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Greenpeace Reports Oil Still in the Gulf
ABC26 NewsGreenpeace said it disagreed with official statements that most of the oil from the BP spill is gone from the Gulf of Mexico and added that it has a laboratory test to confirm crude from the catastrophe still sits on the seafloor. "We're still seeing a...Tags: Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Petroleum Industry, Disasters and Accidents, University of Georgia, Education
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Environmental Groups Question Oyster Safety
ABC26 NewsSampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tested here is safe to eat....Tags: Mississippi, Disasters and Accidents, Louisiana, Water Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Audubon Nature Institute Joins Scientists In Releasing First Oiled Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf
ABC26 NewsAudubon Nature Institute of New Orleans is joining state and federal biologists today in releasing 23 Kemp's Ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were successfully rescued and rehabilitated from the...Tags: Wildlife, Conservation, Louisiana, Natural Resources, Water Pollution
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Oil Unlikely As Cause Of Fish Kill
ABC26 NewsThe latest raft of bloated fish found in Plaquemines Parish probably died for the same reason as one found six days earlier - low oxygen caused by high temperatures in shallow water, says Louisiana's top fisheries biologist. Randy Pausina, assistant...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Petroleum Industry, Wildlife, Disasters and Accidents, Nature
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Governor Jindal Announces Funding For Fishery Resource Monitoring Program, Calls On Bp To Fund Long-term Seafood Plan
ABC26 NewsToday, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that BP has agreed to fund a three-year, $13 million fishery-resource monitoring plan and he also called on BP to fund the state's long-term comprehensive seafood certification and marketing plan that was submitted...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Regional Authority, Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Water Pollution
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La. Scientist's Oysters Safe From Oil, But Pricey
ABC26 NewsBiologist John Supan thinks he has developed what may be the holy grail for oyster lovers: a hardy breed of the delectable shellfish that stays fat enough for consumers to eat throughout the year. And unlike many oysters across the Gulf Coast, ruined...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Genes and Chromosomes, Disasters and Accidents, Education, Louisiana
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Louisiana Cops Train With Forensic Entomologist
ABC26 NewsMaggots and flies now provide more clues for detectives investigating deaths. For Erin Watson, a beetle scurrying from beneath a corpse is one more puzzle piece. Watson recently led a group of detectives and veteran crime scene investigators down a...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Crime, Law and Justice, Zoology, Louisiana State University
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Fish Kill In MRGO Tied To Low Oxygen Levels
ABC26 NewsLouisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) biologists investigating a fish kill in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) found low oxygen levels to blame. LDWF received several reports on Sunday, August 22 concerning a large fish kill...Tags: Wildlife, Disasters and Accidents, Nature, Aquaculture, Louisiana
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Deepwater Mystery: Oil Loose In The Gulf
ABC26 NewsStreaming video of oil pouring from the seafloor and images of dead, crude-soaked birds serve as visual bookends to the natural calamity unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. But independent scientists and government officials say another disaster is...Tags: Mississippi, Disasters and Accidents, University of Georgia, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Conservation
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Rescuing oiled birds: Poignant, but is it futile?
ABC26 NewsRescuers gently washing the goo from pelicans make for some of the few hopeful images from the disaster on the Gulf of Mexico, yet some scientists contend those efforts are good for little more than warming hearts. Critics call bird-washing a wasteful...Tags: Nature, Conservation, Natural Resources, Water Pollution, California
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Oil Hits Louisiana's Largest Seabird Nesting Area
ABC26 NewsBiologists say oil has smeared at least 300-400 pelicans and hundreds of terns in the largest seabird nesting area along the Louisiana coast - marking a sharp and sudden escalation in wildlife harmed by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The finding...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Wildlife, Nature, Conservation, Louisiana
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Scientists: Report Banded Birds
ABC26 NewsWith large numbers of birds being rescued, treated, and relocated in the Gulf States as a result of the BP oil spill, people seeing banded birds are asked to report sightings. As part of this unprecedented unified response to the BP oil spill, we are...Tags: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Science and Technology, Science, Environmental Issues, Disasters
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