Monthly Archives: September 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Federal scientists said Thursday they had not found any visible oil on the sea floor around the BP PLC well that spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Other scientists say they have found a layer of oil on the sea floor. Janet Baran, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coordinating efforts to find what oil is [...]
Read More »We know that environmental and health impacts from the BP spill will haunt us for years, but it’s worth remembering that the economic effects will also linger. Making that point this week in a Press-Register was Bob Allsbrook, the chief economist for Regions Bank, in a Press-Register report. In an interview, the Allsbrook told the Register that: “… he was concerned it would take a long time for tourists to [...]
Read More »WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Thursday announced new rules requiring that offshore drilling rigs certify they have working blowout preventers and standards for cementing wells. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the new rules will improve safety and reduce the chance of catastrophic blowouts such as the massive BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He said the rules also should improve workplace safety by reducing the risk of human [...]
Read More »NEW ORLEANS — Federal and state government agencies and BP have entered a new and important phase in determining how much damage has been done to the ecosystem by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. On Wednesday, the government and BP said they had started to determine how much money it will take to repair the ecosystem damage. This is part of a legal process known as a natural resources [...]
Read More »MOBILE, Alabama – A majority of people in Alabama said the government should make restoring the Gulf Coast a top priority. That’s according to the results of a new poll. The poll on the gulf coast environment was a telephone survey of 409 likely voters across Alabama. It was presented by environmental groups, like Mobile Baykeeper. On how much the environmental health of the gulf coast region affects Alabama, a [...]
Read More »There’s a culture clash of sorts underway in Plaquemines Parish, and it illustrates both how bad things are getting for Gulf communities and how little residents are understood by claims czar Kenneth Feinberg and his crew. The Times-Picayune has reported that “about half” of Parish households are using form letters – some provided by Parish Council members on official letterhead – to seek payment for food costs. The concept is [...]
Read More »ORANGE BEACH, Alabama – Drilling for oil on Alabama beaches. “We’re looking for sub surface oil,” says team leader Jason Howes with Polaris Applied Sciences. His team is drilling for oil and finding it. “We start at the low water line and work up beyond the high tide line into the back shore. Over the crest of the berm is where we find some real thick accumulations,” says Howes. Curiosity [...]
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