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AP via Yahoo News: Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead.
Anyone surprised?
Meanwhile, from the Biloxi Sun-Herald: Infant dolphins dying in high numbers
Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.The Sun Herald has learned that 17 young dolphins, either aborted before they reached maturity or dead soon after birth, have been collected along the shorelines.This is the first birthing season for dolphins since the spill.
Anyone surprised?
Meanwhile, from the Biloxi Sun-Herald: Infant dolphins dying in high numbers
Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.The Sun Herald has learned that 17 young dolphins, either aborted before they reached maturity or dead soon after birth, have been collected along the shorelines.This is the first birthing season for dolphins since the spill.
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Update
Sep. 14th, 2010 08:10 amRemember that oil spill that was in the national news a few months back? It's not just a memory on the Gulf Coast.
WDSU: Researchers: Thick Oil Coats Gulf Sea Floor
"Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil from the busted BP well on the sea's muddy and mysterious bottom. Oil at least two inches thick was found Sunday night and Monday morning about a mile beneath the surface. Under it was a layer of dead shrimp and other small animals, said University of Georgia researcher Samantha Joye, speaking from the helm of a research vessel in the Gulf."
Times-Picayune: New wave of oil comes ashore west of Mississippi River
"About 16 miles of coastal beaches in Plaquemines Parish from Sandy Point to Chalon Pass were lined with black oil and tar balls. Meanwhile anglers returning to Lafitte told Sidney Bourgeois, of Joe's Landing, that new oil was surfacing on the eastern side of Barataria Bay in the Bay Jimmie, Bay Wilkerson and in Bay Baptiste areas."
Baton Rouge Advocate: An oil wave still possible
"LSU coastal scientist Gregory Stone notes that significant amounts of oil that leaked into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still poised to come into Louisiana’s sensitive coastal marshes."
WWL: Dead whale and thousands of dead fish found near Venice Louisiana shipping canal
WDSU: Researchers: Thick Oil Coats Gulf Sea Floor
"Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil from the busted BP well on the sea's muddy and mysterious bottom. Oil at least two inches thick was found Sunday night and Monday morning about a mile beneath the surface. Under it was a layer of dead shrimp and other small animals, said University of Georgia researcher Samantha Joye, speaking from the helm of a research vessel in the Gulf."
Times-Picayune: New wave of oil comes ashore west of Mississippi River
"About 16 miles of coastal beaches in Plaquemines Parish from Sandy Point to Chalon Pass were lined with black oil and tar balls. Meanwhile anglers returning to Lafitte told Sidney Bourgeois, of Joe's Landing, that new oil was surfacing on the eastern side of Barataria Bay in the Bay Jimmie, Bay Wilkerson and in Bay Baptiste areas."
Baton Rouge Advocate: An oil wave still possible
"LSU coastal scientist Gregory Stone notes that significant amounts of oil that leaked into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still poised to come into Louisiana’s sensitive coastal marshes."
WWL: Dead whale and thousands of dead fish found near Venice Louisiana shipping canal
WKRG Mobile - Pensacola: More Oil Washes Up In Gulf Shores
Bloomberg interview last month with the late Matthew Simmons on YouTube: Video: Matthew Simmons Discusses BP's Oil Leak in Gulf of Mexico
"If they'd said the truth, they'd all go to jail".
Huffington Post: Where's the Oil? Here, There, and Everywhere
Lisa Suatoni, Natural Resources Defense Council: Breaking down the science in the government's "oil budget" report on the Gulf
Alabama Live: Oil washes up on Baldwin County beaches
""We've been saying there's submerged oil coming into (Perdido Pass) for some time and (BP PLC) completely dismissed our concerns and our accounts," said Orange Beach Mayor Kennon.
""BP keeps telling us there is no oil, to skim or otherwise, and we keep telling them there is," said Orange Beach Coastal Resource Manager Phillip West. "We're skimming it." BP spokesman Ray Melick said that company officials "don't believe what the mayor's crew is finding is oil.""
WLOX Biloxi Gulfport: Tar balls, dead fish & no clean up crews worry Hancock Co. residents
Bloomberg interview last month with the late Matthew Simmons on YouTube: Video: Matthew Simmons Discusses BP's Oil Leak in Gulf of Mexico
"If they'd said the truth, they'd all go to jail".
Huffington Post: Where's the Oil? Here, There, and Everywhere
Lisa Suatoni, Natural Resources Defense Council: Breaking down the science in the government's "oil budget" report on the Gulf
Alabama Live: Oil washes up on Baldwin County beaches
""We've been saying there's submerged oil coming into (Perdido Pass) for some time and (BP PLC) completely dismissed our concerns and our accounts," said Orange Beach Mayor Kennon.
""BP keeps telling us there is no oil, to skim or otherwise, and we keep telling them there is," said Orange Beach Coastal Resource Manager Phillip West. "We're skimming it." BP spokesman Ray Melick said that company officials "don't believe what the mayor's crew is finding is oil.""
