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ocean pollution

Yellow sign on beach warning people to stay out of water because of pollutants, in Tijuana River Valley
Environment
Pollution from Tijuana River contaminates marine border areas
In this Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, a man guides a raft through a polluted canal littered with plastic bags and other garbage in Mumbai, India.
Environment
YouTube influencers work to stem the flow of trash to the seas
A long, narrow boat leaks black oil into the Indian Ocean off coast of Mauritius blue waters
Environment
Mauritius rushes to stave off oil spill
Kiawah Beach, SC
Environment
Coastal Republicans oppose the new ‘Drill, baby, drill’
A bird eats dead fish in the area where thousands of dead fish washed up on Abangaritos beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb. 16, 2017.
Environment
As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow
A simulation of the floating screens to be deployed by Ocean Cleanup to capture small plastic down to 1 cm, up to massive discarded fishing nets.
Technology
Two proposals to clean up our oceans of garbage: Will either work?
An immigrant laborer working in a landfill on Thilafushi, the island used for waste disposal in the Maldives.
Environment
An island of toxic trash plagues the Maldives
Environment
Did the oil spill cause less damage than expected?
Environment
Oil cleanup jobs help Gulf for now, but what comes later?
Environment
Oil spill: a farewell to the Gulf coast’s lifestyle?
Environment
Can wildlife survive the oil spill?
Environment
So many oil spill cleanup ideas, so little time
Environment
Critical moments for sinking freighter off New Zealand
An intimate tour of the threatened Gulf Coast
Environment
Giant mass of plastic threatens marine life in Pacific
The Cleanup, the Media and ExxonMobil
Oil Spills in Nigeria
Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster
North Slope Slide
The Living on Earth Almanac
Old Oil Still Haunts: Exxon Valdez Revisited
Rhode Island Oil Spill
Listener Comments
Oil Spills: One Woman’s Story
Prognosis: Oil Spills Inevitable
A Valdez Oil Spill in Ecuador’s Jungle
Mixed Reactions to Oil Spill Commission Report
NOAA Signed Off on Gulf Drilling Plans
Let the Oil Slinging Begin
The Smallest Clean Up Crew
Spill Threatens Climate Bill
What’s Corn Got To Do With It?
Dead Zones
Dead Zones
Environment
Is the oil spill debris in landfills hazardous to our health?
Environment
What should we call the oil spill?
Conflict & Justice
Feds to pursue criminal and civil inquiries into oil spill
Environment
The week’s agenda: the economics behind the oil spill, primary elections
Environment
Gulf oil leak spurs innovative thinking, but no solutions yet
Environment
Takeouts: oil spill update, listeners on their favorite movie moms
Conflict & Justice
First the oil spill, then the reforms
Environment
Dome, container box or contraption? The next plan to stop the gushing oil
Environment
Lessons learned (and not) from past oil disasters
Conflict & Justice
Sen. Menendez pushes oil legislation to raise BP’s liability
Environment
Listeners respond: oil cleanup, this week’s agenda
Environment
Satellite facility monitoring oil spill fears its size and scope
Environment
Massive oil spill may reach Florida and beyond
Environment
The science and technology behind cleaning up an oil spill
Global Politics
Lessons from global oil spills
Environment
Geo answer
South Korea sues over oil spill