Check out the 2nd episode in our ongoing series documenting BP’s drilling disaster, and its impacts on the Gulf ecosystem and coastal communities. This episodes features images of coastal marsh and seaturtles affected by BP’s crude, and interviews with Mike Lane of RodNReel.com, Dean Blanchard of Blanchard Seafood, and Cyn Sarthou with the Gulf Restoration […]
Video: Gulf Tides – Sperm Whales, Shrimp and Uncertainty Read More »
The slow moving nightmare that is BP’s oil drilling disaster is escalating as a significant amount of oil is now reaching Louisiana’s delicate wetlands. This critical situation requires a fight from all directions. While it seems overwhelming, GRN is fighting to protect our coast and address this disaster, and you can help. GRN has pressured
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I was happy to share GRN’s perspective on C-SPAN’s national call-in show this morning. Watch my performance below. Aaron Viles is GRN’s campaign director. You can follow him on twitter, @GulfAaron
BP Oil Drilling Disaster: C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and GRN Read More »
Oil impacts Redfish Bay in Louisiana’s bird’s foot delta, where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Photographed on May 27 by Jeffrey Dubinsky, on a flyover Jeffrey and I took with Mike Tidwell, GRN advisory board member and author of “Bayou Farewell.” These photos have been used by Reuters, in a story
The Photos BP Doesn’t Want You to See: Their Oil In America’s Wetland Read More »
nydailynews.comBP can drill a well 25,000′ deep and steer the bit to a target the size of a basket ball over a mile away. That is impressive. But for some reason they can’t figure out how much oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.One would think that with BP’s vast knowledge and ability they
Can BP do the math? Can BP keep its word? Read More »
Regardless of what rhetoric we may hear from BP, the U.S. Coast Guard, or the Unified Command regarding the efforts being made to contain and clean-up this BP oil drilling disaster mess, clearly not enough is being done. The claims being made by those in charge that everything that can be done is being done
Birds in the Bull’s-Eye: Raw video of oiled marshland Read More »
Heard of @BPGlobalPR? This fake BP twitter account has been posting the best humor of the BP Oil Drilling Disaster. My personal favorite: “The good news: Mermaids are real. The bad news: They are now extinct. #bpcares”Coolest part about their black humor? The tee shirts they hawk every fifth post or so are a fundraiser
BP OIl Drilling Disaster: Laugh or Cry or Do Both and Buy a Tee Shirt Read More »
Ben Raines, writing for the Mobile Press-Register reveals that routine problems can frequently sideline blowout preventer valves. Clearly, more attention is now being paid to the details of off-shore, deep-water drilling. Meanwhile, the ‘top-kill’ operation to close off the gusher has been temporarily halted as engineers revise their plans.
Blowout Preventer Valve Problems Shut Down Two Wells in Gulf Read More »