27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico

More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one, not industry, not government, is checking to see if they are leaking,

CHILDREN AT GREATEST RISK FROM OIL SPILL

Children live and breathe closer to the ground where toxics from the Gulf oil spill are more concentrated. Research has revealed that children don’t even have the biochemical tools to deal with some toxics until the age of seven.

BP Sets New Spill Target

Allegedly, BP wants to be able to describe the oil spill as finite, not infinite, and is pushing to fix its runaway Gulf oil well by July 27.

Agency Agreed Wildlife Risk From Oil Was ‘Low’

The federal agency charged with protecting endangered species signed off on the Minerals Management Service’s conclusion that deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf posed no significant risk to wildlife, despite evidence that a spill of even moderate size could be disastrous, according to federal documents.