The Associated Press Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 10:03 AM BP froze activity on two key projects Wednesday meant to choke off the flow of oil billowing from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico after days of moving confidently toward controlling the crisis. The development was a stunning setback after the oil […]
Published: Monday, July 12, 2010, 6:46 PM NEW ORLEANS — Live underwater video showed a new cap was placed Monday onto the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, offering hope of containing the gusher for the first time since BP’s deepwater rig exploded in April. BP officials did not immediately comment on the video […]
By John Talberth and Stephen Posner on July 7, 2010 The BP oil spill will degrade critical ecosystem services and their economic benefits for decades to come. BP’s massive oil spill jeopardizes the underpinning of economic wealth in the Gulf of Mexico region – the diverse coastal and marine ecosystems that generate a bounty of […]
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 […]
This occurred to Desdemona in the shower: 1. Environmentalists propose protections.2. Industry dominates the debate and compromises government.3. Inevitable catastrophe occurs.4. Environmentalists are blamed.5. Industry shifts all costs of remediation to government.6. Repeat Step 1. Technorati Tags: doom,corruption,oil production,oil spill,pollution
