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!…
View More Open Letter to My Bros at British PetroleumCategory: Industry & Government
New Oil Skimmer Design Wins 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…
View More New Oil Skimmer Design Wins X-PrizeDeep Trouble for the Deep Sea
The deep sea is home to an estimated 10 million species, most of which have yet to be scientifically-documented. While this marine biodiversity rivals the…
View More Deep Trouble for the Deep SeaPretty 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)…
View More Pretty SlickBubble Up: A Deepwater Horizon Disaster Song
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…
View More Bubble Up: A Deepwater Horizon Disaster Song“Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave Labor
Two weeks ago I wrote about southeast Asian fishermen, mostly from Cambodia, being forced to work Thai and South Korean fishing vessels. Men are promised…
View More “Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave LaborSweeping Fishermen’s Human Rights Under the Rug
While some think that being a marine scientist is somehow more elitist than being a fisherman, they can’t be further from the truth. As a…
View More Sweeping Fishermen’s Human Rights Under the RugScaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys
Sea lampreys are invasive in the Great Lakes and cause quite a problem to both maritime industry and the local ecology. They are considered one…
View More Scaring the $#!& Out of LampreysFear the Manatee
NBC Sports is reporting on the Florida Tea Party’s recent hatred for one of its own State’s great symbols, the manatee. Quoting another article from…
View More Fear the ManateeMining The Deep: All About $ For the Government
The PNG Mine Watch blog posts some unfortunate news today about mining the hydrothermal vents of the PNG coast at the Solwara 1 site. Papua…
View More Mining The Deep: All About $ For the Government