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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill

Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the nation's worst oil spill.

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'Flotels' await oil spill cleanup workers on Gulf

'Flotels' await oil spill cleanup workers on Gulf

The 40-foot-long corrugated steel boxes, resembling oversized white shipping containers, are stacked two high and three wide atop a barge at Port Fourchon, the oil industry's hub on the Gulf of Mexico. The words "Martin Quarters" painted in black offer the only clue that they're not stuffed with cargo.

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Oil spill and the political fallout

Oil spill and the political fallout

The federal government are finding more oil in the Gulf and trying to stem the tide of tar balls washing into marshes in Louisiana. President Obama recently announced that he's adding more manpower to help clean up the spill. He's also announced changes in drilling policy. Beyond the policy approaches, the President is being graded by the public and pundits on the style of his leadership.

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After latest fix fails, a dispiriting summer of oil, anger in store

After latest fix fails, a dispiriting summer of oil, anger in store

As the latest attempt to fix the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was declared a failure, and the next fix perhaps not in place until August, the people of the beleaguered Gulf Coast see a dispiriting summer of oil and anger ahead.

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Obama visits Gulf, says residents 'are not alone'

Obama visits Gulf, says residents 'are not alone'

Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama inspected a fouled beach, took in what he called "heartbreaking stories" of the catastrophe and declared "we're going to keep at it" until the America's largest-ever oil spill is stopped and cleaned up.

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