The EPA has just finished a batch of tests showing that dispersants mixed with oil are no more toxic to Marine life in the Gulf than oil on its own - contradicting the claims of some critics.

美国环保署刚刚完成的一系列测试显示与原油混合的化学分散剂的毒性对墨西哥湾海洋生物而言，并不比原油本身来得高；以此反驳了一些批评的声音。

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The famous Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, fresh produce and beans, is giving way to junk food, bringing with it familiar rich-world maladies like obesity, diabetes and lower life expectancy.

著名的地中海饮食富含橄榄油、新鲜农产品和豆类，它如今正被垃圾食品所取代，由此带来了一系列发达国家的常见弊病——肥胖症、糖尿病和更低的预期寿命。

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More than 200 tonnes of oil have already poured into the sea, with unknown effects on Marine life, making it the worst spill in UK waters in the last 10 years.

超过200公吨原油已涌入海中——对海洋生物的影响不明——使之成为10年来英国水域最严重的溢出事件。

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He made a few blatant public relations gaffes, such as saying he would like to get his life back, after 11 people had been killed when the drilling rig exploded in April and oil continued to gush into the Gulf.

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Canada has one of the largest long-life oil deposits in the world and is a stable and secure source of supply.

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One of these realities is the energy system -- hydrocarbons in general, and oil and gas in particular -- that undergirds our modern way of life.

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Despite significant breakthroughs in the production of unconventional oil (fracking and the boom in shale plays), these fields have very short life spans, according to Hummel.

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