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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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University of Houston. The National Academies' Gulf Research Program is an independent, science-based program founded in 2013 as part of legal settlements with the companies involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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The Tesla Autopilot Excuse: How EV ignorance created the perfect storm for a misinformation nightmare

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Just days after the initial crash, Palmer Buck, fire chief for The Woodlands Township Fire Department, told the Houston Chronicle that contrary to some reports in the media, the ill-fated Model S was not ablaze for four hours. Granted, such strategies may not be as effective in the United States, but something has to be done.

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