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<style> .sponsored-content-label { color: #aaa; font-size: 0.7em; text-transform: uppercase; padding-left: 5px; } span.d p { display: inline-block; } </style> <div class="col-sm-12"> <h1> Making a Difference Archives</h1> <div><p>"Making a Difference" is a feature in the Explorer that reports on AAPG members and various companies that are having an impact on the world that goes far beyond Association activities.</p></div> <div class="row articles"><div style="position: relative;" class=" PFID-10768 col-sm-3 aapg-floating-box "><a class="ContentTypeVisible" href="/story/articleid/10768/pipeline-initiative-hits-shipping-milestone" target="_blank"><span class="ContentTypeName vertical">July 2014</span><div class="photo_box img_zoom ico_right_enter box_border_padding "><div class="pic_box"><img class="img-responsive" 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World With More Than Energy</h3><p><p>Committed to going the extra mile to improve lives and c...</p></div></div></a></div><div style="position: relative;" class=" PFID-122 col-sm-3 aapg-floating-box "><a class="ContentTypeVisible" href="/story/articleid/122/aapg-team-gives-scouts-a-taste-of-geology" target="_blank"><span class="ContentTypeName vertical">November 2013</span><div class="photo_box img_zoom ico_right_enter box_border_padding "><div class="pic_box"><img class="img-responsive" src="/Portals/0/PackFlashItemImages/WebReady/aapg-team-gives-scouts-a-taste-of-geology-2013-11nov-hero.jpg?width=480&height=320&mode=crop&anchor=topcenter&encoder=freeimage&progressive=true&quality=90&scale=both" ></div><div class="text_sytle_1"><h3>AAPG Team Gives Scouts a Taste of Geology</h3><p><p>Making a connection: A team of AAPG members spend time w...</p></div></div></a></div><div style="position: relative;" class=" PFID-2606 col-sm-3 aapg-floating-box "><a class="ContentTypeVisible" 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Fred Read, professor of geology at Virginia Tech Univ...</p></div></div></a></div><div style="position: relative;" class=" PFID-49987 col-sm-3 aapg-floating-box "><a class="ContentTypeVisible" href="/story/articleid/49987/koningaposs-concern-started-early" target="_blank"><span class="ContentTypeName vertical">Feburary 2008</span><div class="photo_box img_zoom ico_right_enter box_border_padding "><div class="pic_box"><img class="img-responsive" src="/Portals/0/PackFlashItemImages/WebReady/konings-concern-started-early-hero.jpg?width=480&height=320&mode=crop&anchor=topcenter&encoder=freeimage&progressive=true&quality=90&scale=both&bgcolor=ffffff" ></div><div class="text_sytle_1"><h3>Koning's Concern Started Early</h3><p><p>AAPG member Tako Koning spends about half of his time as...</p></div></div></a></div><div style="position: relative;" class=" PFID-3330 col-sm-3 aapg-floating-box "><a class="ContentTypeVisible" href="/story/articleid/3330/aposretiredapos-geologist-an-angolan-ang" 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