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		<title>Globalwarming.org: Did Cuba&#8217;s Plan to Drill Near Florida Prompt President&#8217;s Pivot on Offshore Oil and Gas?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/01/31/did-cubas-plan-to-drill-near-florida-prompt-presidents-pivot-on-offshore/ by JACKIE MOREAU on JANUARY 31, 2012 While Republican Party candidates face a political drilling in the Florida primaries, Florida prepares for the offshore drilling by a Spanish company just miles away from its coastline, courtesy of our embargoed neighbor to the South. Cuba has signed lease agreements for offshore drilling blocks with six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Herald: ENERGY: Is oil drilling in Cuban waters safe?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on Thursday, 01.26.12 With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company&#8217;s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban coast, response plans are being firmed up in case a spill reaches the United States. BY MIMI WHITEFIELD MWHITEFIELD@MIAMIHERALD.COM The Scarabeo 9 is a state-of the-art oil rig leased by a Spanish company, built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Gazette:  Word play: Gas industry protests use of &#8216;F word&#8217;, but its PR machine takes advantage of focus on &#8216;fracking&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://blogs.wvgazette.com/watchdog/2012/01/27/word-play-gas-industry-protests-use-of-f-word-but-its-pr-machine-takes-advantage-of-focus-on-fracking/ January 27, 2012 by Ken Ward Jr. In this Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, Gillie Waddington of Enfield, N.Y., raises a fist during rally against hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. President Barack Obama the f- word during his recent State of the Union speech nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Magazine:  The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2105598,00.html?xid=gonewsedit By TIM PADGETT / MIAMI Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 A Chinese-built drilling rig, known as Scarabeo 9, is seen off the coast of Havana, January 21, 2012. Desmond Boylan / Reuters On Christmas Eve, a massive, Chinese-made maritime oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, arrived at Trinidad and Tobago for inspection. The Spanish oil company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmentalists speak out against Obama&#8217;s plan for offshore drilling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Virginia Chamlee &#124; 01.27.12 &#124; 4:52 pm The U.S. Department of the Interior announced yesterday morning that it will begin selling leases to allow offshore oil drilling in 38 million acres in the central Gulf of Mexico. Environmental groups say the move is troubling, as regulatory oversight and environmental problems related to the catastrophic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hill:  Obama&#8217;s offshore drilling pledge restates existing plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/206407-obamas-offshore-drilling-pledge-re-states-existing-plan By Ben Geman &#8211; 01/25/12 08:54 AM ET President Obama&#8217;s State of the Union speech endorsed expanded offshore oil-and-gas drilling but didn&#8217;t alter existing administration plans that energy companies and Republicans complain are too narrow. Obama, in his speech, called for continued increases in U.S. oil production. &#8220;Over the last three years, we&#8217;ve opened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Rosa Press Democrat:  Reference to oil drilling in Obama&#8217;s speech has local environmentalists concerned</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120125/ARTICLES/120129672 Richard Charter has spent nearly three decades working to protect the Sonoma County coastline and beyond from interests such as offshore oil and gas drilling. (The Press Democrat/ Christopher Chung, 2005)) By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:14 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:14 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USEIA: U.S. using less foreign oil, carbon emissions flatlining</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Brad Plumer at 12:38 PM ET, 01/23/2012 The U.S. Energy Information Administration just released its Annual Energy Outlook 2012 report, and three things stick out: The United States is dramatically curbing its oil imports, carbon emissions are flatlining and we have less shale gas than once thought. Here&#8217;s a rundown: 1) The United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Majors Move Back to Gulf of Mexico, Shell Oil President says pace of federal permitting is improving</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2012/01/shell_oil_president_says_pace.html Times-Picayune/Nola.com Shell Oil President says pace of federal permitting is improving Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:33 PM Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:36 PM By Richard Thompson, The Times-Picayune Shell Oil president Marvin Odum said Wednesday that he believes the pace of federal permitting for deepwater oil and gas drilling in the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf of Mexico:  Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area; Oil and Gas Lease Sale, etc., 2991-2992 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01-20/pdf/2012-1124.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01-20/html/2012-1124.htm]]></description>
