GULF OIL DISASTER
Allen: Blown-out Gulf well to be sealed by Sunday
Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases and Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders in the Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
"Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael R. Bromwich today [Wednesday] announced they will require oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to set permanent plugs in nearly 3,500 nonproducing wells that are currently completed with a subsurface safety valve in place and dismantle about 650 oil and gas production platforms if they are no longer being used for exploration or production."
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Deepwater drilling moratorium report expected this month
API: Survey finds most voters oppose raising industry taxes
The Big Oil propaganda machine rolls on.
Lawsuit to Unravel Varying BP Spill Estimates (PEER press release)
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Weekly Bird Impact Data and Consolidated Wildlife Reports
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin providing more detailed reports of the birds rescued and collected during the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, providing a species-by-species breakdown and maps of where the birds were collected."
Map of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Closure AreaFishery closure area is still 39,885 square miles, which is 17% of the Gulf of Mexico Federal waters
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin providing more detailed reports of the birds rescued and collected during the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, providing a species-by-species breakdown and maps of where the birds were collected."
Map of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Closure Area
Fishery closure area is still 39,885 square miles, which is 17% of the Gulf of Mexico Federal waters
