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AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AFP reports here at Yahoo News: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts warn it could take years — or even decades — for the Gulf of Mexico to recover. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; Press Release from the National Wildlife Federation nwf.org A Decade of Tragic Incidents Points to Need for Strong Reforms in Wake of BP Spill Washington, DC (July 29, 2010) – As Congress debates petroleum industry reforms and with a series of pipeline spills in recent days, a new report documenting [...] Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – Over 80 children in a poor corner of southwestern China have been poisoned by lead from illegal smelters, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases that have made hundreds sick over the last year. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: Pollution worries and fears of a disruption to oil supplies increase, after a large pipeline blast in eastern China. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AP reports here at Yahoo News: NEW ORLEANS – Oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans, threatening another environmental disaster for the huge body of water that was rescued from pollution in the 1990s. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; CNNMoney.com reports here: BP has spent more than $3 billion to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and paid out nearly half of the claims that have been submitted, the company said Monday. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; AP reports here at Yahoo News: You might be able to get rich quick if you can fix the BP oil spill. The X Prize Foundation wants to make fixing the BP oil spill a multimillion dollar competition. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; From this WWF press release here: World Wildlife Fund officials today called on the Senate Democratic caucus to commit to passing a bill that includes a limit on fossil fuel pollution when it meets today to decide on a path forward on a climate and clean energy bill. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; BBC News reports here: US President Barack Obama says the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will have the same impact on the US psyche as 9/11. var addthis_pub = ‘haui’; |
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