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Nearly 90,000 gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico -

A Shell helicopter spotted a 13-mile-long oily sheen in the water yesterday about 97 miles from the Louisiana coast. The company says it has shut in all subsea wells in the area to stop the leak and is coordinating a cleanup plan. Officials are investigating the cause of the incident. Here we go again... Reuters

Europe lags behind the United States on cutting air pollution -

A new report by the World Health Organization says 60 percent of European cities exceed safe limits for air pollution, compared to 20 percent of cities in North America. The popularity of diesel-powered engines and weaker environmental regulations in Europe contribute to the disparity, experts say. New York Times

People might be breathing in microplastics -

Tiny particles of plastic are becoming ubiquitous in the environment—so much so that an environmental health expert says there's a "real possibility" we could end up inhaling them into our lungs. Scientists are just beginning to study the issue and what the possible health effects might be. The Guardian

The lobster fisherman can’t tell the fish to stop moving north. They can’t tell warmer seas to stop. It’s a mess.

Beth Casoni, executive director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, discusses how warming seas are shifting fish migration patterns and disrupting the East Coast's commercial fisheries.

World Health Organization releases list of world's most polluted cities -

Zabol, Iran, has replaced New Delhi as the world's most polluted city in terms of PM 2.5. India, however, is still home to 10 of the 20 cities with the unhealthiest air. Four Chinese cities also made the list. Global air pollution grew 8 percent in the last five years, with the bulk of the increase (and associated health effects) in the world's poorest citiesMashable

Oil companies have forfeited $2.5 billion worth of Arctic drilling rights -

Shell, ConocoPhillips, and others have abandoned 2.2 million acres of drilling rights in the Chukchi Sea as crude oil prices drop. Environmentalists are pushing the government to seize the opportunity to cancel any future lease sales in the fragile ecosystem. Bloomberg