This weekend, the New York Times reported that scientists studying the gigantic oil spill in the Gulf have discovered enormous oil plumes below the surface of the water. These findings backup claims from other independent experts that BP’s drilling disaster has been spewing far more oil in the Gulf than previously estimated by BP and […]
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After official reports of oil hitting Raccoon Island in the Terrebonne Barrier Island chain, we jumped on a plane with a photographer and a VIP in tow to document the containment efforts, and the wildlife at risk. We spotted what looked like blobs of oil threatening the amazing brown pelican and roseate spoonbill rookery that
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This is the third and last installment of interviews that I shot last Sunday on my journey to the south pass where we unfortunately found tarballs just off shore from Captain Kennedy’s favorite unprotected fishing spot. Download for iPod, Right Click and Save As
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While BP hasn’t been able to stop the flow of over 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, they have been holding some things back. After lots of pressure, BP finally agreed to release a 30-second clip of their video of the underwater oil geyser, but they’re not sharing the rest.
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Recently, the State of Louisiana submitted a proposal to the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge up sand and sediment to build 6-foot high and 20-foot wide “berms” in front of the barrier islands from the Chandeleurs to Grand Isle. We share the State’s desire to protect our coast from the harmful effects of the
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On BP finally released some of the first video of the massive oil leak gushing into the Gulf of Mexico – a full 30 second clip of it! Since this tragic accident first occurred, we have been concerned with BP’s efforts to keep important information from the public and downplay the significance of this event.
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Latest spill projections through Sunday show no landfall in Mississippi and Alabama, but much of of southeast Louisiana’s coast could see beached oil.Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer
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Representatives from the Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and BP have been traveling around Mississippi and Louisiana to take questions from scared residents. I attended the meeting in Ocean Springs
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Take a look at this remarkable, and horrifying, collection of photos from the Boston Globe cataloguing the consequences of BP’s oil drilling disaster.A pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim under the oily water, Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Raleigh Hoke is GRN’s Mississippi Organizer
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On Lisa Jackson, head of EPA, met with non-governmental organizations in New Orleans to share information. Ms. Jackson reported that EPA has been focused on air, water, and sediment sampling to establish a baseline. This is critically important to show quantitatively what the BP oil drilling disaster will add to our environment. EPA is posting
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