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		<title>E&amp;E: Scientist is accused of lowballing size of Gulf spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily Yehle, E&#038;E reporter Published: Monday, January 23, 2012 A scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration falsified findings to lowball the amount of oil that leaked in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, according to a scientific integrity complaint filed today. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is already pursuing a lawsuit against the Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globe and Mail: The day the oil-sands battle went global</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHAWN MCCARTHY Jan. 21, 2012 9:34AM EST It was the 2009 annual summer retreat of the Green Group &#8211; the chief executives, presidents and executive directors of the largest environmental organizations in the United States &#8211; and their Canadian counterparts had wrangled an invitation for the first time. The U.S. environmental movement appeared to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Havana Times:  Cuba Plans to Drill as Oil Rig Arrives</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=60134 January 20, 2012 &#124; Fernando Ravsberg The fabrication of the platform is not the only assistance from Beijing. Chinese specialists have been working for years in Cuba on the extraction of oil. Photo: Raquel Perez HAVANA TIMES, Jan 20 &#8211; A Chinese-built offshore oil drilling platform has arrived in Cuban waters and can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tampa Bay Times:  Cuba set to explore offshore as oil rig arrives</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/cuba-set-to-explore-offshore-as-oil-rig-arrives/1211509 Associated Press In Print: Friday, January 20, 2012 HAVANA &#8211; A huge drilling rig arrived Thursday in the gulf waters north of Havana, where it will sink an exploratory well deep into the seabed, launching Cuba&#8217;s dreams of striking it rich with offshore oil. The Scarabeo-9 platform was visible from Havana&#8217;s seawall as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hill: Obama&#8217;s jobs council report says &#8216;drill&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/204621-obamas-jobs-council-calls-for-expanded-drilling By Andrew Restuccia &#8211; 01/17/12 03:43 PM ET President Obama&#8217;s jobs council called Tuesday for an &#8220;all-in approach&#8221; to energy policy that includes expanded oil-and-gas drilling as well as expediting energy projects like pipelines. &#8220;[W]e should allow more access to oil, natural gas and coal opportunities on federal lands,&#8221; states the year-end report released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post:  Obama administration to reject Keystone pipeline</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-to-reject-keystone-pipeline/2012/01/18/gIQAPuPF8P_story.html By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, The Obama administration will announce this afternoon that it is rejecting a Canadian firm&#8217;s application for a permit to build and operate the Keystone XL pipeline, a massive project that would have stretched from Canada&#8217;s oil sands to refineries in Texas, according to people who have been briefed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nola.com/Times-Picayune:  Gulf of Mexico oil spill environmental data drives damage assessment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2012/01/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_envir.html Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 10:45 PM Updated: Friday, January 13, 2012, 8:42 AM By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune BP&#8217;s chief environmental scientist assigned to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Thursday said the company, working with state and federal trustees, remains on a fast pace aimed at restoring resources damaged during the 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy &amp; Environment: Scientists chart new path for Deepwater Horizon plume</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Voosen, E&#038;E reporter Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 It&#8217;s the most tangible intangible disaster of the past decade. Following the undersea blowout of the Deepwater Horizon two years ago, a majority of the oil and gas escaping from the rig&#8217;s out-of- control well never surfaced. Instead, it flowed in a diffuse layer to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Herald:  Oil rig could be off Key West in two weeks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/13/2587909/oil-rig-could-be-off-key-west.html Posted on Friday, 01.13.12 The Scarabeo 9 semi-submersible oil rig photographed in China after it was built in 2011. The moveable platform is expected to begin drilling exploratory wells off Cuba, and near Key West, in the coming weeks.(Photo courtesy of Keppel FELS) KEYSNET.COM BY DAVID GOODHUE DGOODHUE@KEYSREPORTER.COM The Scarabeo 9, a giant semi-submersible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Business.com: Chevron: Offshore rig near Nigeria&#8217;s oil-rich delta catches fire; search for workers ongoing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/66077&#8211;chevron-offshore-rig-near-nigeria-s-oil-rich-delta-catches-fire-search-for-workers-ongoing By Yinka Ibukun, The Associated Press &#124; January 16, 2012 LAGOS, Nigeria &#8211; An offshore rig exploring possible deep-water oil and gas fields off Nigeria&#8217;s coast for Chevron Corp. caught fire Monday, and the oil company said officials were still trying to account for all those working there. Chevron said it was still investigating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TampaBay.com:  USF study finds more sick fish in oil spill area than rest of Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/usf-study-finds-more-sick-fish-in-oil-spill-area-than-rest-of-gulf-of/1210495 By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer In Print: Saturday, January 14, 2012 A USF survey of the Gulf of Mexico last summer found more sick fish in the area of the 2010 oil spill than in other areas. The dots show areas where fish with skin lesions were found. [Source: Steve Murawski , USF. