Blogging the End of the World™
NEW YORK, NY, May 26, 2010 — Nitrous oxide, or N2O, is a greenhouse gas considered by experts to be 300 times more powerful in its atmospheric warming effect than carbon dioxide. By far the greatest recorded sources of N2O emissions are from agricultural activities and fossil fuel combustion. But sewage breakdown by some wastewater […]
By Chris Kirkham, The Times-PicayuneMay 27, 2010, 6:51PM In St. Bernard Parish last weekend, officials identified a patch of oil getting close to marsh grass. But when they requested the skimmer boats they thought were available, they discovered the boats had been moved to Venice. And despite constant warnings from Jefferson Parish officials about oil […]
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLFMay 27, 2010, 2:57 pm Adm. Thad Allen of the Coast Guard on Thursday approved part of a plan by Louisiana officials to repel oil from the BP spill by building a barrier of dredged sand along islands off the state’s southeast coast. The decision allows Louisiana to immediately begin construction of […]
By MATTHEW BROWN and JASON DEAREN Associated Press WritersMay 27, 2010, 11:13AM NEW ORLEANS — Marine scientists have discovered a massive new plume of what they believe to be oil deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, stretching 22 miles from the leaking wellhead northeast toward Mobile Bay, Alabama. The discovery by researchers on the University […]
By GREG BLUESTEIN, Ben Nuckols in Covington, Louisiana, and Andrew Taylor and Matthew Daly in Washington, Associated Press WritersMay 27, 2010 10:18 am US/Central COVINGTON, Louisiana (AP) ― The Gulf oil spill has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history, according to new estimates released Thursday, but the Coast Guard and BP […]
By Marian Wang, ProPublica – May 27, 2010 11:32 am EDT The word from MSNBC and The AP is that Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the offshore drilling regulator Minerals Management Service, has been fired. Birnbaum has only been head of the agency since July 2009—that’s less time than her boss, Ken Salazar, has been at […]
By Times-Picayune StaffMay 26, 2010, 11:05PM Fishing boats helping clear oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill from Breton Sound have been called back to dock after four workers reported health problems Wednesday afternoon, Unified Command in Houma announced. Crew members on three boats reported nausea, dizziness, headaches and chest pains Wednesday about 3:30 p.m. […]
By Staff WritersWestwego, Louisiana (AFP) May 25, 2010 The fast-encroaching oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is forcing fish merchants to close one by one in Louisiana’s huge Westwego seafood market. “I’m closed because I couldn’t get any crabs,” said Michelle Chauncey, who pulled down her stall’s rolling metal door on Friday. Along the […]
24 May 2010 13:28:16 GMT Thousands are fleeing their homes amidst fears of flooding as a breach of the Attabad Lake in northern Pakistan looks imminent. An estimated 13,935 people (1,747 families) from 39 villages have been displaced following an avalanche which blocked the Hunza River farming a19km by 80-metres deep artificial lake in Attabad, […]
By Juliet Eilperin and David A. FahrentholdWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, May 27, 2010 ON BARATARIA BAY, LA. — In the Louisiana marsh, oil-coated pelicans flap their wings in a futile attempt to dry them. A shorebird repeatedly dunks its face in a puddle, unable to wash off. Lines of dead jellyfish float in the gulf, […]
