Casey DeMoss Roberts

Hundreds of scientists met in New Orleans today and yesterday to come together on research priorities and explore potential for collaboration. There were 2 themes repeated frequently: BP is not releasing oil or dispersant to scientists for study and research dollars are not being distributed efficiently.Where is BP’s Oil? BP, once egregiously generous with their […]

The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) just released a report by Wilma Subra proving that local Gulf residents have been contaminated by oil.The blood from eight individuals, 3 women and 5 men, tested positive for ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, and hexanes. Comparing the blood samples with regular, unexposed Americans1, the BP workers and community members had shockingly

This article is excerpted from Wave Maker’s News, our quarterly update on all things water in the Gulf of Mexico, check out the full newsletter here.There have been significant complaints about Hattiesburg, Mississippi’s two sewage lagoons. Both sewage treatment plants have been in violation of the Clean Water Act over the past five years and

Out of the 38 major oil disasters, only 7 have studied human health effects of exposure to an oil spill and only one study looked into the potential for long-term human health effects (The Prestige, Dr. Laffon, University of A Coruna, Spain). Each of the seven studies found disturbing human health impacts to spill clean-up

Secretary Ray Mabus is in the Gulf Coast this week to hold a series of listening sessions in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The meetings are to provide Gulf coast residents an opportunity to offer long-term economic and environmental restoration ideas with the Secretary. The more concretet the idea the better. Do not miss

Secretary Mabus will be coming back to the Gulf Coast to hear our thoughts on how to recover from the BP drilling disaster. It is vital that you get to a listening session near you and tell Secretary Mabus how the Gulf Coast must be restored. This is the time to talk about recovery and

The more I dig in to the oily trash issue the stickier it gets (no pun intended). There are two basic things you need to know about the BP disaster trash. First, there is a lot of trash but the amount will not come anywhere near the amount of trash generated after Hurricane Katrina and

Coast Guard UpdateThe “Source Kill” efforts are continuing. Relief well dd3 is 12521 feet down, which is 63% completed. Relief well dd2, the backup is about 40% completed. August is still the target date for stopping the well completely.The Coast Guard said that the 30 meter (~65 feet) “Safety zone” around boom and other response

Amazing. Breathtaking. Inspiring. Cathartic. The TedxOilSpill talk brought together a wide range of individuals committed to creating a better world to share and generate new ideas. The organizers Nate Mook and David Troy self identify as entrepreneurs looking for market driven solutions that will pull all of us into a better tomorrow. Some themes that

At first it was a mystery how the oil was getting on to the beach because there was no visible sheen on the surface of the water. I know you are not supposed to touch the tarballs (I took BP’s 4 hour HazMat class) but I felt compelled to determine if the dark brown debris