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1. Oil well capped, 'shrimp and petroleum' festival goes ahead (AFP)
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AFP - Eager to move past the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill and celebrate a local tradition, thousands of people flocked this weekend to Louisiana's annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.

2. Water could be issue with western Kan. coal plant (AP)
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AP - A western Kansas utility's push to build a new coal-fired power plant has already embroiled it in a lengthy public dispute about potential air pollution, and now the project could touch off a battle ...

3. BP hikes asset sale target after oil spill: report (AFP)
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AFP - Oil giant BP has increased to nearly 25 billion pounds the amount it wants to raise from an asset sale programme in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. ...

4. Water meet focuses on pollution and quality (AFP)
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AFP - Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm Sunday for the 20th edition of the World Water ...

5. Heat Waves Are Bad For (Even The Healthiest) Lungs
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It's been the hottest summer on record in many cities on the East Coast -- and the hot days that keep coming could be dangerous. Ozone and fine particles are the two types of pollution that trigger Code ...

6. Salvage operation could offer up clues to US oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - Efforts this weekend to salvage BP's blowout preventer could bring to the surface a key piece of evidence in the inquiry into the largest maritime oil spill in history.

7. China urgently needs to reverse coal dependency: Greenpeace (AFP)
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AFP - Greenpeace said Friday that China "urgently" needed to reduce its dependency on coal, saying the emissions produced by its use posed a major threat to public health in the fast-growing Asian nation. ...

8. Judge: LA Port's clean trucks program can proceed (AP)
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AP - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Port of Los Angeles can regulate trucks that haul goods in and out of its property to reduce air pollution around the country's busiest port complex. ...

9. Indonesia seeks huge payout for oil spill (AFP)
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AFP - Indonesia is seeking more than a billion dollars' compensation for environmental damage from an oil spill at a Thai-run rig off Australia's northwest coast, a report said Thursday.

10. UN oil pollution probe in Nigeria will avoid blame (AFP)
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11. New bacteria degrades oil faster, in deep, cold water: study (AFP)
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AFP - A new species of bacteria found in the Gulf of Mexico degrades oil faster at deeper and colder depths than expected, scientists said Tuesday in a study that could explain how the BP oil spill has ...

12. Spanish oil spill workers suffered chromosome damage: study (AFP)
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AFP - Spanish fishermen who took part in a clean-up operation after the Prestige oil tanker spill in 2002 have shown symptoms of chromosomal damage and respiratory problems, a study released Tuesday said. ...

13. BP spill payouts likely to prohibit lawsuits: report (AFP)
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AFP - Recipients of money from BP's 20-billion-dollar oil spill compensation fund will likely be required to waive their right to sue any firm involved in the disaster along the US Gulf Coast, The New ...

14. Kit to treat water pollution goes on sale in China (AFP)
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AFP - Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp. will start selling water-processing equipment in China to help combat the country's serious problems with water pollution, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. ...

15. Oily, slow start to Louisiana shrimping season (AFP)
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AFP - Louisiana's first shrimping season since hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic crude spewed into the Gulf of Mexico opened Monday, but few boats took to the water and some found oil, while fears ...

16. China province cuts power to 500 factories (AFP)
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AFP - Authorities in eastern China have cut off electricity to more than 500 factories for a month after they failed to meet emission reduction targets, state media reported Monday.

17. EPA Sets Limits on Mercury and Other Air Emissions from Cement Kilns
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... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final rules to cut emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from Portland cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury ...

18. Obama, daughter swim in Gulf in act of reassurance (AFP)
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AFP - US President Barack Obama and his daughter have taken a dip in the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to reassure Americans that, despite a massive oil spill, its waters remain safe for tourists.

19. Obamas take solidarity vacation to Gulf Coast (AFP)
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AFP - US President Barack Obama traveled Saturday to Florida's Gulf Coast for a weekend family trip intended to show solidarity with a region struggling after the massive oil spill.

20. Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact (AFP)
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AFP - Environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Wednesday announced the launch of a three-month expedition on which researchers will analyze the impact of the massive BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. ...

21. Well capped, BP accused of reneging on contracts (AFP)
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AFP - The drawdown of the BP oil spill may bring relief to Gulf residents, but one sector is feeling the pinch -- companies that went into overdrive to produce containment boom and are now wallowing in ...

22. BP oil spill evidence to be collected by suspects (AFP)
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AFP - Key evidence on one of the world's worst oil spills could soon be in the hands of the leading suspects as BP and partner contractors are set to start salvaging the wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon ...

23. BP oil spill lawsuits sent to Louisiana (AFP)
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AFP - Civil lawsuits related to the BP oil spill were sent to a Louisiana judge as an impending storm delayed efforts to finally kill the runaway well deep in the Gulf of Mexico.

24. Financial impacts of ‘cap and trade’
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... because some of the proceeds from the sale of pollution permits are redistributed back to households on a per-capita basis.” In fact, she says, if anything, the economic impacts on most people will be ...

25. BP to try well kill Tuesday
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... the U.S. East Coast likely will be spared from oil pollution from the spill despite earlier dire warnings. ...

26. Hope for Gulf as BP plugs well, most of the oil gone (AFP)
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AFP - On a pivotal day for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, BP plugged Wednesday and prepared to permanently seal its stricken well while officials announced most of the toxic crude is now gone.

27. White House: No one owes BP's Hayward an apology (Reuters)
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Reuters - The White House said on Wednesday it owed no apology to former BP chief executive Tony Hayward, after welcoming a report that showed pollution from the Gulf oil spill was less than many initially ...

28. BP partner refusing to pay 1.2-billion-dollar oil spill bill (AFP)
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AFP - BP partner Anadarko has been billed 1.2 billion dollars to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but will refuse to pay, according to company documents.

29. BP faces massive lawsuit over Texas site: report (AFP)
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AFP - BP has been hit with a 10-billion-dollar lawsuit over an alleged leak of toxic chemicals at its Texas City refinery as it struggles to recover from the Gulf oil spill, a report said Wednesday.

30. BP to try well kill Tuesday
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... the U.S. East Coast likely will be spared from oil pollution from the spill despite earlier dire warnings. ...