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Oil no longer on surface, but scientists dig into the dirt of Gulf floor and strike black gold CAIN BURDEAU SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Writers 2:01 PM PDT, September 13, 2010 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil [...]
Dave Letterman thanks Bill McKibben, “…for scaring the crap out of me..” For the last three days, I’ve been sitting at my kitchen table in California cranking out press releases, calling reporters, and generally playing “pit crew” for Bill and our Put Solar On It road trip. It’s been a great ride: tens of thousands [...]
BP report on well disaster faults mechanical, human failures The oil company accepts a share of the responsibility for the deadly explosion and oil spill but also takes aim at contractors Transocean and Halliburton, setting off additional finger-pointing. Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times September 9, 2010 Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles An internal investigation [...]
An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope reports a significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A. The results, which appear in this week’s Science magazine, are consistent with theoretical predictions about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic environment. The team observed the supernova remnant in optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared light. [...]
Toxic levels of oil found in gulf area crucial to fish Researchers describe ‘a constellation’ of oil droplets mixed with sediment. Phytoplankton, the base of the marine food web, is found to be in poor health nearby. “…feeling a toxic response to those waters…” By Sara Kennedy, McClatchy Newspapers August 18, 2010 St. Petersburg, Fla. [...]
BP Not Denying, Just Not Paying Nearly 40,000 Oil Spill Claims BRIAN SKOLOFF AND HOLBROOK MOHR | 08/ 9/10 07:19 PM | ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Sheryl Lindsay’s wedding planner business is on the brink, crumbling with each cancellation over concerns about oil. Brides-to-be are walking away from plans for beachside vows, leaving Lindsay waiting [...]
An expedition along a muddy stretch of the waterway offers a glimpse into the potential recreational and environmental jewel running through the city.
Marsh grasses along the Louisiana coast have been blackened by the BP oil spill. (Reuters / July 28, 2010) Oil-damaged wetlands may just have to wait it out! Cleanup efforts often seem futile, and some biologists suggest simply letting nature take its course. By Alana Semuels and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times August 1, [...]
Researchers Confirm Subsea Gulf Oil Plumes Are From BP Well Friday 23 July 2010 by: Sara Kennedy | McClatchy Newspapers | Report Sampling operations being conducted on the research vessel Brooks McCall, near the site of the oil breach at the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo: Dr. Oscar Garcia / Florida State [...]
Gulf oil spill: Hearings on BP disaster canceled as witnesses say they won’t show July 20, 2010 None of the five witnesses called to testify will appear at Wednesday’s hearing of the U.S. Coast Guard-Interior Department probe into what caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to explode. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Hung Nguyen said the [...]
Outrage Builds Over Extermination of Hundreds of Geese from Major City Park in New York The NYC govt. and the USDA quietly captured 250-400 Prospect Park geese and carted them off to gas them, needless deaths that won’t prevent plane crashes. By Deanna Zandt, AlterNet Posted on July 16, 2010, Printed on July 16, 2010 [...]
Day 81 of the Gulf Cataclysm, over 86,237,600 and climbing gallons into Gulf. Caroline Casey talks with LaTosha Brown; Alabama native and Director of the Gulf Coast Fund for Ecological Health and Community Renewal, a community-led social justice philanthropy in the Gulf South region. For the past five years, she has served as a founding [...]
June 30, 2010
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Oil-threatened estuary is key to life in the gulf Shrimp, crab, oysters, gators, birds, snakes, people – all have ties to Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. The Bald Cypress Swamp of Barataria Preserve, which is more biologically diverse than the Everglades and serves as a nursery and breeding ground for the gulf’s shrimp, crab, oyster and fish. [...]
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