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*Oil can be spilled WHEN a pipeline breaks, ships run aground, underground storage tanks leak, OR oil rigs are damaged 

• correlative

• Subordinating 

• Coordinating

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*Oil spills can be caused by the accidental OR intentional release of any form of petroleum during any point in the oil production process

• Subordinating

• Coordinating

• correlative

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*Oil can spread very rapidly UNLESS it is quickly contained by a boom

• correlative

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

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*According to the US Department of Energy, 1.3 million gallons of petroleum are spilled into US waters in a typical year, AND a major spill could easily double this amount.

• correlating

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

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*Some experts now are rethinking the risks posed by potential spills BECAUSE the April 20, 2010 spill revealed such a great deal about oil’s toxic effects.

• Subordinating

• Coordinating

• correlative

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Oil can be more toxic, SO it has the potential to affect more organisms at far lower concentrations 

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

• correlating

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Lab experiments WHERE oil was used for the Guilds spill AS WELL AS 1989’s massive Exxon Valdes spill in Alaska suggest there’s reason for concern

• correlating

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

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For example, AFTER the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons into the Prince Williams Sound, the number of pink salmon returning to the region's rivers plummeted 

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

• Correlative

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Oil companies turn increasingly to the deep ocean to get oil , WHICH makes leaks more likely until stricter guidelines are created

• Correlative

• Subordinating

• Coordinating

What do coordinating conjunctions do?

• connect words, phrases, or clauses that are independent or equal 

• Used to add more  information to sentences 

• a complete sentence in itself but may appear together with other clauses in compound or complex sentences.