GULF OIL DISASTER
BP Reinstalls Cap on Gulf Oil Leak, Intercept Well on Track
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-23/bp-reinstalls-cap-on-gulf-oil-leak-intercept-well-on-track.html
BP Relied on Faulty U.S. Data
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703900004575325131111637728.html
(Article contains a graphic of the oil plume area and affected shorelines)
Deepwater Horizon: the best-case and most-likely scenarios
(includes cartoon and Daily Show film clip)
http://energybulletin.net/node/53214
“…the most-likely scenario is very, very bad for wildlife, BP, Britain, Obama, the economy of the southeastern states, indeed for the overall U.S. economy. A year from now, we will be further down the road Jeffrey Brown has mapped for us, with China and the U.S. competing a little more openly for access to oil and other resources. The most-likely scenario certainly includes lots of political dithering, grandstanding, and scapegoating over the next many weeks—all to vanishingly little practical effect. In a year’s time, nearly everyone will be convinced that U.S. energy policy is in even worse shape than they believe it to be today. And in twelve months very little will have changed in terms of national energy strategies or priorities. Which is why individuals, families, neighborhoods and communities need to be thinking about how they’re going to formulate their own energy and economic plans, starting now.”
Some thoughts and pictures from the Gulf Disaster (David Helvarg)
http://www.bluefront.org/wordpress/?p=1247
Berm Construction Halted By Feds (Video report)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/06/23/kaye.bp.ticking.timebomb.cnn?iref=allsearch
THE MORATORIUM
Oil Drillers Won't Rush to Deep Water After Ruling
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-23/oil-drillers-won-t-rush-to-deep-water-after-ruling.html
U.S. Appeals Order Lifting Deepwater Drilling Ban
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-24/u-s-appeals-order-lifting-deepwater-drilling-ban.html
US to issue order for new Gulf oil drilling ban
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10387830.stm
Deep-water drilling ban to be revised
One with a narrower focus may be put in place instead
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7077249.html
“The Obama administration is revising its blanket moratorium on deep-water drilling and could replace it with a more targeted ban that lets some projects go forward, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told Congress on Wednesday.”
Also see: Drilling moratorium could be refined
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Dolphin washes ashore, dies in rescue
http://www.pnj.com/article/20100624/NEWS01/6240324/Dolphin-washes-ashore-dies-in-rescue
BP Is Burning Sea Turtles Alive, Gulf Captain Says
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/23/bp-burning-sea-turtles-alive-says-gulf-captain/
Daily Dead Wildlife Tally
Doctors call for help protecting Gulf oil spill workers
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/23/1697316/doctors-call-for-help-protecting.html#ixzz0rn9bmE9c
Oil blackens Pensacola beach
http://www.pnj.com/article/20100624/NEWS01/6240322/Oil-blackens-Pensacola-beach
Also see: Oil spill coats Florida Panhandle beaches with miles of sticky goo
BP spill should help make the case for bringing ecosystem services into the economy
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7301/full/465985b.html
HANDS ACROSS THE SAND
Below are just a few of the MANY articles on this event. Find a location near you at handsacrossthesand.org
700 "Hands Across the Sand" Events
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/06/23-19
Gut Check: Will BP spill help diminish our reliance on oil?
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/24/gut-check-will-bp-spill-help-diminish-our-reliance-on-oil/
People worldwide to join Florida activists' cause in Saturday's 'Hands Across the Sand' protest against offshore drilling
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/people-worldwide-to-join-florida-activists-cause-in-765277.html
Group to join hands against offshore drilling
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x657342598/Group-to-join-hands-against-offshore-drilling
Oil-drilling protest planned at local beaches
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100624-NEWS-6240402
Activists Organize Peaceful Gatherings to Oppose Offshore Drilling
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefanie-sekich/activists-organize-peacef_b_621817.html
ALASKA
BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/us/24rig.html
“BP’s project, called Liberty, has been exempted as regulators have granted it status as an “onshore” project even though it is about three miles off the coast in the Beaufort Sea. The reason: it sits on an artificial island — a 31-acre pile of gravel in about 22 feet of water — built by BP.”
