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Science May Be Murky in the Gulf for Years

Oil is still in a few places in the Gulf, but for the most part it looks pristine. Anecdotal evidence indicates a rapidly recovering area -- escaped crude oil itself is scarce, and regular tests by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have yet to reveal any tainted seafood. But the Gulf of Mexico and its...

Opinion: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of High Gas Prices

As the price of oil soars above $100 a barrel, Americans are experiencing sticker shock at the pump and economists are concerned about our fledgling economic recovery. Solutions exist that can get us off the oil market roller coaster, but they won't be found in more domestic oil fields. No matter how vocal the drilling...

Five Budget Cuts That Could Be Harmful to Your Health

Hard-fought-for laws and regulations to save lives and the environment will be gutted or eliminated in budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives or ordered by President Barack Obama's team, experts say. Public health and environmental experts say it's indisputable that lives will be...

Pet Stores Agree to Put Warning Labels on Certain Flea Collars

(Dec. 16) -- If your pet wears the wrong type of flea collar, itchy bites could be the least of your worries. A group of 18 retailers, including PETCO and PetSmart, has agreed to label certain flea and tick collars in their California stores as potentially dangerous to human beings, the Natural Resources Defense Council...

First Dispersant Tests in Gulf Seafood Come Back Clean

(Nov. 1) -- In the ongoing saga of post-oil spill Gulf of Mexico seafood, officials have been conducting tests for oil on incoming seafood, but not for oil dispersants, the shadowy and possibly poisonous materials that BP spilled in liberal quantities across the region in an effort to keep the oil from reaching shore. Now...

Background on Natural Resources Defense Council

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit, non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing.

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