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• Report: Root Causes of Gulf Oil Spill "Might Well Recur" Without Reform

  [1/6/2011 12:00:00 AM ] "[M]embers of both parties should put politics aside an act to dramatically improve drilling safety and practices." Read Full Story>

• BP Funds to be Used to Build Barrier Islands in Louisiana

  [12/28/2010 12:00:00 AM ] Barrier islands play a critical role in defending Louisiana's marshes from coastal erosion Read Full Story>

• Could Oil Exposure Make Marsh Grass More Vulnerable to Fungus?

  [12/27/2010 12:00:00 AM ] All of the affected areas were on or near the Mississippi Sound where oiling had occurred; in contrast, areas north of the sound, saw no infection. Read Full Story>

• Bluefin Tuna Larvae Threatened by Gulf Oil Disaster [w/Video]

  [12/27/2010 12:00:00 AM ] "At the same time as the Deepwater Horizon blew and started spewing oil into the water, bluefin tuna were releasing their eggs." Read Full Story>

• Feds Deny Polar Bears Endangered Status

  [12/23/2010 12:00:00 AM ] Bears will remain listed as threatened, left without stronger protections Read Full Story>

• Whale Sharks Feast on Tunny in Oil

  [12/22/2010 12:00:00 AM ] “I would be concerned about the sub-lethal effects on whale sharks of consuming or being exposed to that much oil” Read Full Story>

• Fast Eddy Saves the Florida Keys [w/video]

  [12/21/2010 4:28:00 PM ] "BP made it sound as if their clean up work saved the day...when, in fact, natural phenomena intervened" Read Full Story>

• To Help Compensate for Oil Disaster Losses, Create New Recreation Areas

  [12/14/2010 12:00:00 AM ] “It is impossible to replace those lost opportunities. The time is over. But you could take your child to go fish at the new pier that wasn’t there before." Read Full Story>

• Toxicity testing of dispersants may be overkill, but questions remain

  [12/9/2010 12:00:00 AM ] "It’s always the oil you need to worry about. When people say dispersant-and-oil kills things, they’re right." Read Full Story>

• Dramatic Decline in Sea Ice Imperils Western Hudson Bay Polar Bears

  [12/7/2010 4:07:00 PM ] Polar Bear Survival, Reproduction Threatened by Extended Period on Land Read Full Story>