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Gulf after BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Needs Help

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Ken Zino

The plan calls for stopping wetland development, reducing the flow of nutrients from farming, and working with individual states to develop or implement coastal improvement plans. Continue reading →

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BP Oil Spill Spawns Chevrolet Volt Plastic Parts

Posted on 20 December 2010 by Ken Zino

General Motors announced this morning that it has a process to convert the boom material used to soak up spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Oil spill disaster into plastic parts for its Chevrolet vehicles. The ongoing project is expected to create enough parts to supply the first year of production of the Chevrolet Volt hybrid vehicle that has just gone on sale. Continue reading →

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