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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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Oil on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama I covered the spill for several months for a special TV series on the Gulf Disaster. May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed.

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