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- Report Shows Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline Will Raise Gas Prices and Cut Midwest Oil Supplies (May 22, 2012)
- Otero Mesa; Search for Rare Earth Threatens a Desert Bio-Gem (May 18, 2012)
- New Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Permit Rejected by Nebraska Residents (May 4, 2012)
- Voices Against Tar Sands: People on the Front Lines Speak Out (May 15, 2012)
- BP Sees a Return to Grandeur as Gulf Fishermen Reel From Disaster (April 27, 2012)
- Stories from the Gulf Reveal BP Disaster Still Hurts (April 18, 2012)
- Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines (April 3, 2012)
- Mississippi Residents Find Death Along Oily Gulf Shores (March 29, 2012)
- Texans Say No to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline (March 21, 2012)
- Texans to Future Tar Sands Refineries: Do They Care? (March 16, 2012)
- Report; Keystone XL Pipeline Economic Risks Ignored (March 13, 2012)
- Texans Fight to Protect Their Land from the Keystone XL Pipeline (March 8, 2012)
- Far from DC, Michigan Residents Fight Their Own Tar Sands Pipeline Battles (February 29, 2012)
- Protesters to Keystone XL Pipeline: Don't Mess With Texas (February 19, 2012)
- Arctic Oil Drilling Threatens Polar Bear Birthing Grounds (February 8, 2012)
- Fracking With a Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (February 6, 2012)
- The Electric Car and the New Normal (January 31, 2012)
- Guardians of the Ogallala (January 19, 2012)
- After the Gas Rush (Part 2) (January 18, 2012)
- After the Gas Rush (Part 1) (January 17, 2012)
- A Gulf Chorus Fights BP's PR War (December 30, 2011)
- New Energy Efficient Lighting Puts People to Work (December 19, 2011)
- In BP's Gulf, A Movie Runs Through It as Miracle Hopes Fade (December 7, 2011)
- GE Brings Green Lights to Life (December 12, 2011)
- A Green Football Giant Helps Kids Save the World (November 28, 2011)
- Fracking In The Mountain State Leaves a Community Scarred (November 17, 2011)
- From The Oil Disaster Frontlines; Victory Up North As The Battle Rages In The Gulf (November 11, 2011)
- As Dolphins Die, Gulf Residents Ask What About Us? (October 31, 2011)
- A Fisherman's Farewell? Gulf Resident's Fight for Their Future 15 Months After the BP Blowout (October 26, 2011)
- Tar Sands Protesters, CO2 Emissions, Clean Water and American Blood (October 7, 2011)
- Disaster in the Gulf; So What are We Doing About It? (October 6, 2011)
- The Macondo Monkey on BP's Back (September 29, 2011)
- Oil Still Threatens a Cajun Paradise (September 24, 2011)
- Engineering a Light Bulb Revolution (September 21, 2011)
- An Oily Tide Washes in With Gulf Storms (September 10, 2011)
- Scientists Warn Extreme Weather Linked to Steroids of Climate Change (September 8, 2011)
- A Storm of Anxiety About Fresh Oil Batters the Gulf (September 3, 2011)
- Intelligent Design: the Little Light Bulb Maker That Could (September 15, 2011)
- Gulf Protesters: Don't Send Us Your Dirty Tar Sands Oil Too (August 25, 2011)
- To the End of the Bayou; a Gulf Memory for Our Kids (August 18, 2011)
- BP Protest in the Gulf; The Oil's Not Gone (August 5, 2011)
- A Dolphin's Dilemma for Fishermen in the Gulf (July 29, 2011)
- A Year After BP Caps Well, Fishermen Still Fight for Survival (July 15, 2011)
- As Congress Dithers Over Light Bulbs, AMF Bowls for Dollars (July 11, 2011)
- BP Finds Success in Reports About Its Failure (June 30, 2011)
- Kansas Town Builds A Clean Energy Field of Dreams (July 13, 2011)
- On the Prairie Pioneers Harvest the Wind (July 7, 2011)
- Greening of the Prairie; Not Your Father's Kansas Anymore (June 28, 2011)
- On the Hill, Gulf Oil Drilling Safety Takes a Back Seat (June 4, 2011)
- Warning Signs Flash at the Start of a Crucial Shrimp Season in the Gulf (May 20, 2011)
- A Stroll on a Gulf Beach Yields a Dolphin Disposal (May 18, 2011)
- Gulf Residents Say No to Congressional Push for Faster, Dangerous Drilling (May 13, 2011)
- The Parallel Universe of the Gulf Oil Threat (May 11, 2011)
- Stop the Dangerous Bills For More Drilling (May 3, 2011)
- On Easter Weekend, A Cross Bears Witness to the Rise in Turtle Deaths (May 1, 2011)
- Gulf Women Show Their Panties and Fight for Their Future (April 28, 2011)
- Gulf Clean Up Workers Complain About the Human Toll of the BP Oil Disaster (April 27, 2011)
- More Than a Year Later, Gulf Dolphins and Turtles Keep Dying (April 26, 2011)
- A Year Later Gulf Residents Ponder Their Oil Damaged Future (April 19, 2011)
- Power Shift: Where Youth Fights for Our Future (April 17, 2011)
- A Year after the Gulf Oil Disaster, a Mom Walks to DC to Fight for Health (April 14, 2011)
- Gulf Residents: Please Take our Dolphins and Turtles Away (April 14, 2011)
- Fishermen of a Different Kind Take Their Gulf Fight to Congress (April 11, 2011)
- Residents Say Sea Turtles Rot on Beaches of the Gulf (April 7, 2011)
- A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too (April 4, 2011)
- Sea Turtle Deaths Mount in the Gulf (April 2, 2011)
- Number of Dead Dolphins and Whales in Gulf At Least 50 Times Higher (March 30, 2011)
