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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

US Lawmakers Form Clean Energy Plan [VIDEO]

Butterflies Make a Partial Comeback in Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico has increased this year, a hopeful sign following a worrying 75 percent drop in their numbers last year, experts reported Monday. The total amount of forest covered by the colonies -- millions of orange-and-black butterflies that...

When It Comes to Being Green, Browne Is No Pretender

"It's my favorite guitar, and I'm not just saying that." Legendary singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is cradling the beautiful new Jackson Browne Signature acoustic guitar, hand-crafted for him by Gibson, backstage after unveiling it at the recent NAMM music trade show in Anaheim, Calif. "And in the same way Gibson makes...

Scientists Find Dead Coral Near Site of BP Oil Spill

(Nov. 6) -- Scientists have found dead coral in the Gulf of Mexico only a few miles from where the BP oil well blew out six months ago, raising new concerns that damage from the massive spill may be worse than reported. "The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun," Charles Fisher, a Penn State...

Background on environmental

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements.

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