Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

 

BP oil spill costs hit $100 million/day

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65R14K20100628

 

Satellite Images Show Oil Slicks Affecting Beaches from Gulfport, Mississippi to Destin, Florida

http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/06/bp-gulf-oil-spill-satellite-images-show.html

 

BP Sticks to August Plan for Plugging Leaking Oil Well, May Beat Schedule

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-27/bp-sticks-to-august-target-for-plugging-leak-may-finish-ahead-of-schedule.html

 

When It Comes to Spills, Size Counts, but Is Often Elusive

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575327091631299342.html

 

BP's deadline to give facts on Gulf oil spill

http://www.energybulletin.net/53248

 

Ex-EPA lawyer points to BP as 'serial criminal'

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/97247929.html

Also see: BP's latest blunder fuels critics' fire

 

Offshore drilling loses some support

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7081482.html

 

Make Oil Obsolete by Turning It into Salt

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-butterfield/make-oil-obsolete-by-turn_b_626064.html

 

DRILLING MORATORIUM

 

Moratorium Needed: Deep-water drilling must stop until safety is assured

http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/06/moratorium_needed_deep-water_d.html

 

What would happen if we admitted to the high risk of deepwater drilling?

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-06-28-what-if-we-admitted-risk-of-deepwater-drilling/

 

WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS

 

So Far, 400 Have Sought Medical Care After Visits to Escambia County Beaches

http://cryptogon.com/?p=16199

 

Oil spill hits Mississippi shore

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=oil-spill-hits-mississipp

“Louisiana's fragile wetlands have been hardest hit by the oil but Mississippi had escaped damage until Sunday, although some oil had tainted its barrier islands. Oil has also come ashore in Alabama and Florida's Gulf coast. Gluey gobs of brown oil and a rainbow oil sheen sloshed onto tourist beaches at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, about 10 miles east of Biloxi, and at a beach used by fisherman that is close to an inland marsh.”

 

NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100628_closure.html

“The closed area now represents 80,228 square miles, which is approximately 33.2 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters.”

 

HANDS ACROSS THE SAND

A sampling of the many articles on this:

 

Thousands hold hands across the sand in protest of offshore drilling

http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_south_pinellas/st_pete_beach/thousands-hold-hands-across-the-sand-in-protest-of-offshore-drilling

 

Hand in Hand, Thousands Protest Offshore Oil Drilling

http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spill/article/hundreds-protest-offshore-oil-drilling-in-hands-across-the-sand-event/19532355

 

Demonstrators say no to offshore drilling

http://www.liherald.com/detail/26015.html?content_source=&category_id=5&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=

 

Crowds across New Jersey beaches protest offshore oil drilling after Gulf disaster

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/new_jersey/article_0e46f4da-814c-11df-ac96-001cc4c03286.html

 

Offshore oil drilling protested worldwide

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100627/NEWS/6270320/Offshore+oil+drilling+protested+worldwide

 

Hawaii joins hands to protest off-shore oil drilling

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12715862

 

Rallies link up to oppose offshore oil drilling

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/26/rallies-link-up-to-oppose-offshore-oil-drilling/

 

Hands Across the Sand Movement Makes a Bold Visual Statement Against Offshore Drilling

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-weisberg/hands-across-the-sand-mov_b_627413.html

 

Protesters join hands on Florida beaches to protest offshore drilling

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/26/1703076/hands-across-florida.html#ixzz0s4RcP4O3

 

Event Photos

http://www.facebook.com/HandsAcrossTheSand?v=photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/handsacrossthesand

South Beach, Miami photo (1500 people!)

 

Event Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/handsacrossthesand

 

FLORIDA

 

Crist: We Need to Ban Oil Drilling Off Florida

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/28/earlyshow/main6626245.shtml