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Grassroots Advocacy at its Best

By Stefanie Penn Spear Feb 03rd 2012 - 05:46PM

There are so many issues impacting the health of the planet, but fortunately our country is full of people who put their hearts and souls every day into protecting our remaining natural resources.

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Iranian Aircraft Carriers in the Gulf of Mexico

By Tom Engelhardt Jan 30th 2012 - 10:39AM

(Tehran, FNA) The Fars News Agency has confirmed with the Republican Guard's North American Operations Command that a new elite Iranian commando team is operating in the U.S.-Mexican border region.

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BP emails reveal company veiling spill rate

By Cain Burdeau Jan 27th 2012 - 10:30PM

NEW ORLEANS -On the same day that the Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials were warning in an internal email conversation that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day.

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Carl Safina: Oil and Herring Don't Mix

By Carl Safina Jan 17th 2012 - 04:46PM

When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, it unleashed a regional catastrophe whose effects continue to play out these two decades later.

gulf of mexico News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 BP wins right to exclude prior accidents from Gulf of... Source: Telegraph - London - UK Judge Barnier decided to exclude the previous accidents on the grounds they were not "sufficiently similar" to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
  • 02/10/12 Bill renames Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America Source: Prattville Progress - Prattville AL JACKSON, Miss. State Rep. Steve Holland wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for "official purposes within the state of Mississippi."
  • 02/09/12 Hercules Offshore's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results -... Source: Seeking Alpha Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Hercules Offshore Earnings Conference Call. My name is Brian, and I will be your operator for today's call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes.
  • 02/03/12 Grassroots Advocacy at its Best Source: The Huffington Post There are so many issues impacting the health of the planet, but fortunately our country is full of people who put their hearts and souls every day into protecting our remaining natural resources.
  • 01/30/12 Iranian Aircraft Carriers in the Gulf of Mexico Source: The Huffington Post (Tehran, FNA) The Fars News Agency has confirmed with the Republican Guard's North American Operations Command that a new elite Iranian commando team is operating in the U.S.-Mexican border region.

Background on gulf of mexico

The Gulf of Mexico () is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba.

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