GULF OIL DISASTER
Obama's Oil Spill Speech: Full Text
"After all, oil is a finite resource. We consume more than 20% of the world's oil, but have less than 2% of the world's oil reserves. And that's part of the reason oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean - because we're running out of places to drill on land and in shallow water. For decades, we have known the days of cheap and easily accessible oil were numbered. For decades, we have talked and talked about the need to end America's century-long addiction to fossil fuels. And for decades, we have failed to act with the sense of urgency that this challenge requires. Time and again, the path forward has been blocked - not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor. The consequences of our inaction are now in plain sight. Countries like China are investing in clean energy jobs and industries that should be here in America. Each day, we send nearly $1 billion of our wealth to foreign countries for their oil. And today, as we look to the Gulf, we see an entire way of life being threatened by a menacing cloud of black crude. We cannot consign our children to this future. The tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean energy future is now. Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash American innovation and seize control of our own destiny."
Obama Seeks to Shift Arc of Oil Crisis
Obama Vows Spill Fix
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704009804575308782107364538.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
Statement: Landrieu on Obama's Oil Spill Address June 15, 2010
"Finally, the President called on America to begin a transition to cleaner, renewable energy. As people all across our nation watch the oil pouring into the Gulf, they are asking 'isn't there a better way?' The answer is yes, there is a better way, and we must begin to lay that foundation now. Oil has paid tremendous dividends to our country. It helped us win World War II, it helped create an industrial revolution and it built the greatest middle class the world has ever seen. But, it's time has come and is moving past us, and the transition to clean renewable energy is one our country has to begin immediately."
Obama appoints Bromwich to oversee MMS reorganization, reforms
"Obama said that Bromwich's primary task at MMS will be to restore integrity and rigor to the relationship between federal regulatory officials and oil companies. He will be asked to develop plans for a new oversight structure, replacing long-standing, inadequate practices with a gold-standard approach for environmental and safety regulation, the president indicated. Bromwich has a mandate to implement far-reaching change and will have the resources to accomplish that change, he added."
Obama 'Pleased' BP Agrees to $20 Billion Compensation Fund for Gulf Coast
BP plans to collect 40,000-53,000 b/d from gulf oil spill
"This range of oil expected to be collected represents installed design capacities of various drillships, tankers, and multiservice vessels that BP is using or plans to use. "Any unplanned events will impact actual delivery," of oil volumes, BP said in a June 12 letter to USCG Rear Adm. James A. Watson."
BP: Oil containment efforts resume after ship fire
"The company said it hopes to soon start a second containment system - a burner on a semi-submersible drilling rig that could incinerate up to 420,000 gallons of oil a day. BP had hoped to start the system as early as Tuesday."
Is the Drilling Moratorium Really Long Enough? No, Not Really
Waking America From the BP Nightmare
Lautenberg Introduces 'Emergency Relief Well Act' to Contain Oil Drilling Disasters
"Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require oil companies to begin drilling emergency relief wells concurrently with any new offshore drilling sites off the coast of the United States."
Oil Executives Break Ranks in Testimony
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16oil.html
Gulf congressmen demand more offshore drilling
"While Florida leaders try to fend off drilling rigs, House members from other Gulf states are clamoring to expand energy exploration near their oil-soaked shores. Despite environmental damage from the BP spill, 17 members from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama called a press conference on Tuesday to urge President Obama to end his six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling."
U.S. Scientific Team Draws on New Data, Multiple Scientific Methodologies to Reach Updated Estimate of Oil Flows from BP's Well
"U.S. government and independent scientists estimate that the most likely flow rate of oil today is between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per day."
Also see: Oil-spill flow rate estimate surges to 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day
The latest near-real time information about the oil spill and its effects
http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
Daily Dead Wildlife Tally
http://www.dailydeadbirds.com/
ALABAMA
Beaches turn black in Baldwin County as oily waves roll in
Low oxygen found in 2 areas off Alabama coast
FLORIDA
Crist Emerges As High-Profile Foe Of Drilling
LOUISIANA
Barataria estuary now ground zero in oil spill
Louisiana fighting the flow of oil with sandbags
The Day the Shucking Stopped
NORTH CAROLINA
Oil spill puts N.C.'s coastal riches in new light
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/12/article/oil_spill_puts_ncs_coastal_riches_in_new_light
