Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Live Video Link of Damaged BP Oil Riser
May 24th, 2010BP video link
Jefferson Parish Officials Commandeered All of BP’s Hired Boats in Grand Isle
May 23rd, 2010Via: WWLTV: Jefferson Parish Emergency managers say they have commandeered all of BP’s hired boats in Grand Isle. A representative for Jefferson Parish Emergency chief Deano Bonano said they requested immediate action after oil moved into the marsh passes and onto the beaches in Grand Isle. He said more than 40 boats were sitting idle […]
California Throws Away Enough Food to Fill 35 Stadiums Per Year
May 22nd, 2010Over at Technofascism Blog, Tony writes, “Keep this story in mind next time you hear that nonsense from people like Bill Gates insisting we need GM crops to feed a hungry world.” Besides Atomic Audit, this represents just about the clearest proof that the depth of our society’s madness is infinite. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: […]
BP Admits Underestimating Oil Leaking from Gulf of Mexico Well
May 21st, 2010Imagine our shock. Via: Telegraph: BP was on Thursday accused of seriously underestimating the flow of oil from its Gulf of Mexico well. In a further blow the beleaguered oil giant was also ordered to use less toxic chemicals to disperse its growing slick. It came as more damaging, heavy crude hit Louisiana’s coastal wetlands […]
Oil as Thick as Chocolate Syrup on the Coast of Louisiana
May 20th, 2010What, no U.S. Coast Guard threatening the news crew with arrest on behalf of BP? Via: Technofascism Blog: According to a recent NPR article, Steve Wereley, engineering professor at Purdue University, estimates the oil spill as “now approaching 100,000 barrels a day. And, there’s another leak he has yet to analyze.” That’s 4.2 million gallons […]
U.S. COAST GUARD THREATENED CBS NEWS CREW WITH ARREST FOR FILMING OIL SPILL DISASTER; COAST GUARD SAID THAT THEY WERE ACTING UNDER AUTHORITY OF BRITISH PETROLEUM; “THIS IS BP RULES. IT’S NOT OURS.”
May 19th, 2010Via: CBS: Kelly Cobiella reports that a CBS News team was threatened with arrest by Coast Guard officials in the Gulf of Mexico who said they were acting under the authority of British Petroleum. Watch CBS News Videos Online
Air Tests from the Louisiana Coast Reveal Human Health Threats from the Oil Disaster
May 17th, 2010Via: Institute for Southern Studies: The media coverage of the BP oil disaster to date has focused largely on the threats to wildlife, but the latest evaluation of air monitoring data shows a serious threat to human health from airborne chemicals emitted by the ongoing deepwater gusher. Today the Louisiana Environmental Action Network released its […]
16X Fewer Federal Safety Inspections on Deepwater Horizon Than Required
May 17th, 2010Via: AP: The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that the oil rig be inspected at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows. Since January 2005, the federal Minerals Management […]
Gulf of Mexico Underwater Oil Plumes 10 Miles Long, 3 Miles Wide and 300 Feet Thick in Spots
May 16th, 2010Via: New York Times: Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates […]
GULF OIL LEAK MAY BE 14X WORSE THAN OFFICIAL ESTIMATE
May 14th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: U.S. Representative Edward Markey said he is concerned BP Plc’s well in the Gulf of Mexico may be leaking as much as 70,000 barrels of oil a day, compared with previous estimates of 5,000 barrels. Underestimating the spill may hinder efforts to control it, the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement yesterday. Markey […]
