By David BielloJul 1, 2010 09:21 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released preliminary data Wednesday from its own toxicity testing for eight dispersants in a bid to corroborate potentially suspect industry-provided results. But questions remain about the safety of these chemicals that can be used to break up oil spills, including COREXIT 9500, […]
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-PicayunePublished: Sunday, July 04, 2010, 10:44 AM Some days, the oil sent a pungent odor over city streets, causing people headaches. Always, there was fear. Residents worried the crude would forever foul the sandy beaches dotting their shores and wipe out habitat for shrimp and fish in a place where […]
By PATRICK REIS AND ALLISON WINTER of GreenwirePublished: July 2, 2010 Scientists are working to lure migrating birds away from the oil in the Gulf of Mexico and toward safe habitat. At stake is the well-being of more than 50 million birds migrating south to or through the Gulf over the next six months, with […]
By NPR StaffJuly 3, 2010 As the oil spill coats Gulf Coast beaches, rescuers are hatching a daring plan to save as many as 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the disaster. Each year, thousands of newly hatched sea turtles scramble from their nests in the Florida Panhandle’s sandy beaches and Alabama coasts into the water. […]
By Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, July 2, 2010; 6:58 PM The Coast Guard and BP reached a settlement Friday with environmental groups over the issue of how best to guard against accidentally killing endangered sea turtles during controlled burns in the Gulf of Mexico aimed at curbing the oil spill’s spread. Four environmental groups […]
Missionary told to leave after helping Amazon tribes resist incursion of oil, gas and mining firms into the rainforest By Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk Friday 2 July 2010 19.29 BST Peru has ordered the expulsion of a British missionary who was dubbed a “Tarzan agitator” for helping Amazon tribes to resist the incursion of […]
By ALLEN JOHNSON, NEW ORLEANS July 2, 2010 THE man appointed by US President Barack Obama to manage BP’s oil spill disaster fund has warned that “there’s not enough money in the world” to pay all claims, and suggested home owners with plunging property values could lose out. The warning from prominent US lawyer Kenneth […]
Low oxygen levels found in Gulf waters By Mike Brantley, Press-Register, video and narration by Ben Raines IN THE GULF OF MEXICO — The Press Register sampled oxygen levels on two natural gas platforms off Alabama and then dove on them to survey the fish and other creatures around the structures. While overall fish populations […]
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Alabama Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley says officials have found oil on the seabed just off the state’s coast, confirming fears that the Gulf oil spill could be doing more damage than is readily apparent from the surface. Barnett said Thursday that nets used by the state to determine what’s on […]
By Ryan Dezember, Press-Register Ryan Dezember, Press-Register Published: Thursday, July 01, 2010, 6:32 PM Following an afternoon reconnaissance flight today, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach employees reported that oil of some sort — be it sheen, tarballs or orange globs — had impacted all 32 miles of Baldwin’s beaches and streams of oil were spotted […]
