I just wanted to remind everyone that BP is still running ads like this on TV. When this came on, my mouth literally dropped and…
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Citizen Science to track lingering oil in the Gulf
Although most of the media has now forgotten about that oil spill thing that happened last year, I’m consistently impressed by strength of ongoing citizen…
View More Citizen Science to track lingering oil in the GulfNPR’s oil spill Hat Trick
Once again this week, NPR was subtly poking us all with a stick—“Hey, remember that oil spill that happened last year?” I love NPR. ‘Fog…
View More NPR’s oil spill Hat TrickOil Spill Update: Deep-Sea Degradation
More bad news from the oil spill front. University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye reporting findings from her fifth Gulf of Mexico expedition since the…
View More Oil Spill Update: Deep-Sea DegradationBP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment Company
BP announced today that it has joined Chevron, ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil and Shell as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company LLC (MWCC), a non-profit…
View More BP Joins Gulf of Mexico Marine Well Containment CompanyThe oil industry’s ‘Culture of Complacency’
Last week, Dr. M and I attended a captivating lecture at Duke university, delivered by none other than the honorable William K. Reilly (co-chair of…
View More The oil industry’s ‘Culture of Complacency’No S*&%t Sherlock, dispersants DON’T degrade quickly
Another disturbing paper about the BP oil spill was published this week. The new study from Wood’s Hole researchers shows lingering traces of dispersant in…
View More No S*&%t Sherlock, dispersants DON’T degrade quickly1.9.2011 Sunday Spill Roundup: Advance Preview of Oil Spill Commision Report
“A blowout in deepwater was not a statistical inevitability.” An eloquent and succinct line from the National Oil Spill Commission’s Report on the Deepwater Horizon…
View More 1.9.2011 Sunday Spill Roundup: Advance Preview of Oil Spill Commision ReportOil Spill Blame For Everyone!
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill just released a key chapter from their final report. Long story short…everyone is to blame. The…
View More Oil Spill Blame For Everyone!1.2.2011 New year, same old oil spill
Well its 2011, and now we’ll have to talk about the Deepwater Horizon disaster as last year’s oil spill. Unfortunately, we can’t make a New…
View More 1.2.2011 New year, same old oil spill