Where in the world is Will (YYN995)?Will is an adult male Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. He washed ashore near Port Aransas, Texas on April 19, 2009. He was nursed back to health by Tony Amos and the good folks at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), on the campus of the University of Texas Marine Science …
NOAA’s latest trajectory map for the oil slick, click to enlarge:
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 …
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
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. …
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 …
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. …
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
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 …