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Topic: oil spills

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)

Soaking up oil spills

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
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Plastic, not oil, is killing whales

Nicole Karlis

Charlie May
Chris Christie (AP/Matt Rourke)

Christie’s oily Exxon Deal

Robert Hennelly