NOAA Gulf of Mexico oil spill trajectory forecasts for Sunday through Tuesday
Matthew Hinton / The Times-PicayuneOil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico coats grass on Grand Terre Island Saturday. NEARSHORE TRAJECTORY FORECAST MAPS NOAA now releases trajectory forecast maps once a day predicting the extent and… Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
Gulf of Mexico oil spill intensifies political debate on offshore drilling
Florida voters face choice in Senate race The oil spill has turned a national debate over offshore drilling into a campaign issue. Once the nation’s largest spill is contained, pressures to drill are bound to resume. Florida’s next senator likely will play a prominent role in the debate. Read more on Sun-Sentinel
Pitt researcher says simple polymer-based filter successfully cleans water, recovers oil in Gulf of Mexico tests
( University of Pittsburgh ) In response to the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Pittsburgh engineering professor has developed a technique for separating oil from water via a cotton filter coated in a chemical polymer that blocks oil while allowing water to pass through. The researcher reports that the filter was successfully tested off the coast of Louisiana and shown to … Read more on EurekAlert!
Sorenson Squeeze Powers “Drilled by BP” Coverage of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
SAN DIEGO—-Fishbuzz.tv founder Captain Jon Brett describes how Sorenson Squeeze 6 helped him chronicle the impact of the British Petroleum disaster. Sorenson Squeeze enabled Brett to quickly and easily publish high-quality video content to his “Drilled by BP” website that powerfully captured the impact of the oil spill on the environmental ecosystem, local economy and fishing in the rapidly … Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Industrial3d creates video for CNN with a video showing a typical blowout preventer working properly and showing it not working properly, for example if the pipe rams were not close the pipe might be bent or not centered and therefore could cause the shear rams not to work. or if the pipe joint was in the area of the shear rams, the shear rams would not be able to cut through the pipe joint. or if the wall thickness was to big on the drill-pipe. Video Rating: 3 / 5
Astrology: Neptune = BP = Hiding the Truth? Patterns of the oil spill and it’s effects on the environment, Americans and the economic and political system Video Rating: 5 / 5
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster is a human and an environmental tragedy. We must focus on the steps we can take right now to reduce harm to coastal ecosystems and the people who depend on them. One critically important way for you to have an immediate impact is to support Ocean Conservancy’s oil spill restoration efforts. Please go to www.oceanconservancy.org to help me and our rapid response team carry out the important work of restoring the Gulf. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Arrival of hurricane season in Gulf of Mexico adds new fears over continuing Deepwater Horizon oil spill
NEW YORK – The 2010 Hurricane season, which is predicted by meteorologists to be “active or extremely active” has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico where BP is still struggling amid myriad failures to stem the flow of oil from its leak that is now in its 42nd day. Read more on Bellona Foundation
Feds ban fishing in more Gulf of Mexico waters because of creeping oil slick
Fishing has been banned in more waters off Florida because of the creeping oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on Fox News
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