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Wendy Schmidt funds $1.4 million challenge for oil-cleanup innovation after Deepwater Horizon

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Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt has launched a $1.4 million prize challenge aimed at spurring new technologies for cleaning up oil spills. The initiative draws its motivation from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest marine oil spills in history. Organizers are seeking solutions that can respond more effectively to spills in open water and reduce environmental harm. The competition is intended to encourage researchers and inventors to develop practical, scalable approaches to containment and recovery.

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