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Perdue manure recycling plant reduces nutrients in bay (By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, 6/12/10) Mikulski, Cardin touring Gulf today (By Paul West, The Baltimore Sun - Maryland Politics Blog, 6/11/10) What if the Gulf oil leak were in the Chesapeake? (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 6/10/10) Proposed industrial energy tax rankles manufacturers: Levy is latest budget battle in City Hall (By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun, 6/9/10) Officials mark launch of free north-south bus route downtown: Purple Line of Charm City Circulator connects Federal Hill, Penn Station (By Liz F. Kay and Katherine Smith, The Baltimore Sun, 6/7/10) Aquarium gets ready to tend Gulf's turtles (By Candus Thompson, The Baltimore Sun, 6/7/10) National and International News BP begins more aggressive response to spill as Obama prepares to make another visit to Gulf (By Brian Skoloff and Ray Henry, The Associated Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 6/13/10) [video and article] Obama Plans First Oval Office Speech to Put Pressure on BP (By Jackie Calmes, The New York Times, 6/13/10) Obama wants BP to set up escrow account: President to address the nation Tuesday night (By The Associated Press as reported by MSNBC.com, 6/13/10) Gulf Oil Spill Latest News (Update by The Associated Press, WMDT TV - Channel 47, 6/12/10) 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) |