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSF.gov: Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122736&#038;org=NSF&#038;from=news Press Release 12-005 Scientists document how geology, biology worked together after oil disaster January 9, 2012 When scientist David Valentine and colleagues published results of a study in early 2011 reporting that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater methane plumes after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, some were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Businessweek:  Bloomberg US: Oil rig bound for Cuba meets int&#8217;l standards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9S5NL4G0.htm By PETER ORSI HAVANA A U.S. inspection of a Chinese-made oil rig due to begin drilling in waters off Cuba has determined that it meets international safety norms, the American government said Monday. A statement issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior said members of its Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBS Evening News: Ohio&#8217;s new earthquakes may be man-made</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57352556/ohios-new-earthquakes-may-be-man-made/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.0 January 4, 2012 By Michelle Miller (CBS News) Northeastern Ohio has been rattled by close to a dozen earthquakes since last spring. It&#8217;s not an area that is known for them. Now, CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports that an expert on quakes says he believes they may have been man-made. John Armbruster is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg:  Public Health Effects of Fracking Need Study, CDC Scientist Says</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 05, 2012, 11:28 PM EST By Alex Wayne and Katarzyna Klimasinska Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) &#8212; The U.S. should study whether hydraulic fracturing used to free natural gas from wells is a hazard to people or food sources, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The Environmental Protection Agency, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Florida Current: Bill filed to open Florida parks &amp; forests to oil drilling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Current A bill that would seem to encourage more seismic exploration and new oil drilling in state parks and forests to generate state revenue has been filed in the Florida Legislature. HB 695 would allow state land management agencies to enter into partnerships with businesses to produce oil and gas. The Cabinet, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOEM Issues Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and of Plans to Hold Public Meetings for Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[> > Proposed Western Planning Area Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 248 and > Proposed Central Planning Area Lease Sales 227, 231, 235, 241, and 247 > > The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for 10 proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Dreams: The Hill:  White House, GOP Battle for Supremacy on Tar Sands Pipeline</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/02 Published on Monday, January 2, 2012 by The Hill (Washington, DC) by Andrew Restuccia With President Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, the White House and Republicans will spend the next several weeks trying to win the messaging war over the controversial project. The stakes are high for both sides. Obama risks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternet: Why Is the FDA Saying It&#8217;s OK to Eat Seafood 10,000 Times Over the Safe Limit for Dangerous Carcinogens?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.alternet.org/story/153475/why_is_the_fda_saying_it%27s_ok_to_eat_seafood_10%2C000_times_over_the_safe_limit_for_dangerous_carcinogens?page=entire My cynical selfs tells me we knew this all along. How can you slime the Gulf benthos with tons of toxic dispersant without contaminating the food chain? DV By Brad Jacobson FDA not only downplayed the risk of contamination, but ignored staff members who proposed higher levels of contamination protection. December 18, 2011 Ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mail Online, UK:  BP employees face charges over claims they took part in cover-up over Gulf of Mexico oil spill &amp;  NPR:  Criminal Charges Possible Against BP Engineers For Gulf Oil Spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Emma Reynolds Last updated at 9:04 AM on 29th December 2011 BP employees could be charged with attempting a cover-up over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it emerged today. Several Houston-based engineers and at least one supervisor may have provided false information to regulators about the risks associated with the drilling, according to sources. