MIT Magnets Could Pull Offshore Oil Spills From Water With Ease

MIT-oil-spill-magnet

Although it's easy to see the oil, getting it out of the water is another problem. MIT's new technique would make oil spill clean up cheaper and more efficient. Read more →

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Gulf Oil Boom Recycled Into Volt Parts

Recycled Gulf oil booms, Chevy Volt parts, GM

GM finds a way to convert 100 miles of oil boom used on the BP spill into plastic resin for use in manufacturing under-hood parts for the Chevy Volt. Read more →

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MIT Robots Self Clean Oil Spills

MIT Seaswarm

MIT's Senseable City Lab has developed Seaswarm, a fleet of autonomous robots capable of working together to clean on site oil spills in bodies of water. Read more →

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X Prize Contest Coming For Oil Clean Up

XPrize Oil Spill

The X Prize Foundation is set to unveil a multi-million dollar competition that seeks to highlight innovative technologies that could be used to clean up oil. Read more →

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MyGulfAction Aims To Offset Gulf Spill

Via Climate Culture

MyGulfAction is an online tool designed to help you take responsibility for your personal energy use to reduce our dependence on oil and offshore drilling. Read more →

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Government Debuts New Gulf Oil Spill Website

RestoreTheGulf

National Incident Commander Admiral Than Allen recently established RestoreTheGulf.gov, a website where users can find up-to-date news on the oil spill, file claims, report on oiled wildlife and beaches, and more. Read more →

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Mobile App Allows Easy Gulf Spill Reportage

Map_The_Spill_App

The free Map The Spill mobile app offers Gulf Coast residents tools for documenting the Gulf oil spill as it spreads, providing accurate information for organizations and groups working to clean up the disaster. Read more →

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Obama Calls For Us To Seize The Moment On Clean Energy

President Obama

President Obama, in a speech from the Oval Office around the ongoing BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, devotes a portion of his talk to the need for a clean energy future very, very soon. Read more →

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Department Of Energy Puts Online Detailed BP Spill Technical Info

DOE Deepwater

The U.S. Department of Energy is making available online detailed technical information around the Deepwater Horizon oil spill so the public and experts can be kept up to date. Read more →

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