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Exxon Valdez oil spill effects still linger

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 24 March 2022
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Sea otter in oil, Exxon Valdez — Sea otter covered in oil after the Exxon Valdez ran aground on 24 March 1989. Alaska Resources Library and Information Services

Requiring that ships be double-hulled has decreased environmental damage from spills globally.

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Health care, space, Covid-19 and WWII: 23 March has been history-making

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 23 March 2022
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President Obama signature — Signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 23 March 2010.

The bright spot took place in 2010, when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act.

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The Humvee’s torturous history

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 22 March 2022
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first hummer

See the Congressional-military-industrial complex at work.

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