"We are doing everything we can to contain the oil offshore, defend the shoreline and return people's lives to normal as fast as we can."

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

Allen Hershkowitz with the Natural Resources Defense Council, a private environmental group, says air quality around landfill sites must be carefully checked when oil-contaminated waste is added to normal household trash.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Algae typically do not produce oil under normal conditions, but they do when they are stressed.

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In the new normal, oil and gas CEOs can no longer be effective leaders if they don't lead with safety.

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Bucking normal trends, oil prices jumped despite the gains in the equities markets.

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