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Explosion and Fire on GOM Deepwater Drilling Rig

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central time in the United States Gulf of Mexico (GOM); the rig was located approximately 41 miles offshore Louisiana on Mississippi Canyon block 252. The names and hometowns of injured persons are being withheld until family members can be notified. The incident occurred April 20, 2010 at approximately 10:00 p.m.

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Punching above its weight

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Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Folks here already know what’s going on with the environment and how EVs fit into the big picture.” We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb. Louis, and north of Florida.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

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Blue Fields: Single Point Mooring Array for High-Yield Macroalgae Culture The Kampachi Farms team will develop technologies for the delivery of deep seawater nutrients to a novel macroalgae production farm design suitable for deployment in tropical and subtropical deep ocean environments. University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS.

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John Brooks Slaughter: Courageous Advocate for Diversity in STEM

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If the phrase “lift as we climb” were a person, chances are good he would be John Brooks Slaughter. I visited schools in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia, and I established relationships with some of the scientists at Howard University ,” an HBCU in Washington, D.C.