PSDS: Louisiana Oil Spill Aerial View, Flight 3
Latest images taken by Scientists at the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines.
BP spill hits a somber record as Gulf’s biggest
The BP spill is the largest spill ever recorded offshore during peacetime. Measuring the spill helps scientists figure out where the missing oil is.
70,000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil
An effort to scoop thousands of turtle eggs from their nests to save them from death in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks in a desperate attempt to keep an entire generation of threatened species from vanishing.
criminal penalties when entering oil cleanup ‘safety zone’
News reporting is being criminalized under thinly veiled excuses. The total effect of all these restrictions is harming the public’s right to know.
UK backing loans for ‘risky’ offshore oil drilling in Brazil
The British government is subsidising one of the world’s largest and riskiest oil-drilling projects in the Atlantic Ocean.
US accepts Gulf oil spill aid from 12 countries
A total of 27 countries have offered assistance to the US government following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and International Law
It often takes a disaster to prompt international regulation.
Hands Across The Sand
Saturday, 820 Hands Across the Sand rallies were scheduled in all 50 US States and in 34 countries. Thousands of people worldwide gathered and stood hand in hand. The goal, as organizers put it, was to “form symbolic barriers against spilling oil.”
Beneath the Surface: if only it were just a nightmare
As the tropical storm Alex raises concerns over what might happen to efforts to contain the oil if BP is forced to abandon the area for a while, forecasters have said they can’t speculate about what rough weather would do to oil in the water.