GULF OIL DISASTER
Some oil spill events on Thursday, June 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i-yfHJzPLDeBIhG5JDEF6VbaPR8QD9GHUJG82
Press Briefing by National Incident Commander June 25, 2010
BP has blown-out well in sights
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1416392020100625
“BP said in a statement on Friday the first of two relief wells had successfully detected the MC252 well and would continue to a target intercept depth of 18,000 feet, when "kill" operations would begin.”
Also see: BP says Macondo wellbore detected by first relief well
Gulf Oil Spill - Radar Images June 22-23
http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/06/bp-gulf-oil-spill-radar-images-june-22.html
Deepwater Horizon Blowout Gallery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/sets/72157623909364472/with/4733142029/
Advances in Oil Spill Cleanup Lag Since Valdez
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/us/25clean.html?emc=eta1
US Turns Down Offers of Assistance with Oil Spill
http://www.naturalnews.com/029067_oil_spill_Gulf_of_Mexico.html
The Gulf Oil Spill - Could A Catastrophic Spill Happen Again?
BP’s Shadow Lingers in the Gulf of Mexico
The GOP’s Oil Spill Vulnerability
http://www.frumforum.com/the-gops-oil-spill-vulnerability
Tropical disturbance has potential to hamper spill cleanup
Track the progress of this and other tropical storms here.
Timor Sea Oil Spill Forcing NTT Fishermen to Migrate
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/timor-sea-oil-spill-forcing-ntt-fishermen-to-migrate/382331
“Thousands of fishermen in Kupang`s Oesapa area are preparing to migrate to Bangka Belitung in Sumatra to find a new livelihood, a fishermen's spokesman said. They will migrate because their fish catches from the Timor Sea have declined drastically since the waters were polluted by an [August 21, 2009] oil spill originating in Australian territory.”
THE MORATORIUM
Editorial: Gulf oil drilling mustn't supersede safety reviews
Lifting ban gives oil industry a pass
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/24/rachlinski.drill.ban/index.html?hpt=T2
Judge In Moratorium Case Sold Exxon Stock This Week
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100625-711426.html
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Pensacola Beach closed after oil washes ashore
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GHSS4O3.htm
Oil spill takes toll on tourism on Gulf Coast
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-06-25-1Aspill25_CV_N.htm
Casualty of Gulf oil spill: Local po'boys
http://www.cdispatch.com/business/article.asp?aid=6775
HANDS ACROSS THE SAND
Find an Event Near You and Participate Tomorrow at 11 am!
http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/
"Hands Across Sand" rallies against offshore oil
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2010/06/hands_across_sand_rallies_agai.html
Surfrider's Hands Across the Sand
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/sports/recreation_sports/surfing_blog/surfrider%27s-hands-across-the-sand
Join Hands to Protest Offshore Oil Drilling This Saturday, 6/26
http://www.saveourshores.org/news/join-hands-protest-offshore-oil-drilling-saturday-626
Protesters of oil spill to gather in Huntington Beach
http://www.ocregister.com/news/oil-254916-gulf-hands.html
ALASKA
Moratorium Won’t Stop Unprecedented BP Project in the Arctic
http://www.propublica.org/ion/blog/item/moratorium-wont-stop-unprecedented-bp-project-in-the-arctic
“Liberty,” [is] a project in the Arctic for which BP has built an artificial island made of gravel—which according to the company and regulators, qualifies it as “onshore,” and not subject to the offshore drilling moratorium.
FLORIDA
Oil entering Florida inland waters
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100624/GREEN/100624018/1075
Oil threatens medical research in Fla. water
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100620/ARTICLES/6201007/1402/NEWS
Gulf oil spill prompts early harvest of scallops
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/22/1693135/oil-spill-prompts-early-harvest.html#ixzz0rtLE9B4E
