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Takeouts: Gulf oil spill threatens Democrat’s climate bill, listener responses

Conflict & Justice

Washington Takeout: Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich explains how the oil spill that threatens the business and environment of the Gulf Coast region is also threatening Congressional Democrats who hoped to pass a sweeping energy and climate reform bill. Listener Responses: We hear what you had to say about the Times Square bomb attempt and […]

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India’s AG wants to double payout from US chemical company

Conflict & Justice
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Did the oil spill cause less damage than expected?

Environment
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Living with long-term oil pollution in the Niger Delta

Environment
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Listeners respond: should BP’s CEO resign?

Environment
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How to clean an oiled duck

Environment

Day 36: oil is still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. We talk with Sharon Schmalz, the executive director of Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education in Houston, Texas. She helps instruct volunteers on the proper way to clean an animal covered in oil.

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So many oil spill cleanup ideas, so little time

Environment

Since last month’s explosion on the Deepwater Horizon well, BP has received many calls and emails with recommendations. Connie Mixon is one of those callers. Her company, MyCelx, creates technology for cleaning up oil spills.

As Conservation Plan Fails, Ecuador OK’s Amazon Oil Drilling Plan

Environment

Ecuador has pulled the plug on a groundbreaking plan to have outside donors pay to protect an oil-rich swath of the Amazon. The plan failed to draw anywhere near the financial support the country had hoped.

Greenpeace Activists Scale the Shard to Protest Shell Oil’s Drilling in the Arctic

Conflict & Justice

A group of women slipped past security on Thursday to climb Western Europe’s tallest building, the Shard in London. The six women are activists with Greenpeace, and they made the climb to protest Shell Oil’s drilling in the Arctic.

Peru’s President Orders Environmental Clean Up in Amazon Oil Region

Business, Economics and Jobs

Peru’s president Ollanta Humala was elected in 2011 partly on a pledge to protect the environment. He’s declared a state of emergency in the Pastaza RIver basin, and gave an Argentinian oil company operating there three months to clean up.

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