- Sea Turtle Deaths Anger Mississippi Residents (March 28, 2011)
- Gulf Beach Town Fights New Oil and Prays for More Fish (March 25, 2011)
- One Gulf Oil Spill Source Found But Slicks May Be Spreading (March 23, 2011)
- Fresh Oil Continues to Wash Ashore in the Bayou (March 21, 2011)
- Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf (March 19, 2011)
- Gulf Mom Threatened by Oil Disaster Walks the Walk to DC (March 15, 2011)
- Stephen Colbert Learns How To Screw In a Better Light Bulb (March 9, 2011)
- Death of a Dolphin Sparks Anger in the Gulf (March 5, 2011)
- As Dolphins Die, Gulf Restoration Task Force Takes Heat (March 1, 2011)
- Dead Baby Dolphins and Oil Wash in on the Gulf Coast (February 22, 2011)
- BP to Feinberg: stop paying people so much (February 17, 2011)
- At Gulf oil disaster forum, health problems on dramatic display (February 9, 2011)
- Grand Isle Businesses Battered by BP Oil Disaster (February 5, 2011)
- A Gulf Fisherman Prays his 'White Gold' is Untainted by Oil (January 26, 2011)
- In the Gulf, a native community fights the oil disaster (January 20, 2011)
- Questions the Press Needs to Ask About the Gulf Oil Disaster (January 15, 2011)
- Gulf Residents to Oil Industry and Government: Our Health is Not a Tradeoff (January 13, 2011)
- What's In and What's Out in the Oil Damaged Gulf (January 4, 2011)
- Hunting for Oil in the Muddy Waters of the Gulf Shore (December 22, 2010)
- Angels of Mercy in the Oil Damaged Gulf (December 10, 2010)
- A Holiday Season of Hope and Fear in the Oily Gulf (December 6, 2010)
- On Thanksgiving, Gulf Oil Disaster Victims Hope for the Truth (November 23, 2010)
- In the Bayou, Husband and Wife Battle Oil Disaster and Fish for Survival (December 1, 2010)
- BP Oil Disaster Victims Vow Never Forget (November 15, 2010)
- A Forgotten Fishermen Fights to Survive the BP Oil Disaster (November 4, 2010)
- An old man of the sea talks about oil threats in the Gulf (October 25, 2010)
- Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf (October 18, 2010)
- The Week's Bay Principles; a Call to Restore and Protect the Gulf (October 15, 2010)
- A Columbus Day Paean to the Fishermen of the Gulf (October 11, 2010)
- A fisherman casts for his future in the polluted marsh (October 4, 2010)
- In the bayou, a fisherman seeks his own solution in the oily marsh (September 30, 2010)
- The oil dilemma in the Gulf; a crisis of communication (September 23, 2010)
- BP Oil Disaster Index (vol. 1) (September 21, 2010)
- In the Gulf, a marsh thrives as a river runs through it (September 21, 2010)
- BP's well is dead, but so are the fish (September 19, 2010)
- Another Gulf oil explosion, a fiery reminder of what lies ahead (September 3, 2010)
- Gulf coast fishermen join Katrina victims and vow never to forget (August 30, 2010)
- Oily mix and tar balls pollute waters near Dauphin Island, AL (August 23, 2010)
- Dispersant controversy, oil plumes persist in the Gulf (August 20, 2010)
- Fishermen demand more testing in Gulf waters (August 16, 2010)
- Our Alice in Wonderland moment in the Gulf oil crisis (August 11, 2010)
- Oil bubbles up below the beaches of the bayou (August 4, 2010)
- Deception by dispersal; the great Gulf oil tragedy (July 30, 2010)
- A fisherman pirate fights for his life in the bayou (July 28, 2010)
- Fishing for answers in the oil tainted Gulf (July 26, 2010)
- Oil seepage detected but well cap remains closed (July 19, 2010)
- Boat ride through the oily killing fields of the bayou (July 17, 2010)
- Louisiana residents still frustrated with lack of health info (July 14, 2010)
- Washing away oily tarballs in Margaritaville (July 12, 2010)
- Day one of oil disaster hearings brings fireworks (July 12, 2010)
- Nighttime adventures in the Louisiana bayou (July 10, 2010)
- A fisherman's plea to preserve the Louisiana bayou (June 27, 2010)
- A bayou battle of the elements like never before (June 26, 2010)
- Fisherman's wife still making waves in Venice (June 24, 2010)
- Back to the oily front lines of the Louisiana bayou (June 20, 2010)
- Murkowski vote a crucial test for the future of the Gulf (June 10, 2010)
- On CNN fisherman's wife blows whistle on BP (June 3, 2010)
- Will the nuclear option plug BP's oil blowout? (June 3, 2010)
- Oil disaster threatens an indigenous lifestyle in the Louisiana bayou (June 2, 2010)
- A cry for help from those battling the oil in the Gulf (June 1, 2010)
- BP "top kill" a bust, oil pours into Gulf as cleanup hazards persist (May 30, 2010)
- Oil well plugged...for now (July 16, 2010)
- Fishermen say BP not allowing protective gear to fight oil (May 25, 2010)
- In the bayou, health concerns grow (May 19, 2010)
- Compassion for the fishermen of Venice, LA (May 17, 2010)
- For a Fisherman's Wife, Oil and Water Don't Mix (May 13, 2010)
- In Venice, LA, The Oily Tide Closes In (May 10, 2010)
- On the water next to the oil slick, dolphins swimming nearby (May 6, 2010)
- Danger at the mouth of Big Muddy (May 6, 2010)
- BP's Giant Oil Cap Experiment (May 5, 2010)
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