How many years later? Want to know how much oil remains in the Gulf, buried off the coast in Louisiana, how much that oil might still tarnish the sea life, how much oil, still remaining from the Deepwater Horizon could potentially come ashore as a result of the next hurricane? Tough. Ed Overton, speaking at the three day “Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem … Continue reading Not their fault, again…
Oil sheen… Lots of oil sheen and lots of testing of oil from those sheens… And weeks later, the people of the Gulf Coast are no closer to determining just what the hell is happening down at the Macondo Well site, if anything… And British Petroleum, the Coast Guard and the NOAA seem to be in no real hurry to find out either, and that’s … Continue reading What is BP hiding now, and why is the Coast Guard and NOAA helping?
Ed. Note: Times Picayune now reporting investigators from both BP and the Coast Guard have gone out to the well site and found nothing. BP plans to send a ROV down to the seafloor tonight to determine if the well is leaking. Also, tests on the oil sheen spotted by Press-Register reporters has come back as a match to the oil that spilled last year. … Continue reading And still more about the (still not) leaking Macondo Well…
Okay, missed this one first time around, but damn, couldn’t just let it go… From the AP: If a hurricane hits, the Obama administration’s response plan says workers must sort out where the oil came from and who should pay for it “prior to removal of contaminated debris…the cleanup process after a storm will require representative sampling and investigative work to maintain accountability,” the 35-page … Continue reading If a Hurricane Hits Gulf Oil, Bring the Lab, Not the Cleanup…
BP and the Coast Guard used Corexit in unprecedented numbers in the Gulf of Mexico. The dispersant is designed to bond with the oil and sink the mix of chemical and crude deep, far away from shore and while this is indeed happening, depleting the oxygen and poisoning the lowest rung of the food chain on the sea floor, unfortunately it is also beginning to now wash … Continue reading Traces of Corexit Washing Up On Alabama Beaches?
Welcome one, welcome all! The game is called the Presidential Oil Spill Commission and this episode features the use of Dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico Catastraphuk. The people had their day to complain to the commission earlier in the week, questioning the wisdom of using such harsh chemicals in the Gulf when long-range effects were unknown…but today is another day…this showdown is between the … Continue reading Conversation ‘Bout Dispersants, Presidential Oil Spill Comission Style – The Rundown
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