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times:  Oil from 2007 spill surprisingly toxic to fish, scientists report</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-herring-kill-20111228,0,4854111.story The fuel oil that discharged into San Francisco Bay from the cargo ship Cosco Busan devastated the herring population that feeds seabirds, whales and the bay&#8217;s last commercial fishery, study says. On Rodeo Beach in Marin County, cleanup crews collected oil that had spilled into San Francisco Bay after the cargo ship Cosco Busan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tampa Bay Times:  Coast Guard plans to use dispersants if Cuban drilling produces oil spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/coast-guard-plans-to-use-dispersants-if-cuban-drilling-produces-oil-spill/1207054 TampaBay.com By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer Posted: Dec 20, 2011 11:01 AM As Cuba prepares to begin allowing a Spanish company to drill for oil 12 miles north of Havana next year, U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have learned from the mistakes made during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and will be prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters:  Timeline: Recent oil industry accidents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/18/us-russia-platform-accidents-idUSTRE7BH0B420111218 Are there any doubts as to why we are opposed to offshore oil and gas exploration? Let&#8217;s put our resources into solar and other renewables. Now. And forget the transcontinental pipeline that will result in refining and exporting oil to other countries in exchange for degrading the environment of our country. DV Sun Dec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inhabitat.com: Report Shows 18.5-Mile-Wide Cloud of Air Pollution Rose From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://inhabitat.com/report-shows-18-5-mile-wide-cloud-of-air-pollution-rose-from-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/ by Brit Liggett, 12/20/11 According to a study released today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the massive plume from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had an additional airborne component &#8211; about 8% of the oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commondreams.org: Senate Approves Short-Term Extension of Payroll Tax Cut, Gives Obama Two Months to OK Keystone XL Pipeline</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published on Saturday, December 17, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Agencies are reporting that the Senate has passed legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months. The legislation also included a provision requiring the White House to make a decision on the Keystone XL project in 60 days. &#8220;If President Obama allows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg:  BP Oil Spill Shows Blowout Prevents need Redesign &amp;  Cameron Asks Court to Derail Feb BP Gulf Spill Trial AP:  Engineering experts hit safety Culture in BP spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-14/bp-oil-spill-shows-blowout-preventers-need-redesign-panel-says.html BP Oil Spill Shows Blowout Preventers Need Redesign, Panel Says By Jim Polson &#8211; Dec 14, 2011 7:00 AM PT Blowout preventers, which are supposed to seal off an oil well in an emergency, must be redesigned to prevent failures like the one last year at BP Plc&#8217;s Macondo well in the Gulf of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal: Brazil Sues Chevron, Transocean for $11 Billion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577098780998054576.html?mod=googlenews_wsj DECEMBER 14, 2011, 8:22 P.M. ET By MATTHEW COWLEY And JOHN LYONS SAO PAULO-A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Wednesday asked a judge to shut down all Chevron Corp. and Transocean Ltd. operations in Brazil in a lawsuit that seeks some 20 billion Brazilian reais ($11 billion) in damages from the companies, the latest legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Herald: BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer  &amp;  Bloomberg: Transocean Asks Judge to Force BP to Indemnify Gulf Oil-Spill Damages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/16/2548990/bp-settles-with-maker-of-failed.html Miami Herald Posted on Friday, 12.16.11 BP settles with maker of failed blowout preventer ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS &#8212; Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year&#8217;s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $250 million to BP under a legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA:  Texas Oil Company Sentenced to Pay $12 Million for Clean Air Act Violations and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTACT: Stacy Kika Kika.stacy@epa.gov 202-564-0906 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2011 Sentence is the largest ever criminal fine in Louisiana for air pollution WASHINGTON &#8211; Pelican Refining Company LLC, was sentenced to pay $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act and to obstruction of justice charges in federal court in Lafayette, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nola.com:  Moving forward on repairs to spill&#8217;s damage: An editorial</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/12/moving_forward_on_repairs_to_s.html Times-Picayune Published: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 7:09 AM By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune The first projects covered by BP&#8217;s pledge to provide $1 billion for early restoration from the 2010 oil spill will include creating 104 acres of marsh, placing oyster cultch on six public seed beds and upgrading a Grand Isle oyster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN: Video: Is Gulf seafood unsafe to eat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are questions about the safety of seafood in the Gulf following the BP oil disaster. Gary Tuchman reports. