BP Drilling Disaster: Trajectory Map for July 26
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Tropical storm/depression Bonnie has shut down drilling operation which aim to permanently shut-off BP’s Deepwater Horizon’s well, but the storm will also impact the oil that is off of Louisiana’s coast and in Louisiana’s wetlands. The National Oceanic and Atmosperic Administration, or NOAA, released a fact sheet on how a tropical weather system can effect
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RECLAIM THE COAST – GULF COAST OIL SPILL BENEFIT CONCERTS – THREE NIGHTSFriday July 23rd, Sunday July 25th, and Friday July 30th at 8:00 PMCity Winery155 Varick St., New York CityThe acclaimed folk singer, activist, and environmentalist Pete Seeger will open a series of three concerts to be held at City Winery on July 23rd,
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A group of prominent scientists is calling for an end to the use of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico and better study of how the potentially toxic mix of oil and dispersant is impacting human and ecosystem health.”We believe that Corexit dispersants, in compbination with crude oil, pose grave health risks to marine life
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On July 21, 2010, I testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard as witness in a hearing entitled “Turning Ideas into Action: Ensuring Effective Clean-up and Restoration in the Gulf”. The first panel of witnesses included an official from the Coast Guard and one from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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On July 19, BP requested that the Corps give them the go-ahead to, instead of clean up and dispose of the oil, just push the contaminated sand on Grand Terre Island back into the Gulf! They call this process “Surf Washing,” the idea being that the waves will “clean” the polluted sand. To add insult
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It’s been nearly five years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the Gulf Coast. Now, the Gulf of Mexico and its communities are in the grip of another epic catastrophe.Oil from BP’s disaster is wreaking havoc on the seafood, wildlife, and coastal cultures that were already imperiled due to the loss of wetlands, barrier islands,
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RECLAIM THE COAST – GULF COAST OIL SPILL BENEFIT CONCERTS – THREE NIGHTSFriday July 23rd, Sunday July 25th, and Friday July 30th at 8:00 PM at City Winery 155 Varick St. New York, New York 10013 The acclaimed folk singer, activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger will open a series of three concerts to be held
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The last time GRN visited Raccoon Island in the Timbalier Sound was fairly early in the disaster, and we took a flight out with Tim Robbins. From above we saw a robust rookery with a mass of brown pelicans dotted with a few pink roseate spoonbills. The rookery was clearly threatened by an approaching ribbon
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