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New ScientistCamera spots hidden oil spills and may find missing planesNew ScientistThere are thousands of oil spills each year in US waters alone. One major source is illegal dumping of oil in harbours when ships empty their bilges, typically at night to
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New ScientistCamera spots hidden oil spills and may find missing planes | New ...New ScientistFor the first time, a polarising infrared camera – never before used on Earth – has been made small and light enough to detect concealed oil spills.and more 
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BBC NewsNorway oil: Environmentalists sue over oil exploration - BBC NewsBBC NewsNorway is accused of violating the Paris climate change agreement by issuing oil exploration licences.Norway sued over Arctic oil exploration plansThe Guardianall 19 news arti
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CBC.caResearchers map coastal areas in effort to aid oil spill cleanupsCBC.caA team of researchers is mapping part of Nova Scotia's South Shore coastline in an effort to understand how to protect vulnerable ecosystems if an oil spill ever happened in t
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Deutsche WelleThe legacy of Deepwater Horizon: What researchers learned about oil spillsDeutsche WelleIt resulted in a massive offshore oil spill. Until the well could be sealed five months later, 780 million liters (210 million gallons) of crude oil leake
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CBC.caCanadian researchers denied samples of oil spill dispersant by US companyCBC.caCanada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it will try again to secure samples of an oil spill dispersant for testing by government-funded researchers after the
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NPRUpstream From Standing Rock, Tribes Balance Benefits, Risks Of Oil IndustryNPRWhile North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continues to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, it's a somewhat different situation 150 miles northwest. There, alongsi
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The Japan TimesDrill, baby, drill? Election reignites offshore-oil debateThe Japan TimesNEW YORK – The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses
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ABC OnlineGreat Barrier Reef oil spill: foreign ship faces prosecution after 12-month huntThe GuardianThe Queensland government has vowed to 'relentlessly pursue anyone wilfully or negligently polluting our coastal waters, especially the Great Barrier
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Financial TimesTrump sparks worries for US oil industryFinancial TimesDonald Trump is stoking anxiety in the US oil industry as it watches Republicans drive towards nominating a presidential candidate who has offered the sector little affection and few con
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