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Costamare Inc: Fully Fund the Oil Spill Clean Up! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: New Zealand, penguins, oil spill, ecosystems, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, humans, nature, oceans, pollution, protection, water )

Lindsey
- 211 days ago - change.org
It's heartbreaking to see the devastation of our coast and the pristine environment around the Bay of Plenty region because of the ongoing oil spill crisis. But what's simply unacceptable is for the owners of the ship to fail to commit to funding the
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New Zealand Oil Spill Worsens as Oil Hits Shore, Threatens Local Wildlife
Environment  (tags: Wildlife, New Zealand, oil spill, BBC, Environment )

Katie
- 227 days ago - treehugger.com
The unfolding oil spill in off the coast of New Zealand has worsened this afternoon, as the BBC reported that "fist-sized clumps of oil" have been found on Mount Maunganui beach.
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TAR SANDS.....For Oil An Environmental Nightmare   video
Environment  (tags: Tar Sands, Canada, Lubicon Cree First Nation, Greenpeace, Oil spill, gas and oil development, fossil fuels, dirty, pollution, air quality )

Dandelion
- 266 days ago - youtube.com
Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation and a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace, describes the impact of oil and gas developments and the recent oil spill in the traditional territory of the Lubicon Cree in Canada.
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OP-ED: No to Arctic Drilling
Environment  (tags: politics, pollution, energy, oil spill, protection, world, environment, ecosystems, humans, nature, conservation, destruction, forests )

Cal
- 281 days ago - nytimes.com
ABOUT 55,000 gallons of oil have escaped into the North Sea since last week from a leaky pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell, about 100 miles off Scotland
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ACTION ALERT: Clean Our Gulf! PLEASE SIGN PETITION !
Environment  (tags: marine life, killed, destruction, oil spill, clean up, oil companies, environment, conservation )

Simone
- 342 days ago - gopetition.com
As of February 1st, 2011, it is estimated that between 800,000 and 4 million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants have been sprayed or poured into the Gulf of Mexico in an on-going operation. The broad-scale distribution of these poisonous substances
33 comments
Beaver Dam Lessens Impact of Massive Oil Spill in Canada
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, oil spill, habitatdestruction, habitat, animals, energy, pollution, humans )

Cal
- 381 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The Canadian province of Alberta has suffered its worst oil spill in 35 years with 28,000 barrels of oil (over a million gallons) spilling from a ruptured pipeline operated by Plains Midstream Canada in the Canadian boreal forest
12 comments
Gulf Disaster Renews Debate Over Arctic Oil Spill
Environment  (tags: Gulf disaster, Oil spill, Arctic zone )

Anna
- 399 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A year after the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, some experts are pondering the next doomsday scenario -- a massive oil well blowout in the icy waters off Alaska's northern coast.
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BP-Like Spill in Arctic Would Be Disastrous
Environment  (tags: BP, Arctic zone, environment, marine mammals, migratory birds, oil spill )

Anna
- 401 days ago - news.discovery.com
The seas at the top of our planet are home to beloved marine mammals -- walruses, whales, seals and polar bears -- as well as to legions of migratory birds and some of the world's most productive fisheries.
25 comments
Don't Let BP Back Into the Gulf of Mexico ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, BP, destruction, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 415 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Use this form to send a message to the Obama adminsitration that when it comes to the environment, one strike means you're out - don't let BP back into the Gulf
90 comments
Feds Cover Up Dolphin Deaths in Gulf ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, death, oil spill, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 416 days ago - change.org
The oil giant BP and the US Federal Government seem to be collaborating to cover up a recent rash of dolphin deaths in the oil spill area. The extent of environmental damage since the Gulf oil dispersal incident continues to grow, while government
44 comments
Another Oil Spill Hits the Gulf of Mexico
Environment  (tags: Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Pollution, Environment )

Katie
- 428 days ago - treehugger.com
The Gulf of Mexico can't catch a break. Just a few short months after everyone (except Gulf Coast residents) forgot entirely about the BP spill, it gets hit with another one! Yes, a 30-mile oil slick has been spreading across the Gulf
58 comments
Oil Slick Threatens Protected Wildlife Area Near Tristan Da Cunha
Environment  (tags: pollution, oil spill, Tristan da Cunhaworld, wildlife, penguins, Rockhopper penguins, protection, environment, destruction, ecosystems, oceans, habitatdestruction, habitat )

Cal
- 432 days ago - acap.aq
An oil slick from the Tanker, OLIVA is threatening the fragile ecosystem around Nightingale Island - a protectorate of Tristan da Cunha. There are reports that Rockhopper penguins and other native fowl have become oil-soaked.
17 comments
2010 Accidental Earth Experiment "Prize" Goes to...BP
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, oil spill, protection, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 496 days ago - environment.change.org
This award goes to an entity that, through incompetence and negligence, creates an environmental disaster so massive in scale that scientists can use the instance to conduct research that would otherwise be impossible.
18 comments
Stop the Next Offshore Oil Disaster ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, oil spill, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 497 days ago - change.org
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster devastated the Gulf Coast economy and claimed the lives of 11 workers and scores of animals, including threatened and endangered sea turtles, brown pelicans and dolphins. The long-term ecological impacts of the disaster
102 comments
5 Most Important Findings of the Presidential Oil Spill Investigation
Environment  (tags: oil spill, Environment, Green, government )

Katie
- 497 days ago - treehugger.com
The presidential oil spill panel released its full report this week, and it included a slew of recommendations for reforming how the government oversees the oil industry's dangerous offshore operations.
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