Last Friday was the 2 year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The ramifications of the vast amount of oil and dispersant polluting the Gulf are still becoming clear, but the problem hasn’t gone away, nor is it likely to. The New Orleans Times-Picayune rounded up official statements from . . . → Read More: BP oil spill 2-year anniversary: link roundup
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  April 24th, 2012  Leave a comment  Oil Spills  BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill By Dr Bik, on November 10th, 2011 One comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dispersants, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill An e-mail just made me shout a barrage of expletives. In a good way. Some poor intern at Marine Science Review is probably wailing in the hospital, clenching his eye sockets in pain after trawling Google Scholar for 3 days straight. The science division at Sea Web have put together what looks to be the . . . → Read More: Holy Link Fest, Batman! My cup runneth over with oil spill literature
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, dolphins, Drilling, Macondo, Oil Spill Dear British Petroleum, WTF I hear you wanna be called Beyond Petroleum, now? Do you think you’re some kind of rap star or something?? Haha! Whatevs, let’s just go by our ole grade school nickname for you, BP. I know its been a while since I last wrote. It’s not like I was neglecting you . . . → Read More: Open Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 19th, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, elastec, Gulf of Mexico, NPR, oil, oil skimmer, Oil Spill, X Prize Story at NPR: A breakthrough in oil cleanup technology allows crews to skim spilled oil off the water’s surface at a much faster rate. The new device wasn’t developed by Exxon, BP or any of the major oil companies — it’s the work of Elastec/American Marine, based in Illinois. And the design won the company . . . → Read More: New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-Prize
By Dr Bik, on October 11th, 2011 3 comments Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill BP still has to pay the government for that little slip-up that happened last year. The Clean Water Act imposes punitive damages for any act of pollution carried out in US waters, with fines proportional to the magnitude of the environmental impact. For oil spills, damages are calculated according to the amount of hydrocarbons leaked . . . → Read More: Divvying up BP’s fine for restoration in the Gulf
By Dr Bik, on September 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill I can’t say its the most captivating document ever produced (unless you’ve got a thing for regulatory practices and safety recommendations), but it is an important document nonetheless: yesterday, the newly renamed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released its “Final Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20,2010 Macondo Well Blowout.” . . . → Read More: BOEMRE Final Report on Deepwater Horizon
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 7th, 2011 2 comments Books/Media, Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, documentary, Macondo, Oil Spill, Pretty Slick One year of the BP oil spill ecological catastrophe. I would really like to see this documentary. Pretty Slick movie clips (BP Gulf oil spill) from james fox on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}One year of the BP oil spill ecological catastrophe. I would really like to see this documentary. Pretty Slick movie clips (BP Gulf oil spill) from james fox on Vimeo…. By Kevin Zelnio, on August 31st, 2011 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Deep Sea Music, Ecology, Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, British Petroleum, bubble up, Deepwater Horizon, Julian Mock, Nick Santoro, Oil Spill Lyrics to Bubble Up! are here. BUBBLE UP is a song dedicated to the current state of the world, with music by julian mock and lyrics by nick santoro. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Lyrics to Bubble Up! are here. BUBBLE UP is a song dedicated to the current state of the world, with music by . . . → Read More: Bubble Up: A Deepwater Horizon Disaster Song
By Dr Bik, on July 25th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills, Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Unlike the blown out Macondo well, scientific data surrounding last year’s oil spill has been coming out in a painfully slow trickle. As the oil started flowing, scientists soon realized the unprecedented opportunities arising from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Samples collected at the gushing wellhead are now providing new insight into the transport and ultimate . . . → Read More: CSI Macondo: Fingerprinting the oil that got away
By Dr Bik, on June 28th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Oil Spill, restoration, seafood safety I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have been inserted into a nice little banner across the top of the site. The historic archive! Restoration Projects! Seafood Safety! I’d like to think that Deep-sea News had something to . . . → Read More: Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
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