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VOICED: More than just oil threatens LouisianaÕs coast
VOICED: More than just oil threatens LouisianaÕs coast
AFP News Agency
VOICED: More than just oil threatens LouisianaÕs coast
VOICED: More than just oil threatens LouisianaÕs coast
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NASA Captures 20 Years of Seasonal Changes
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1. Animated map time lapse showing seasonal changes over years
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NASA Captures 20 Years of Seasonal Changes
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST COURTESY NASA
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Greenbelt, Maryland - 17 November 2017
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Scientists use massive river model to fight erosion
LEADIN:
US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The multi-million US dollar...
Bloomberg
Tropical Storm Barry Churns Toward Louisiana
Jul.12 -- Tropical storm Barry is racing towards Louisiana and could hit the coastline as a hurricane by Saturday. New Orleans is bracing for further disruption after suffering from flash flooding earlier in the week. Barry has already...
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Public oyster beds in the Gulf of Mexico are producing less than a third of the shellfish than before oil spewed from a BP well in 2010. But whether the spill is a cause is still under review by the Natural Resource Damage Assessment. (Aug. 11)
nats Oyster boat motor
SOUNDBITE: Randy Slavich, Oyster Fisherman: "We've never seen it before like this."
nats Clanking of chain as metal oyster net, known as a dredge, is pulled into boat
SOUNDBITE Randy Slavich, Oyster Fisherman:...
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Restaurants and seafood industry officials in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells in hopes of revitalizing what dealers say is a depleted Gulf of Mexico harvest since BP oil spill in 2010. (June 24)
Restaurants and seafood industry officials in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells in hopes of revitalizing what dealers say is a depleted Gulf of Mexico harvest.
State officials said they don't have current figures on the size of...
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Scientists are returning to the Gulf of Mexico to assess the environmental impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (March 31)
Scientists are returning to the Gulf of Mexico to assess the environmental impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Researchers will be using a small U.S. Navy submergence vehicle to study the sea floor, collect water and...
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Ruby Holt spent most of her 100 years on a farm in rural Tennessee, picking cotton and raising four children. She saw the ocean for the first time thanks to her assisted living center and a group that grants wishes to the elderly. (Nov. 20)
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Ruby Holt spent most of her 100 years on a farm in rural Tennessee, picking cotton and raising four children. She's never been to the beach, until now.
Thanks to a partnership between the...
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State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki comments on the announcement of Russia's planned air force patrols along the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, the coast of California and other Pacific regions. (Nov. 13)
At the US State Department on Thursday, spokesperson Jen Psaki reacted to an annoucment by the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu that there will be an increase of long range patrol missions.
She said given the current climate in the...
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VOICED: Racing to save the Gulf of MexicoÕs fragile ecosystem
VOICED: Racing to save the Gulf of MexicoÕs fragile ecosystem
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Hurricane Harvey Could Create Market Volatility
Refinery operators along the Texas Gulf Coast are hunkering down for Hurricane Harvey, while motorists far from the storm's path are also feeling the effects as gasoline prices rise.
According to energy analyst Stephen...
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Hurricane Harvey Could Create Market Volatility
Energy analyst Stephen Schork says that as oil refineries along the Gulf Coast shut down in preparations for Hurricane Harvey, the storm could lead to volatility in the energy markets.
Refinery operators along the Texas...
Curated Video
Scientists use massive river model to fight erosion
LEADIN:
US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The multi-million US dollar...
Curated Video
Coast Guard Ends Search For Seacor Power Survivors
Six people on the ship were rescued and divers already found the bodies of five people.
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Researchers studying the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill say it could be years before they understand how the exposure to oil and dispersants is impacting people in the Gulf. But fishermen say they are already having health issues. (April 11)
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SOUNDBITE: George Barisich, Fisherman:
"Will I be healthy enough to rebuild my oyster farms? Will I be healthy enough to shrimp full-time? If the stuff does come back, and if the prices...
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After a long-stalled debate in Congress, the House of Representatives will take up a vote on whether to allow the controvercial Keystone XL oil pipline to be built, linking Canada's tar sands to the gulf. (Nov. 13)
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Mary Landrieu, (D) Louisiana
"It is time for America to become energy independent and that is impossible without the keystone pipeline."
but fellow democrat - HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI is VOWING TO LEAD...
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VOICED : Pemex se aliara a privadas para explotar aguas profundas
VOICED : Pemex se aliara a privadas para explotar aguas profundas
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VOICED: Mass losses of birds feared as oil slick approaches
VOICED: Mass losses of birds feared as oil slick approaches
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CLEAN: Racing to save the Gulf of MexicoÕs fragile ecosystem
CLEAN: Racing to save the Gulf of MexicoÕs fragile ecosystem
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CLEAN: BP chief Hayward forced out over Gulf oil disaster
CLEAN: BP chief Hayward forced out over Gulf oil disaster
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CLEAN : Asian firms dominate oil tenders for Gulf of Mexico
Asian companies appropriate four of the eleven deep water oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and Australian BHP Billiton wins the crown jewel together with Pemex in a key auction for the struggling state energy firm