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The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has rocked the small towns that thrive in southern Plaquemines Parish, La. Located in the southernmost tip of the state, and now surrounded by oil-filled bays, Venice and its neighboring towns, Boothville and Buras, have been described by many as "ground zero" of the disaster.
Well the news coming from the Gulf of Mexico continues to become more alarming; the images more shocking; and the calls for a solution increasing to a fever pitch.
Today oil reached the beaches of Pensacola, Florida, and scientists estimate it could flow all the way up the coast to North Carolina before pooling out into the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
The Deepwater Horizon Incident Response Center has released a new video of the BP oil pipe leak at its source 5,000 feet down on the ocean floor.
The installation of a 1.2-megawatt (MW) solar and wind system was completed last month at the University of Toledo’s Scott Part Campus of Energy & Innovation in Toledo, Ohio.
