GULF OIL DISASTER
Transcript - NOAA Administrator's Keynote Address on NOAA Science and the Gulf Oil Spill
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
NOAA Re-opens Federal Waters Southwest of the Mississippi River Delta to Commercial and Recreational Fishing
"NOAA will reopen 5,628 square miles (14,576 sq km) of area it had previously closed to commercial and recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The area closed to all fishing now measures 26,287 sq mi (68,083 sq km) and covers about 11% of the Gulf of Mexico exclusive economic zone."
ALTERNATIVES TO OIL
Energy Leaders Blame Oil and Gas Subsidies for Weak Prospects
"Senior financiers and the leaders of powerful energy companies on Thursday blamed subsidies to oil and natural gas companies for damaging the ability of the clean-energy industry to recover from the economic slowdown and take advantage of growing power markets worldwide."
