Déjà Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Update]

Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP’s massive oil spill.

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Today on Planet 100: Golf Course is an Environmental Hole in One (Video)

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Exploiting Utah’s Oil Shale Deposits is Fossil Foolishness (Video)

Ahead of its upcoming report Fossil Foolishness: Utah’s Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale Western Resource Advocates has produced the above short video detailing, as you might imagine from the title, why even though it may be …

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Today on Planet 100: Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Video)

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Live On From Beyond The Groove: Have Your Ashes Pressed Into Vinyl

TreeHugger has reviewed many different, greener things to do with our bodies after we have shuffled off the mortal coil, from freeze-drying to composting .

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Live On From Beyond The Groove: Have Your Ashes Pressed Into Vinyl

Exclusive Look at California’s Secret Titan Redwood Trees (Slideshow)

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Cotton Cloth Coated in Nanotubes Electrifies Bacteria to Purify Water

Image via Stanford University Fresh, clean, drinkable water is an increasingly rare thing on this planet, especially in places that are suffering through catastrophes like floods or must deal with high levels of pollution without the resources to set up water treatment facilities. But a project from Stanford University researchers could see cheap, simple filtration devices distributed through developing nations.

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Cotton Cloth Coated in Nanotubes Electrifies Bacteria to Purify Water

Today on Planet 100: Canada’s Oil Sands More Toxic Than Ever (Video)

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Swarms of Floating Marine Turbines Could Harvest Power from the Gulf Stream

Advocates say harnessing the Gulf Stream could create one-third of Florida’s energy needs. Image: NASA While most marine power projects rely on turbines or other power-generating devices in relatively shallow water, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are attempting a new spin on the concept: Creating swarms of floating turbines, tethered to the sea floor or on movable undersea platforms, and deployed in the Gulf Stream hundreds of feet be… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Super Healthy Superfoods (Video)

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