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	<title>Coastal Care &#187; Gulf Oil Catastrophe</title>
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		<title>Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico Came from Deepwater Horizon Rig</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) confirmed that  flotsam, found in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches, were pieces of material used to maintain buoyancy of the pipe bringing up oil from the seafloor. Tracking debris from damaged oil rigs could help forecast coastal impacts in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical measurements confirm official estimate of Gulf oil spill rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This information about the transport and fate of different components of the spilled gas and oil mixture could help resource managers and others trying to understand environmental exposure levels.]]></description>
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		<title>Deep Gulf Drilling Thrives 18 mos. After BP Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean's surface than ever before.]]></description>
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		<title>Air Pollution Levels From Deepwater Horizon Spill Similar To Large Urban Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About one of every 13 barrels of the Deepwater Horizon-spilled oil that reached the ocean surface, eventually made its way into airborne organic particles small enough to be inhaled into human lungs, and some of those particles likely reached the Gulf coast when the winds were blowing toward the shore, according to the study.]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering experts hit safety culture in BP spill</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/12/engineering-experts-hit-safety-culture-in-bp-spill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP and the oil industry drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lacked the proper safety attitude to handle the large risks of deep-water drilling, leading to the many bad decisions behind the nation's worst offshore spill, a panel of expert engineers said Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf Of Mexico&#8217;s Restoration</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/12/usda-announces-50-million-for-gulf-of-mexicos-restoration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Monday announced a vast, collaborative plan developed by a federal task force to restore the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Meanwhile, court battles are still fiercely going on between the different involved parties.]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: New Approach to Assessing Impacts of Ecological Damage</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/11/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-new-approach-to-assessing-impacts-of-ecological-damage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The magnitude and depth of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will require an unprecedented effort to determine the extent and severity of ecological damage and to develop restoration plans for affected areas in the Gulf of Mexico, says an interim report by the National Research Council.]]></description>
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		<title>BP Gets 1st Deepwater Gulf Permit Since Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/bp-gets-1st-deepwater-gulf-permit-since-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/bp-gets-1st-deepwater-gulf-permit-since-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. officials have given BP the go-ahead to drill a new deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico, its first such permit since last year's catastrophic oil spill...]]></description>
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		<title>BP, 2 other companies cited over Gulf oil spill</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/bp-2-other-companies-cited-over-gulf-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/bp-2-other-companies-cited-over-gulf-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators cited oil company BP PLC and two other companies, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton, for alleged safety and environmental violations stemming from last year's rig explosion and massive Gulf oil spill.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Attachment to Local Communities Made Oil Spill More Stressful for Most Coastal Residents</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/strong-attachment-to-local-communities-made-oil-spill-more-stressful-for-most-coastal-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/strong-attachment-to-local-communities-made-oil-spill-more-stressful-for-most-coastal-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the first publications to present systematically collected public health data on coastal populations affected by the catastrophic oil spill of 2010, Louisiana State University sociologists report that individuals having a stronger sense of attachment to their community exhibited higher self-reported levels of negative emotional states.]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Coast task force outlines long-awaited for restoration strategies</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/10/gulf-coast-task-force-outlines-long-awaited-for-restoration-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal-state Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force just released a wide-ranging list of strategies for repairing damage done to Gulf of Mexico ecosystems by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and by other long-term threats.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Still Threatens a Cajun Paradise</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2011/09/oil-still-threatens-a-cajun-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a year after the BP well was plugged, oil still floats on the surface and moves with the wind, spreading its tentacles to birds and fish and anything else that touches its toxic trail across the sea.]]></description>
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