GULF OIL DISASTER
Blowout preventer is in place on Gulf of Mexico oil well; failed one to be investigated
5 key human errors, colossal mechanical failure led to fatal Gulf oil rig blowout
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Oil dispersant effects remain a mystery
"...despite more than half a century of dispersant use in oil spill cleanups, the long-term effects that dispersants or dispersant-treated oil have on marine life remain as opaque as a layer of crude."
NIH to Launch Gulf Oil Spill Health Study
Bird rescue experts kept on sideline after gulf oil spill
"The Deepwater Horizon disaster may have killed thousands of birds in the Gulf of Mexico and no one knows about it, say experienced wildlife rescuers. The reason: The experts were not allowed to go look for live oiled birds in the areas where they were most likely to be found.
Instead they were assigned to less urgent duties, or never called in at all.
Meanwhile the job of searching for birds in need of rescue went to inexperienced federal and state employees — fisheries biologists, firefighters, people who had never touched a bird before, much less one coated in oil."
ALASKA
Salazar: Arctic oil drilling must wait
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is making it clear that he's in no hurry to open the door to new exploratory oil and gas drilling in the offshore Arctic -- not, he said, until more is known about the potential pitfalls."
LOUISIANA
Bashing oil industry is tricky politics in Gulf states
Shrimp and oil are still king at this Louisiana festival
75th Annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival
