VOA标准英语2012--Poverty Source of Tropical Infections in Texas, Gulf of Mexico

Poverty Source of Tropical Infections in Texas, Gulf of Mexico Chagas is an infectious disease transmitted by the kissing bug. The kissing bug looks a little bit like a cockroach but it has the ability to feed on blood and it lives in the very poor q

NPR 2010-07-17

BP says early test results from its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico are not calls for alarm, but aren't calls for celebration either. Scientists have been spending today studying what's happening in the well now that the flow of oil has stopped.

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, a record-setting dead zone has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a zone where water does not have enough oxygen for fish to survive. One major cause of this is pollution from farms. And this has provoked a debat

CNN 2011-09-05

Hi, I`m Carl Azuz, and here`s a look at some of the stories making headlines today. Wildfires are burning across parts of Texas. Firefighters are making progress against them, but the fires still threaten dozens of homes. In New York, a 9/11 memorial

2007年VOA标准英语-Caribbean Hurricane on Path to Hit Mexico, Beli

By Brian Wagner Miami 20 August 2007 Hurricane Dean is continuing its path west through the Caribbean, where it was expected to hit the Yucatan peninsula early Tuesday. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the storm earlier passed near Jamaica and th

NPR 2010-06-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. BP is making another attempt at tackling the oil spill that's been dumping as much as 19,000 barrels of oil each day for over a month in the Gulf of Mexico. NPR's John Ydstie has details. The goal is to

飓风芭芭拉到达墨西哥南部

飓风芭芭拉到达墨西哥南部 MEXICO CITY, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Hurricane Center reported Wednesday that Hurricane Barbara has reached the Pacific coast of Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. The category-one hurricane had maximum susta

2007年VOA标准英语-Mexico's State Oil Company in Financial Trouble

By Greg Flakus Houston 27 March 2007 Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, better known as Pemex, celebrated its 69th birthday on March 18, amid concerns that it is on the brink of insolvency and its production is falling. As VOA's G

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Remains Shut A

U.S. officials say a cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have a small leak, but they say there are no plans to remove the cap from the well. Engineers are carefully studying the well for any evidence of problems. Engineers spot

VOA标准英语2010年-Test on Gulf Oil Well Underway After T

A workboat pulls boom into place alongside the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, 14 Jul 2010 BP has restarted a pressure test on a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for an effort

VOA标准英语2010年-Can BP Survive Gulf of Mexico Catastro

Following a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's reputation in the United States has been badly tarnished. BP once stood for British Petroleum' The company rebranded itself as simply BP in 1998, but that has not stopped many Americans f

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf Oil Spill Raises Concerns in Alas

Environmental groups call for time out from offshore exploratory drilling Zulima Palacio | Washington, DC 24 May 2010 Environmentalists argue the harsh climate in northern Alaska would make cleaning up any potential offshore oil spill extremely diffi

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VOA标准英语2010年-In Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

John Lapper examines oyster for research by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Marine Fisheries and Louisiana State University Until the BP oil spill almost three months ago, the oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest in the U.S,

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

AP 2010-09-08

1. Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are gett

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墨西哥确认逮捕头号通缉毒枭 MEXICO CITY, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto confirmed the capture of the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo, in the Pacific resort of Mazatlan Satur

Sources of persistent sheen in Gulf of Mexico remain unknown

HOUSTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday that underwater inspections at the site of BP's 2010 rig explosion have failed to identify the sources of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, it said th

Gulf health nearly at pre-spill level: AP survey

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Almost one year after the disastrous（灾难性的 ） oil spill, scientists believe that the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal. However, the scientists restrain their optimism about natur

BP Reaches Deal for Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuits

British Petroleum has announced it has reached a multi-billion-dollar agreement with fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill off the U.S. coast. BP says the $7.8 billion deal represents a partial settlement in t