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Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment: Dead Zones and the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

by | 6.22.2010 at 1:43pm | 1 Comment
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Catastrophic, tragic, disastrous: these are all words that have been used to describe the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  It is impossible to deny that these words apply – thick, goopy crude has already coated the beaches and estuaries of the Gulf, contaminating more than 120 miles of coastline.  The spill is [...]