Last night, over 100 people gathered in the French Quarter of New Orleans for a candlelight vigil organized by GRN to mark one month since the start of BP’s oil drilling disaster. A huge thank you to everyone who made it out!The explosion on April 20,2010 that claimed 11 workers’ lives has now become the …
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For well over a week, GRN has been publicly pointing out conflicts of interest that stem from BP’s role as coordinator of clean up efforts for BP’s oil drilling disaster. Oiled birds must rely on BP contractors to be found and cleaned, while volunteer animal rescuers are turned away. BP is asserting control over water …
Millions of gallons of crude oil in the wrong place. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; big, strong, fast, and an apex predator. One female can produce up to 40 million eggs. They spawn in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. They can live 30 years. A single fish can weigh hundreds of pounds and sell …
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After much public pressure, and an official request from Representative Edward Markey, BP has released a live video feed of the oil gushing from the ocean floor. You can find the feed in a lot of different locations, but as of this writing, most of them seem to be nonfunctional (presumably because of heavy traffic). …
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The oil slick from BP’s drilling disaster continues to expand and NOAA’s latest projections are now broken up into two maps. One for the main surface sheen and one for the tendril drifting towards the Loop Current and Florida. Skytruth is reporting that the slick is now approximately twice the size of New Jersey – …
On the night of April 20, 2010, BP’s oil drilling disaster began with a tragic explosion that claimed 11 lives, and now it has become the largest environmental disaster in US history. Today marks one month since the beginning of BP’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that sent shockwaves across the world, and the …
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NOAA is confirming that part of the oil slick has entered the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico. The Loop Current transports warm Caribbean water between the Yucatan and Cuba northward into the Gulf of Mexico, and then loops to the southeast towards the Florida Keys (eventually meeting up with the Gulf Stream). It’s …
Yesterday, on a trip to South Pass, Louisiana to survey the BP oil drilling disaster, CBS reporters were turned away by the Coast Guard under threat of arrest because of “BP’s rules.” Since this catastrophe first began almost a month ago, BP has attempted to restrict independent monitoring of the spill site and its impacts, …
Roughtongue Bass, Image Courtesy of Islands in the Stream 2001, NOAA/OER.The “Islands in the Stream” are a series of underwater coral reefs, banks, and ridges that ring the Gulf of Mexico – forming an incredibly biodiverse and productive chain of habitat across the Gulf. In 2008, NOAA and others attempted to seize the unique opportunity …
Since the BP oil drilling disaster began, residents and communities from across much of the Gulf coast have reported discovering tar balls washed up onshore. Some of the areas where they have been discovered include Dauphin Island, Alabama, Long Beach, Mississippi and, now the Florida Keys. BP’s drilling disaster is releasing massive quantities of oil …