The Associated PressAssociated Press Writer Mary Foster contributed to this report from Grand Isle, La.Published: Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 2:29 PM GULF SHORES, Ala. — There’s a dirty secret buried under Gulf of Mexico beaches after cleanup workers scrape away the oil washing ashore. Walk to a seemingly pristine patch of sand, plop down in […]
By Casandra Andrews, Press-RegisterPublished: Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 2:08 PM MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Department of Public Health officials reported today that at least 58 people have gone to local emergency rooms, clinics and urgent care centers since May 14 complaining of ailments thought to be related to the oil spill. That compares with 28,835 […]
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLFPublished: July 6, 2010 With oil hitting Barataria Bay, a vast estuary in southeast Louisiana that boasts one of the most productive fisheries in the country, local parish officials hatched a plan in May to save the fragile ecosystem: they would build rock dikes across several major tidal inlets between the bay […]
By JEFF DONN and MITCH WEISS (AP) – 6 July 2010 More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking, an […]
Shortly before the Deepwater Horizon blowout, Halliburton bought an oil spill prevention firm. The oil-services industry is consolidating, which is not necessarily good news for quality, experts say. By Matt Rocheleau, Contributor / June 18, 2010 Eleven days prior to the April 20 Deepwater Horizon blowout, Halliburton Co., the contractor in charge of cementing […]
By Geoff Pender | Biloxi Sun Herald BILOXI, Miss. — University scientists have spotted the first indications oil is entering the Gulf seafood chain — in crab larvae — and one expert warns the effect on fisheries could last “years, probably not a matter of months” and affect many species. Scientists with the University of […]
By Bradley Bouzane, Canwest News Service July 5, 2010 OTTAWA — Tens of thousands of Canadian migratory birds are threatened by the environmental crisis caused by a spreading slick of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, says a Canadian bird expert. While news reports continue to show images of oil-soaked birds around the Southern […]
By Carolyn Y. JohnsonBoston Globe Staff / July 6, 2010 HARWICH — For the past seven years, scientists have been alarmed by the mysterious death of marsh grasses on Cape Cod, which is transforming expanses of lush green wetlands into lumpy mudflats with the appearance of Swiss cheese. Work over the past few years has […]
By Kimberly KindyWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, July 6, 2010 In the 77 days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day. The disparity between what BP promised […]
By Matthew Hinton, The Times-PicayunePosted: Monday, July 05, 2010, 8:06 PM A tar ball from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washed ashore near the Treasure Island subdivision in Lake Pontchartrain as people fish near the Rigolets in Slidell, Monday July 5, 2010. MATTHEW HINTON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Oil has reached Lake Pontchartrain Technorati Tags: oil […]
