GULF OIL DISASTER
3 rigs, 28 platforms evacuated because of TS Alex
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtw7Q8yisoFvgnt_1SmUZb3oB4WwD9GL9V0G0
Deepwater Oil Risks Greater Than Industry Admitted
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37998605
“Former oil industry geologist John Amos has been warning it was only a matter of time before a disaster like this happened. "I think that anybody who's watched this industry closely knew this day was going to come," he said. Amos founded the non-profit organization SkyTruth, which uses satellite imagery to call attention to environmental hazards. Exactly five months before the disaster, Amos testified at a Senate hearing alongside a BP executive who insisted deepwater drilling is safe. He pointed to an oil rig that exploded of the coast of Australia in just 250 feet of water making the case that if it happened there, it could happen anywhere. That well spewed millions of gallons of oil for ten weeks.”
Blowout preventers: Drilling's fail-safe failure
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/30/news/companies/blowout_preventer_bop/
Senate Panel Ends Liability Limits for Offshore Spills
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338781705318688.html
US Rep Drafts Bill To Block BP From New Drilling Leases
June 30, 2010: BP Oil Spill at Two Months +
http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001oBPX2EUZHJO6Xg7GOsUDP3kyx_-fn01jRchMuNLJJ5nRe7y4eTEzTPzH09pq41JDptXEFwbUXGj5louAchrBKlGYC44_05zjfvXtV3_0ttruEHobW2g1RepBShjmcmytb2RY6F-GoT4%3D
U.S. POSTPONES PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS FOR EIS PROGRAM
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=21072065&tkr=BP%2F%3ALN&sid=afvDagJN8mo8
“Citing the need to proceed cautiously on the Outer Continental Shelf and to review safely and environmental issues associated with offshore drilling, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Interior is postponing public scoping meetings for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program until later in 2010.”
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Get the latest reports and maps of the oil spill impacts
http://map.floridadisaster.org/GATOR/index.html
Experts come up with risky plan to save sea turtle hatchlings from gulf oil spill
Keith Olbermann video report showing pods of dying/dead dolphins (video from John Wathen, Waterkeeper Alliance)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#38028832
Also see: http://bpoilslick.blogspot.com/
Biologists find 'dead zones' around BP oil spill in Gulf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/30/biologists-find-oil-spill-deadzones
Scientists are confronting growing evidence that BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is creating oxygen-depleted "dead zones" where fish and other marine life cannot survive. In two separate research voyages, independent scientists have detected what were described as "astonishingly high" levels of methane, or natural gas, bubbling from the well site, setting off a chain of reactions that suck the oxygen out of the water. In some cases, methane concentrations are 100,000 times normal levels.
EPA's Toxicity Testing of Dispersants
http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants-testing.html
Also see: Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest and Maker of Controversial Dispersant Used in Gulf Oil Spill Hires Top Lobbyists
Warning To Gulf Volunteers: Almost Every Cleanup Worker From The 1989 Exxon Valdez Disaster Is Now Dead
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6
FLORIDA
Florida Gov. Crist demands constitutional amendment for offshore drilling law that’s already on the books
Disaster in Gulf serving as rallying cry in Miami Beach
VIRGINIA
