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New documentary "Oil: Risks and Rewards"
On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, a new documentary from Alex Chadwick's BURN: An Energy Journal series, "Oil: Risks and Rewards."
Legislation introduced in Congress would force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a study of how to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from reaching the Great Lakes.
2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
Research into the disaster's effects is turning up ailing fish that bear hallmarks of diseases tied to petroleum and other pollutants. The problems could be devastating to prized species such as grouper and red snapper.