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"Oil May Spew for Months After Rig Blast"

"A slow-motion environmental disaster may be in the making with the discovery Saturday that 42,000 gallons a day of crude oil is spewing from a well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near where a huge drilling rig sank last week -- and it could be months before it's stopped."

Source: Houston Chronicle, 04/26/2010

"Report: Ocean Acidification Rising at Unprecedented Rate"

"With the oceans absorbing more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide an hour, a National Research Council study released Thursday found that the level of acid in the oceans is increasing at an unprecedented rate and threatening to change marine ecosystems."

Source: McClatchy, 04/23/2010

"Emissions Often Underestimated, EPA Standards Old"

"The nation's oil and chemical plants are spewing a lot more pollution than they report to the Environmental Protection Agency -- and the EPA knows it. But the federal agency has yet to adopt more accurate, higher-tech measuring methods that have been available for years."

Source: AP, 04/23/2010

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