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In Timbalier Bay, the clean- up workers may have left, but plenty of oil remains. The pictures below from yesterday’s excursion clearly show that not only did they leave, but they left their filthy mess behind them. On Timbalier Island I came across lots of extremely oiled and weathered boom, those pom-pon oil collectors, and […]

“I loved it! I had a great time. How often do you get the chance to canoe through a cypress forest in the dark through a rainstorm?” Petra”Very coastal. It was cool to see up close the invasive species that cause problems. I didn’t think of tallow as evil before.” Leo “The trip bridged our

CNN’s Ed Lavendara continues his solid reporting on the environmental considerations of the BP drilling disaster, this time catching up with USF researchers, just back from cruise to chart oil and dispersant. Unfortunately, they’re finding the oil far from the source, on the seafloor east of the well.

The nation needs to remain concerned about the bp drillling disaster. There seems to be an interest by BP and the federal government to hang up a ‘mission accomplished’ banner and move on. Unfortunately, there’s far more still to do: Even if you believe the optimistic government oil budget that says only 26% of the

Today Jonathan Henderson and I flew over the wetlands in Louisiana and along the coast from Timbalier Bay to South East Pass. What we saw contradicted what we have been hearing from BP, the unified command, the administration, and the press. From Little Lake to the beaches of Fourchon to Grand Isle to East Bay,

Last week, New Orleans’s local Fox affiliate aired video of BP’s crude literally bubbling out of the ground on one of Louisiana’s barrier islands. It’s clear that, despite some government and media reports to the contrary, there is still a lot of oil in the Gulf and along our coastlines.Click on the photo below to

I’m back home in New Orleans now after an enlightening trip. Below is the update I wrote on Friday but was unable to post until now.——————————–I have left Valdez on my way home. Today, before my departure, we spent time talking to the staff of the Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council about their work. Their ability

We are now in Valdez, AK. Today we met with the Prince Edward Sound Regional Citizen Advisory Board (RCAC).During our meeting the leaders of the RCAC made clear that if the citziens of the Gulf want to obtain better safeguards and better oversight, we had better move forward quickly. They warned us that the disaster

Yesterday, NOAA released a report and press release claiming that “the vast majority of oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead, or dispersed.” Sounds good doesn’t it? Unfortunately, you could also summarize the findings of the report this way:Up to 50% of Oil from BP

Yesterday, we met with scientists and fishermen that study the impacts of the Exxon Valdez spill on the fish and wildlife. Sadly, what they have found is that after the initial impact of the oil, the true impact on a species, such as herring, did not show up for many years. Moreover, the impact could