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Haircut today, greener tomorrow – May 2010
Bad news continues to flow more than three weeks after a massive oil-rig explosion 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, fueling collective senses of not just dread but frustration. Yet many Americans looking for a way to help counter this environmental (and economic)...
Pet groomer collects fur, hair to use on oil spill – May 2010
MERRIMACK – Jack’s pretty doggone psyched about the nice haircut he got last week. The handsome yellow Labrador from Henniker was trimmed down, his blonde coat shiny and short. Perfect for spring. Little does Jack know that his shed fur – which ordinarily would end up...
Barber Brandon Leon snips hair to aid Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup – May 2010
By Robert Janjigian Daily News Fashion Editor When island barber Brandon Leon heard about efforts in Delray Beach to collect human and animal hair for use in making naturally oil-absorbant mats and booms that would aid in cleaning up the Gulf Oil spill, he thought...
Alle-Kiski hairstylists make unique effort to combat oil spill – May 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a hairy situation, but Sarah Boley intends to make it even hairier. Boley, 29, a Leechburg native now living in New Kensington, owns four Fantastic Sam's hairstyling shops in the Alle-Kiski Valley where stylists are gathering and...
Great Clips in Quincy to send hair clippings to help Gulf oil spill
QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -- There's a unique method being used to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and you can help just by getting your hair cut. Great Clips salons nationwide are now donating their hair clippings to Matter of Trust, a nonprofit...
Hair donations headed to oil spill – May 2010
SEMINOLE – A pair of Pinellas County businesses have joined in the battle to halt spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico before it has a chance to reach the beaches and other environmentally-sensitive areas. The Man Trap of Seminole, 13177 Park Blvd., and Doggy Doos Pet...
Sideswipe: Leaf it out – May 2010
Christopher Bligh of Birkenhead couldn't believe it when the North Shore City Council road marking contractors didn't bother sweeping the leaves out of the way when they redid the yellow lines outside his house (pictured). Todd off Nightline's 20-year anniversary...
The New York Times – Boom-B-Qs
Social gatherings at which volunteers learn how to construct homemade oil-defense booms. Hair and pantyhose are being shipped to the Gulf Coast to help defend the coastline against oil spilling from the Deepwater Horizon rig, Sarah Wheaton reported in The Times: At...
Local pet groomers donate fur to catch oil slick – May 2010
A Tibetan terrier named Misty is groomed by Kirsten Krause at the End of the Leash in Mukwonago. The hair from about 60 dogs groomed at the pet store during the past week will be donated so it can be used in material being made to absorb some of the oil gushing into...
Marin salons collect hair to soak up gulf oil – but will it be used? – May 2010
Colored, crimped or coifed, it doesn't matter, as long as it's clean and absorbent. Several Marin salons have begun collecting customers' hair for shipment to the Gulf of Mexico, where volunteers are gathering hair collected across the country to help absorb some of...