Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

Report: U.S. Thwarted Worst-Case Oil Spill Estimate

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130378837

Oil Spill Commission reports released today

http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/library#supporting-documents

The reports are:

Decision-Making Within the Unified Command

The Use of Surface and Subsea Dispersants During the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The Challenges of Oil Spill Response in the Arctic

The Amount and Fate of the Oil

Deep Water, Deep Trouble

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703453804575479643629599782.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS

Officials planning study of oil damage to Louisiana coast

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20101004/ARTICLES/101009745/1212?Title=Officials-planning-study-of-oil-damage-to-Louisiana-coast

Oil Found in Layers Below AL Beaches

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/oil-found-in-layers-below-al-beaches1/986432/Sep-29-2010_6-33-pm/

Florida Oil Spill Law

http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/

This website has several horrifying first-person accounts of human health and environmental impacts of the Gulf oil disaster

ALTERNATIVES TO OIL

Salazar Signs First U.S. Offshore Commercial Wind Energy Lease with Cape Wind Associates, LLC

http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Signs-First-US-Offshore-Commercial-Wind-Energy-Lease-with-Cape-Wind-Associates-LLC.cfm

Also see: Secretary Salazar's remarks.