving under surface could threat (Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com, 6/8/10) Ride your bike, charge your cell phone (By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 6/8/10) Pennsylvania well brought under control after natural-gas explosion (The Associated Press as reported by The York Daily Record, 6/8/10) A slippery business: It's the end of easy oil - and maybe BP too (By William Rees-Mogg, The [UK] Daily Mail Online, 6/8/10) As cap slows leak, officials battle 'hundreds or thousands of patches of oil': As 15,000 barrels are recovered per day, more skimmers are sought to mop up oil on the ocean's surface. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says the challenge now is cleaning up a 'massive collection' of small spills. (By Kim Geiger, The Tribune as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 6/7/10) Deepwater trouble - Our view: As much as it may cause some temporary economic discomfort, a six-month ban on gulf drilling is a prudent step in wake of the BP disaster (The Baltimore Sun - Op-Ed, 6/7/10) BP well may be spewing 10,000 barrels a day, scientist says (By Renee Schoof and Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers, 6/7/10) |