WLOX Biloxi Gulfport: Tar balls, dead fish & no clean up crews worry Hancock Co. residents
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Good news; former TS Bonnie is fizzling out as a minor depression. Picayune
Meanwhile:
Palm Beach Post: Deep sea plume in Gulf 'changes concept' of an oil spill
"micro-droplets of oil, too small for the human eye, have streamed out from the spill site in plumes, adding a third dimension beyond the smelly slick and glumpy tarballs spreading across the map. [...] University of South Florida researchers said they confirmed that the invisible plumes they detected in May, 50 miles from the well, near the DeSoto Canyon that ferries nutrient-rich deep-sea water to Florida's western shore, did indeed come from the BP spill site."
"At the deepest level, the USF researchers found oil at about 0.75 parts per million. That's less than the 1 part per million that's commonly considered acutely toxic, Hollander said, but he cautioned that exposure time also matters. Some sealife have likely been exposed to those levels of oil for months, potentially making it as damaging as more concentrated oil, he added. The oil droplets could coat fish gills, be eaten by larval fish, or kill fish eggs, he said. As a result, the dispersed oil could have a long-term impact on the Gulf's marine life, he said, a picture that may not be fully understood for years."
Alternet/The Nation: BP Hides Use of Black Prison Labor For Oil Gusher Cleanup
"When the BP oil gusher mess first began, BP hired prison labor in order to reap tax benefits instead of hiring coastal residents whose livelihoods crashed with the explosion of the wellhead. When the community expressed their outrage, BP did not stop the practice of using prison labor. No, apparently BP simply tried to literally cover-up the use of prison labor by changing the clothing worn by the inmates to give the appearance of a civilian workforce."
And on the how the disaster was allowed to happen in the first place front:
Bloomberg: Alarms Were Disabled on Transocean's Gulf Oil Rig
Meanwhile:
Palm Beach Post: Deep sea plume in Gulf 'changes concept' of an oil spill
"micro-droplets of oil, too small for the human eye, have streamed out from the spill site in plumes, adding a third dimension beyond the smelly slick and glumpy tarballs spreading across the map. [...] University of South Florida researchers said they confirmed that the invisible plumes they detected in May, 50 miles from the well, near the DeSoto Canyon that ferries nutrient-rich deep-sea water to Florida's western shore, did indeed come from the BP spill site."
"At the deepest level, the USF researchers found oil at about 0.75 parts per million. That's less than the 1 part per million that's commonly considered acutely toxic, Hollander said, but he cautioned that exposure time also matters. Some sealife have likely been exposed to those levels of oil for months, potentially making it as damaging as more concentrated oil, he added. The oil droplets could coat fish gills, be eaten by larval fish, or kill fish eggs, he said. As a result, the dispersed oil could have a long-term impact on the Gulf's marine life, he said, a picture that may not be fully understood for years."
Alternet/The Nation: BP Hides Use of Black Prison Labor For Oil Gusher Cleanup
"When the BP oil gusher mess first began, BP hired prison labor in order to reap tax benefits instead of hiring coastal residents whose livelihoods crashed with the explosion of the wellhead. When the community expressed their outrage, BP did not stop the practice of using prison labor. No, apparently BP simply tried to literally cover-up the use of prison labor by changing the clothing worn by the inmates to give the appearance of a civilian workforce."
And on the how the disaster was allowed to happen in the first place front:
Bloomberg: Alarms Were Disabled on Transocean's Gulf Oil Rig
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A Few Things BP Does NOT Want You to Know
Jun. 22nd, 2010 12:06 pmMercola.com: Just a Few Things BP Does NOT Want You to Know
More for anyone who hasn't had a bad news overdose yet, including such tidbits as "the average age at the time of death of workers who cleaned up after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill was 51".
Monbiot in The Guardian: Don't cry for investors burned by BP. They were warned loud and clear
More for anyone who hasn't had a bad news overdose yet, including such tidbits as "the average age at the time of death of workers who cleaned up after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill was 51".
Monbiot in The Guardian: Don't cry for investors burned by BP. They were warned loud and clear
NY TimesOfficial estimate of oil gusher flow doubled again
Examiner: And that may still be a major lowballing of the true scope of the disaster
Examiner: Contingency plan to evacuate Tampa Bay ready (?!)
Meanwhile BP's ecological remediation efforts:
WWL: BP cleanup teams crush Brown Pelican nests, eggs, chicks. "The lack of urgency and general disregard for Louisiana’s wetlands and wildlife is enough to make you sick," (Plaqumines Parish President Billy) Nungesser said.
YouTube video:Interview with Venice, Louisiana, Boat Captain by Catherine Craig. BP drives away animal rescuers, incinerate live critically endangered Kemp Ridley sea turtles in oil burns.
Rawstory version: BP ‘burning sea turtles alive’
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Mother Jones: Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?
Examiner: And that may still be a major lowballing of the true scope of the disaster
Examiner: Contingency plan to evacuate Tampa Bay ready (?!)
Meanwhile BP's ecological remediation efforts:
WWL: BP cleanup teams crush Brown Pelican nests, eggs, chicks. "The lack of urgency and general disregard for Louisiana’s wetlands and wildlife is enough to make you sick," (Plaqumines Parish President Billy) Nungesser said.
YouTube video:Interview with Venice, Louisiana, Boat Captain by Catherine Craig. BP drives away animal rescuers, incinerate live critically endangered Kemp Ridley sea turtles in oil burns.
Rawstory version: BP ‘burning sea turtles alive’
[edited to add]
Mother Jones: Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?
