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In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, the Aris 13 oil tanker is seen from a helicopter in the harbor of Gladstone, Australia. (Kevin Finnigan/Tropic Maritime Images via AP) (AP)

New oil tanker hulls keep oceans clean

Patricia Fernandez - Massive Science
This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

There are better ways to lead on energy

Scott L. Montgomery - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

BP's toxic Gulf Coast legacy

Dahr Jamail - Truthout
Deepwater Horizon rig in flames, last April.

Uta Passow - The Conversation
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Lindsay Abrams
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Lindsay Abrams
Several colonies of coral with attached anemones and brittle star from a previously discovered coral community 13 km from the spill site showing damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The extensive brown growth on the normally gold-colored coral is not found on healthy colonies. (Fisher lab, Penn State University)

Lindsay Abrams
A dead Portuguese Man-O-War floats on a blob of oil in the waters of Chandeleur Sound off of La., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay)

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
(AP/Jack Smith)

Exxon Valdez, 25 years later

Eva Saulitis
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