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Value of oil skimming Gulf flotilla is uncertain
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 10th, 2010
Associated Press: The value of one highly touted facet of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup -- the small navy of vessels skimming oil from the surface -- has proven all but impossible to measure, which could make it difficult to figure out how much damage BP is liable for when the gusher is finally stopped. BP and the federal government admit they have no idea how much oil has been collected by hundreds of boats that range from retrofitted fishing vessels to state-of-the art craft designed ...
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We fiddle while Farm Belt copes with climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 10th, 2010
Houston Chronicle: Legend has it that the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Almost two millennia later, Congress keeps quarreling while the world keeps warming. Greenhouse gas emissions have grown by 70 percent from 1970 to 2004 and are projected to increase from 25 percent to 90 percent more by 2030. By the end of the century, global average temperatures are expected to increase by from 1.1 to 6.4 degrees Celsius. In the face of this, food production is at risk and actions are needed. While the ...