Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

Scientists wary of BP oil spill's long-term effects on species

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/11/scientists_wary_of_bp_oil_spil.html

Multiple independent lab tests confirm oil in Gulf shrimp

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/activist-lab-tests-show-dangerously-toxic-substances-present-gulf-shrimp/

Sea life shows no effect from oil spill or cleanup (Florida)

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/-34832--.html

Influential U.S. Lawmaker Wants Oil Firms To Set Drilling Standards

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201011101640dowjonesdjonline000592&title=influential-uslawmaker-wants-oil-firms-to-set-drilling-standards

Can self-policing work? 

Offshore drilling reforms need cash

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44901.html

Study: More money in tourism, fishing than oil
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/11/MNRR1GAPUR.DTL#ixzz155grrxKQ

"Tourism and fishing deliver $204 billion annually to coastal economies along the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico shores in Florida, about four times the value of the estimated oil and gas that could be recovered every year from proposed offshore drilling nearby, an environmental group said Thursday."

THE ARCTIC

An Arctic oil spill could linger for years

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/11/arctic-offshore-oil-spill-cleanup-risks-pew.html

Arctic oil spill clean-up plans are 'thoroughly inadequate', industry warned

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/11/arctic-oil-spill-plans

Report challenges offshore drilling plans in Arctic

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AA3TD20101111

Greenland wants $2bn bond from oil firms keen to drill in its Arctic waters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/12/greenland-oil-drilling-bond

FLORIDA

Oil Disaster Forum: What Do the Scientists Know? (Sierra Club Florida)

http://www.sierraclubfloridanews.org/2010/11/oil-disaster-forum-what-do-scientists.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SierraClubFloridaNews+%28Sierra+Club+Florida+News%29

Public Forum on the Gulf Oil Disaster. 

Tuesday, November 16th, 6:00-8:30pm. 

Karen A. Steidinger Auditorium--Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

100 8th Ave SE St. Petersburg, FL 33701

ALTERNATIVES TO OIL

No money, no nukes

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/09/news/economy/energy_nuclear/

GE to Buy 12,000 Chevy Volts, Cruze Eco Gets 42 MPG Highway Rating, and Opel Ampera Priced

http://gm-volt.com/2010/11/12/ge-to-buy-12000-chevy-volts-cruze-eco-gets-42-mpg-highway-rating-and-opel-ampera-priced/