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GULF OIL DISASTER
Coast Guard and EPA Send Directive to BP on Oil Spill Waste Management Plan
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C85667FE897AFC698525775300710D4D
“Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill.”
Oil "super skimmer" arrives in Gulf of Mexico
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6603TK20100701
“The 1,100-foot (335 meter)-long ore and oil carrier, dubbed the "A Whale," is being provided by the owner, TMT Shipping of Taiwan, and can collect 500,000 barrels (21 million gallons) per day of contaminated water.”
Also see: Admiral Allen Highlights Fivefold Increase in Skimmers Since Early June
Radar Images Show Western Reach of Slick, June 28 (Skytruth)
http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/07/bp-gulf-oil-spill-radar-images-show.html
In search of an oil plume
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7090804.html
NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100702_longterm.html
“Much of the west coast of Florida has a low probability (20 percent down to less than one percent) of oiling, but the Florida Keys, Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas have a greater probability (61 to 80 percent) due to the potential influence of the Loop Current.”
Updated scenarios and more information about the model can be found at:
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon/longterm_outlook
Deepwater complexities make regulations necessary, lawmakers told
DEEPWATER DRILLING MORATORIUM
US sees new drilling moratorium in next few days
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0115783520100701
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
NOAA and University Scientists Launch Research Cruise to Determine Effects of Oil Spill on Endangered Whales
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100701_gunter.html
Recovery summit prepares to combat oil disaster's human toll
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/01/mississippi.oil.recovery.summit/
Oil invades more wetlands as surf pounds Gulf coast
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3027115920100702
FLORIDA
Storm Tosses Plate-Sized Tar Lumps on Fla. Beaches
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38019473/ns/local_news-mobile,_al
Florida Sees New Threat to Its Beaches
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704525704575341080005377338.html
“Florida has long fought to prevent oil drilling anywhere near its white sandy beaches. But as the state continues to deal with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill washing up on its shores, it faces a new threat: deepwater drilling in nearby Cuban waters.”
