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In their latest Policy Journal, the Environmental Law Institute (www.eli.org) features a story called Learning from Disaster that poses the question, “Twenty-one years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, will reactions to the Deepwater Horizon blowout finally address the systemic flaws revealed in Alaska?” The author, Zygmund Plater, is a law professor who served as […]

Last week, I reported on a new leak east of the Mississippi River in an area known as Quarantine Bay. I mentioned that I contacted the State Police HazMat Unit as well as the National Response Team which works with the United States Coast Guard to investigate hazardous incidents. Well, I had to call them

Gulf Coast Communities Call for Congressional Action on the Six-Month Mark of BP’s DisasterOn October 20, throughout the Gulf Coast, members of communities impacted by the BP oil drilling disaster gathered together with a unified call on Congress to take action to support the region. We want to let the country know that the Gulf

It has been 6 months since the beginning of the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. Sure, the Macondo well has been capped and there aren’t millions of gallons of oil free flowing into the open Gulf waters anymore. However, two excursions that I took this week to assess the impact

This morning, I set out on another flyover to the Louisiana coast to assess and document impacts from BP’s disaster. While I was en route to the Mississippi rivers passes, I spotted a leak coming from a facility between California Bay and Quarantine Bay. The coordinates are N29.26 x W89.30. I have since reported this

Local groups announce Weeks Bay Principles for Gulf Recovery, demand action at six-month anniversary of Deepwater Horizon explosionOctober 20th marks six months of BP’s oil drilling disaster in the Gulf. The disaster has taken its toll on the coast, and impacts will be felt by real people for decades. Reforms are urgently needed to prevent

In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Prestige, 2002 In 2002, only eight years ago, Spain experienced the largest scale disturbance

The President’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling seems unlikely to avoid a conclusion that is all too familiar to anyone who is working to create a more sustainable, energy future for the United States: we are addicted to oil, it is killing us, and we, as a nation,

In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Sea Empress, 1996 On February 15, 1996 in Milford Haven, Wales, the supertanker Sea

In the days leading up to the 6th month anniversary of the BP deepwater drilling disaster, GRN is highlighting nine previous oil disasters, to give historic context to what the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing, and will experience for years to come.Persian Gulf War, 1991Unlike the other spills caused by weather and human error, the