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/21/video-is-gulf-seafood-unsafe-to-eat/]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg.net: Chevron’s Crude-Oil Spill in Brazil Prompts $10.6 Billion Lawsuit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-15/chevron-s-oil-spill-in-brazil-prompts-10-6-billion-lawsuit.html By Peter Millard and Adriana Brasileiro &#8211; Dec 15, 2011 12:00 AM ET This photo taken Nov. 18, 2011 and released by Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s government, shows an aerial view of a boat crossing an area of the oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron at the Bacia de Campos, in Rio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Observer:  Cuba shows U.S. its response plans in case of oil spill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/12/1707129/cuba-shows-us-its-response-plans.html ERIKA BOLSTAD &#8211; MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS Dec 12, 2011 WASHINGTON &#8211; As Cuba prepares to embark on a new round of exploratory offshore drilling, U.S. officials are slightly more enlightened about the island nation&#8217;s plans in the event of a catastrophic oil spill on the scale of last year&#8217;s Deepwater Horizon explosion. Several Caribbean countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post:  Gulf Offshore Drilling Leases Challenged By Environmentalists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/gulf-offshore-drilling-leases-challenge_n_1146254.html This is good news; to begin leasing again when the same drill is in place is insanity. Thank you Oceana, Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity. DV By ALAN SAYRE 12/13/11 04:04 PM ET NEW ORLEANS &#8212; The federal government will move ahead with the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn Energy:  Federal panel calls for greater environmental concern in gas drilling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/7602822871/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/exploration/2011/12/federal-panel_calls.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroDecember132011 December 12, 2011 A panel convened by the federal government has issued a call for the oil and natural gas industry to take place a greater emphasis on potential environmental damage when drilling, according to The Wall Street Journal. Health, safety and environmental concerns have always loomed large in the energy industry, between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FuelFix:  Feds charge BP with new oil spill violations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/12/07/feds-charge-bp-with-new-oil-spill-violations/ Posted on December 7, 2011 at 9:37 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy &#124; Mickal Vogt of Covington, La., uses a stick to place tar balls in a jar that washed up on the shore in Orange Beach, Ala., Saturday, June 12, 2010. Large amounts of the oil battered the Alabama coast, leaving deposits of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Online:  Chevron oil spill shows the risk of drilling in pre-salt deposits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.catholic.org/green/story.php?id=43958 By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 12/7/2011 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Risk of offshore drilling in pre-salt reserves must be reevaluated. A growing offshore oil spill continues to threaten the delicate marine environment off the coast of Brazil. Despite the magnitude of the disaster, and its likelihood to upset the regional ecosystem, authorities are still yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional Forum to Discuss Offshore Oil Drilling Safety in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 6, 2011 U.S. Department of State and other government officials will participate in a preparedness and response seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas, December 7-9, hosted by the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Center for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Week Bloomberg: Cuba Oil Drilling Tests U.S. on Protecting Florida or Embargo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-09/cuba-oil-drilling-tests-u-s-on-protecting-florida-or-embargo.html December 09, 2011, 9:56 AM EST * By Katarzyna Klimasinska Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Four U.S. inspectors armed with safety glasses and notebooks will set out on a mission next month to protect Florida&#8217;s beaches from a Cuban threat. They&#8217;ll rendezvous in Trinidad and Tobago with the Scarabeo 9, a rig headed to deep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Herald: CUBA&#8211;Oil drilling off Cuba prompts talks in region</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/12/2543744/oil-drilling-off-cuba-prompts.html Posted on Monday, 12.12.11 Officials from Caribbean countries, including the U.S. and Cuba, met to discuss plans in case a disaster happens at an oil rig off Cuba&#8217;s coast. BY ERIKA BOLSTAD MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON &#8212; As Cuba embarks on a new round of exploratory offshore drilling, U.S. officials are slightly more enlightened [...]]]></description>
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