Diane Castle
With all the recent posts highlighting everything bad that’s going on in the Gulf, I wanted to take a beat and talk about what’s good down there. Namely, EcoRigs.
EcoRigs
EcoRigs is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to save retired oil rig platforms from removal to be redeployed for… Continue reading
The tar balls that washed up all across the Gulf Coast post Hurricane Lee are confirmed matches for the Louisiana crude that spewed from the ocean floor after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. What’s more, a study by Auburn University revealed this week that the the oil has barely degraded… Continue reading
Civil engineering faculty members at Auburn University analyzed the tar balls littering Alabama beaches after Hurricane Lee. Preliminary results confirm that the chemical signature of the tar balls, which have washed up from tar mat fragments offshore, is the same as that of the oil from teh BP Deepwater Horizon… Continue reading
While mainstream media has made a few mentions of the tar balls that washed ashore on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Lee, it has neglected to mention the high volume of fresh oil that has washed up in various places, including Fourchon Beach, Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, and Bay… Continue reading
I’m encouraged to see that local media is at least reporting on the tar balls and tar mats, but I have yet to see any reports about where the fresh oil is coming from and what will be done about it, except from. . . Al Jazeera? What’s wrong… Continue reading
In an effort to show the world the harm BP has inflicted on the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast Residents have banded together to create a comprehensive presentation of images from the beaches as they are right now. I repeat, these are NOT images from 2010 immediately after the spill.… Continue reading
Here it is: videographic evidence of massive amounts of oil and Corexit all over the Gulf beaches, both before and after Hurricane Lee. I want to emphasize that this is happening NOW. These are not shots from 2010. If you ask me, this is pretty damning evidence that the BP… Continue reading
A must watch! Visit the Pretty Slick web site here!
Pretty Slick movie clips (BP Gulf oil spill) from james fox on Vimeo.
Find out more about the legal thriller, Black Oil, Red Blood here. A portion of the proceeds benefits Gulf People Helping People. Read for… Continue reading
Taken from the Facebook Group: Civil Disobedience 2011 Style because “The Oil is Still Here and So Are We”
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The day after Labor Day, September 6, 2011 we will issue a wake up call to relevant governmental entities… Continue reading
BP has set up a $500 million dollar fund to study the effects of the oil spilled during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. Today, theeagle.com announced that A&M will receive $14.4 million of that $500 million-dollar fund.
Piers Chapman, the head of A&M’s oceanography department says that research will… Continue reading
