By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer24 June 2010 ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot and a messy trail of sand and water on the main beach road. A few miles […]
(June 24) — Two weeks after he was hired by BP to help with the oil spill cleanup, William Allen Kruse killed himself. The 55-year-old charter boat captain shot himself in the head Wednesday morning as he prepared to spend another day skimming oil off the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the spill […]
Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter. Our thanks to the Sheriff’s Office for providing the footage. Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,North America,Gulf of Mexico,habitat loss,ecosystem disruption
By ANDREW W. LEHREN and JUSTIN GILLISPublished: June 23, 2010 Fearing that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will deal a severe blow to the bluefin tuna, an environmental group is demanding that the government declare the fish an endangered species, setting off extensive new protections under federal law. Scientists agree that the […]
By Troy Moon • tmoon@pnj.com • June 23, 2010 The sign at Pensacola Beach Properties boasted “Always has been, always will be — the most beautiful beaches in the world.’’ The sign was a lie. Because surely, there was a white sand beach somewhere in the world that didn’t look like it was vomited […]
Here’s a great example of why radar is the go-to tool for mapping and monitoring oil pollution (and why I think the US needs to launch a civilian radar imaging satellite). The MODIS/Aqua satellite image taken yesterday afternoon is mostly obscured by heavy clouds over the area of the ongoing BP spill. But an Envisat/ASAR […]
By Noel F. PilieWednesday, June 23, 2010, 4:42 PM Waterfowl along our coast are in mortal danger as the BP rig disaster continues to gush crude oil. The press has concentrated mainly on Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican, and rightfully so. This magnificent bird, brought back from near-extinction in Louisiana, numbers about 12,000 to […]
RussiaToday, June 23, 2010 — Louisiana residents witness a strange rain that leaves oil puddles near their homes. Update: There is controversy around this video. It’s raining oil in Louisiana? Comments at DailyKos It’s raining in oil in ol’ Big Easy It’s raining oil in Louisiana Desdemona finds it unlikely that this is really spill […]
By Julie Steenhuysen, editing by Maggie FoxCHICAGOTue Jun 22, 2010 6:58pm EDT Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are “astonishingly high.” Kessler’s crew took measurements of both surface and deep water […]
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 23 June 2010 at 13:24:00 Disclosure forms from 2008 reveal Louisiana district judge held shares in Transocean, Halliburton and a host of oil firms The judge who yesterday overturned the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico previously held shares in Transocean and a […]
