Environment
A California battle over power to the people
May 17, 2010A public clean energy program began delivering electricity to 6,000 customers this month, and a for-profit electric giant is fighting it tooth and nail.
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Gulf Coast scientists warn of hidden oil disaster
May 17, 2010NEW ORLEANS - What is happening in the Gulf is a "massive experiment" in how to poison an entire ecosystem, one scientist says.
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Experts confirm leak is far worse than BP is saying
May 14, 2010NEW ORLEANS - Statements by local labor leaders to the World that the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is far bigger than the 5,000 gallons a day claimed by BP were confirmed by national...
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Fishermen take a beating from oil spill
May 14, 2010NEW ORLEANS - Chet Held, 48, has been fishing the waters here off the Gulf Coast since he was a little boy.
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From Gulf Coast: We are more than fishermen, we are farmers of the sea
May 14, 2010YCLOSKEY, La. - Brad Robin has been an oyster fisherman all his life, like four of his six brothers and his 84-year-old father.
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