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Infographic of the Day: The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Will Be Bigger Than Valdez in 35 Days

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100

Visualizing the clean-up effort, the size of the spill, and a disturbing historical comparison.READ»

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Dead Zone Deconfusinator: Oil Not the Only Problem in Gulf of Mexico, NASA Study Shows

BY Kit Eaton
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NASA's revealed a study detailing the location and extent of the world's oceanic dead zones--regions where oxygen depletion stifles life. It looks like they're growing. First up: What is a dead zone (apart from a creepy movie starring ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: The Best Guide to the Oil Spill's Impacts

BY Cliff Kuang
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The Washington Post delivers a stunningly rich chart of all the natural resources and businesses threatened by the Gulf of Mexico disaster.READ»

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Gulf of Mexico Spill Inspires Digitally Produced "Oil Paintings"

BY Cliff Kuang
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An unsettling artwork, created using digital images of the ecological disaster.READ»

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Raining Oil in Louisiana? Not Likely [Updated]

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The Internet is swirling with rumors today that a gloppy mixture of oil and Corexit (the primary dispersant used in the BP disaster) is raining down on Louisiana. Evidence is thin, and based almost entirely on the video below, but ...READ»

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iFive: Another Rig Explosion, NASA's Mine Solutions, Impossible Soccer Goals, China's Great Jam, Korean Cash

BY Kit Eaton
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Innovation doesn't sleep, even though you do: But it might get stuck in huge Chinese traffic jamsREAD»

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Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Debacle: A Business Execution Failure

BY David Gardner
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Everyone is pointing the finger at some other entity to try to deflect liability and blame for this disaster. Here are some ideas about what needs to be done at this point. Please comment!READ»

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New Video Shows Gulf Oil Rig Explosion

BY Tyler Gray
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Set your DVRs. National Geographic is airing at 10 p.m. EST, May 27. Below, video starting about a day after a well blowout on April 20th caused an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig owned by Transocean and leased by BP -- the ...READ»

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Macro Trends: America’s New Chapter

BY Marvin Clark
Relevancy Score: 90

The stock market has rallied since March 2009 on cheap money and undervaluation; the former is unsustainable and the latter no longer the case.READ»

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Drilling Dreams and Nightmares

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 89

It’s time to harness technology. READ»

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Infographic: Nantucket Windfarm vs. Gulf Oil Spill, Which Impacts the Environment More?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 88

Both the oil spill and Cape Wind will leave lasting impacts. But the negative impact of the toxic oil spill outweighs that of our biggest, latest, best effort at a sustainable energy project.READ»

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8 of the Most Toxic Energy Projects on the Planet

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 87

BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico served as a wake-up call for many of us who never before paid attention to the destructive energy projects happening all around the world. But while Deepwater Horizon may have attracted the lion's share of media attention this past Spring and Summer, there are a number of other toxic projects still going on. We look at some of the worst.READ»

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The BP Oil Disaster Might Help the Economy, but Does That Matter?

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster may, believe it or not, give a boost to our ailing economy. Because while the six-month moratorium on new offshore drilling and the negative impacts on fishing and tourism in the Gulf will undoubtedly ...READ»

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A Hotel in the Middle of the Sea

BY Cliff Kuang
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The Radical Innovation in Hospitality awards were just announced, and the winning idea is one that is both novel and totally do-able. The idea: Turning a decommissioned deep-sea oil rig into an eco-resort. Usually these rigs are ...READ»

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Where Are the Cruise Ships?

BY Fast Company Staff
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In watching all the horrific tragedy and devastation in New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, I can't help but wonder: Where are the cruise ship companies? Maybe they've offered and I've missed it. Maybe it's geographically or ...READ»

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iFIve: Cisco, Google and Intel Go Shopping, IPCC in Spotlight, the State of the Gulf, Airline Innovation, Apple DNA Found

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 72

The Inn o'Vation. It's more than a cosy holiday getaway, you know.READ»

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A Teachable Moment

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 72

The Cost of the Oil SpillREAD»

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iFive: Oil Spill Underestimated, Tunerfish TV App Launches, Teenage Sailor Found, Mandela Mourns, Banksy Caught on CCTV

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 69

While you were sleeping, innovation was hanging outside a pub, spray can in hand, tagging "Up All Night And Still Going Strong" on the wall.1. As the situation in the Gulf of Mexico continues, revised estimates of the true size of the ...READ»

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Investors to Oil Companies: Prove That You're Prepared for Disaster

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 66

Shareholders are concerned for the overall safety of the sector, which is why 58 investors representing $2.5 trillion in assets banded together recently to demand improved disclosure of oil disaster response plans.READ»

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Terry Hazen on Bacteria Eating Gulf Oil Spill Plume

BY EarthSky.org
Relevancy Score: 56

Bacteria have been rapidly eating a long undersea plume of oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and his team published their research on these bacteria in the journal "Science."READ»

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AccuWeather's Grim Forecast for Florida's Coast: Crude-y With a Chance of Tar Balls

BY Ariel Schwartz
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AccuWeather has apparently moved into the oil slick prediction business, forecasting that the Loop Current (a warm ocean current that moves from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico before looping west and south, exiting ...READ»

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BP: Say It, We're Not Spraying It

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The oil giant denies claims that it continues to secretly spray that cancer-causing dispersant on the Gulf slick. READ»

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50th Anniversary of OPEC

BY Fast Company Calendar
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On September 20, BP hits the five-month mark since its Deepwater Horizon spill began ravaging the Gulf of Mexico. But five months of oily controversy is nothing on five decades. Today, oil behemoth OPEC blows out the candles on 50 ...READ»

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Top Kill Is Dead. BP Fails to Stop Gushing Oil Well in the Gulf

BY Tyler Gray
Relevancy Score: 51

A makeshift Oil-Man Scarecrow was placed along the road on the way to Grand Isle, La., complete with respirator, X’ed-out eyes, and an oily fish in hand. Image by Ryan Marshall for FastCompany.com. BP's COO Doug Suttles has ...READ»

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Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Solutions Sought on the Floors of Hair Salons [Update]

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 49

Light waves, a giant dome, and 400,000 pounds of cast-off hair are among the innovative solutions sought to help clean up the massive, growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.READ»

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