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10 best books of May, according to Amazon
Amazon's editors picked these 10 books as the best for the month.
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Hungary toxic sludge reaches Danube River: Top 10 environmental disasters worldwide
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In Pictures: Big Environmental Disasters
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In Pictures: Destructive Oil Spills
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Oil-eating bacteria to the China oil spill rescue?
More than 23 tons of oil-eating bacteria have been sent to clean up the China oil spill in the Yellow Sea. It should work better than the chopsticks workers initially used, but it's still no miracle solution.
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'Whale' superskimmer drops out of Gulf oil spill response
The converted iron ore freighter ‘A Whale’ recovered only negligible amounts of oil from the Gulf oil spill. Smaller, nimbler skimmers are more appropriate for widely dispersed spills, the Coast Guard says.
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How fast will the Gulf bounce back from the BP oil spill?
Like a giant industrial strength washing machine, the Gulf of Mexico will clean up most of the BP oil spill by itself, as it has other big spills. But environmental resilience has its limits.
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Six lessons from the BP oil spill
What the tragedy of the BP oil spill has taught us about regulations, technology, and how our energy diet must change.
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Gulf oil spill: Government argues to reinstate drilling moratorium
The Obama administration will argue its case on deepwater drilling Thursday. The government issued the moratorium in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, but a judge blocked it last month.
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Oil skimmer A Whale gets some tweaks in bid to work the BP oil spill
Oil skimmer from abroad, the mega ship A Whale, has not yet shown how well it can collect oil, because of continued rough seas. At least it's been out on the water near the site of the BP oil spill, while other skimmers were docked.
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Gulf oil spill: BP grants $500 million for independent research
Some experts wonder how 'independent' BP's grants for Gulf oil spill research on ecosystem damage and recovery will be. But so far, it looks like the money comes with no strings attached.
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BP Gulf oil spill: Turtles to be protected from 'burn boxes'
BP has agreed to allow wildlife rescuers to pluck rare sea turtles – including endangered Kemp's Ridley turtles – out of Gulf oil spill 'burn boxes.'
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The Monitor's View: Lesson from the Gulf oil spill: Listen to the locals
Up and down the Gulf coast you hear local officials and others complain that they are being ignored in the response to the Gulf oil spill. That must change.
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Gulf oil spill: The story so far
The effort to contain the Gulf oil spill has had more twists and turns than a mystery novel. This rundown of events so far also shows what is ahead in the struggle to clean up the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf oil spill's wildlife toll: sharks near shore, turtles incinerated
The Gulf oil spill has killed local wildlife not only with oil but also in cleanup efforts. It may have changed the behavior of some animals, too. But its hard for scientists to draw a direct link.
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In Gulf oil spill 'war,' cleanup foot soldiers threaten mutiny
Claims problems and mixed messages from the Gulf oil spill unified command structure has local leaders from Pensacola to Plaquemines Parish fuming as the Gulf comes under what some call a 'tarball attack.'
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Offshore drilling: Judge who lifted moratorium has oil interests
Offshore drilling: Judge Martin Feldman, who overturned the government's moratorium on offshore drilling for oil, has reported owning stock in Transocean Ltd, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig which exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico over two months ago.
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Gulf oil spill: Americans pitch their ideas for cleaning it up
Vacuum pumps, oil-eating bacteria, and hair booms are a few of the ideas for dealing with the Gulf oil spill.
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Oil drilling ban has Transocean boss Steven Newman criticizing Obama
Oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico has Transocean president Steven Newman upset with the Obama administration.
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The weed empire strikes back
As Roundup-resistant weeds surge, we should consider the long-term costs of our own excessive lawn maintenance.
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Offshore oil drilling protest: Companies tell judge 'no more'
Offshore oil drilling moratorium could cost Louisiana thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in lost wages, according to one company.
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BP oil spill: How will it affect the Obama presidency?
Even if Obama has not received high marks for his handling of the BP oil spill, it remains but one of many elements that voters consider when asked their views of his job performance.
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Gulf oil spill: What's the impact on national parks?
So far, only the Gulf Coast National Seashore has seen oil on its barrier islands. But park officials from Louisiana for Florida's space coast are bracing for more oil.
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How an Alabama fire chief risked jail to save town from Gulf oil spill
Jamie Hinton, the volunteer fire chief of tiny Magnolia Springs, Ala., has a plan to use a blockade of barges to stop the Gulf oil spill from entering the Magnolia River. For a time, he went ahead with the plan, even though it might have landed him in jail.
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Obama plans fourth tour of Gulf oil spill, Oval Office speech on disaster
When he returns to Washington on Tuesday evening Obama will use his first Oval Office speech as president to address the Gulf oil spill catastrophe.
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BP oil disaster: new oil numbers suggest more environmental damage
New figures could mean 42 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the Gulf's delicate ecosystem.
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Oil on Orange Beach, spill keeps looking worse
The spill was flowing at a daily rate that could possibly have been as high as 2.1 million gallons, twice the highest number the federal government had been saying.
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Why BP wants to stop the Gulf oil spill as much as Obama
Money is talking loudly to BP, even without President Obama’s recent threat to 'kick' the company’s backside. The financial imperative is visible in BP's stock price, which has fallen by roughly half.
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