With reports from NPR and independent research organizations finding that BP is grossly (and probably purposefully) underestimating the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, it has become almost comical to think about the amount of damage being done on a minute by minute basis.
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Ode To An Oil Spill
Armed And Polluted? Clean Air Act Violators Make EPA’s Fugitive List
The scheme involved entering the vehicle identification number for a vehicle that would not pass the emissions test into the computerized system, then connecting a different vehicle the testers knew would pass the test.
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It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s… Enviropig?
It's often said, "two wrongs don't make a right," but that wisdom seems to have escaped a group of scientists suggesting that a genetically engineered pig, eerily dubbed "Enviropig," might be the answer to the agricultural pollutants that are making large portions of the ocean uninhabitable for marine life.
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