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Oil Fouls Louisiana Marshes, Seeps Into Gulf Current
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
National Public Radio: A BP official conceded Thursday that more oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico than the company had previously acknowledged, as crude from the massive spill seeped into coastal areas from Louisiana to Alabama. Company spokesman Mark Proegler said about 5,000 barrels of oil a day are being diverted by a mile-long tube inserted into the leaking pipeline -- equal to the amount that BP and the government have estimated is gushing out. But Proegler said some oil is still escaping into ...
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BP accused of cover-up
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
Reuters: The U.S. government Thursday accused energy giant BP of falling short in the information it has provided about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in a clear sign of Washington's growing frustration with BP's handling of the spiraling environmental disaster. "In responding to this oil spill, it is critical that all actions be conducted in a transparent manner, with all data and information related to the spill readily available to the United States government and the American people," ...
Limited biofuel land compatible with food: Industry
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
Reuters: A large but limited amount of land can be used to provide plant-based fuel without cutting the world's food supply, environmentalists and consultants told a global biofuels gathering on Wednesday. Governments around the world have promoted biofuels in order to cut greenhouse emissions and their dependence on fossil fuels, as well as prevent pollution. "In climate change, in oil spills, the Earth is paying the price for providing us with all this easy, unsustainable oil," Margo ...
Scientists Fault U.S. Response in Assessing Gulf Oil Spill
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
New York Times: Tensions between the Obama administration and the scientific community over the gulf oil spill are escalating, with prominent oceanographers accusing the government of failing to conduct an adequate scientific analysis of the damage and of allowing BP to obscure the spill's true scope. The scientists assert that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies have been slow to investigate the magnitude of the spill and the damage it is causing in the deep ocean. ...
Some Oil From Spill Reaches Current
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
New York Times: Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said Wednesday that sheets of heavy crude oil from the offshore spill had seeped deep into the delicate marshes around the mouth of the Mississippi River. He called on the federal government to approve a plan to build sand berms to protect the bayou country. "These are not tar balls, this is not sheen, this is heavy oil,' Mr. Jindal told reporters on a pier here, holding up a plastic bag full of sticky brownish liquid, after taking a helicopter and boat ...
Oil Spill Has Florida Worried About Hit to Tourism
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 20th, 2010
New York Times: Off Florida's Gulf Coast, the seas are calm and the king mackerel are running. Capt. Joe Meadows's telephone should be ringing with bookings for his 42-foot sport-fishing boat for the summer season. Instead, the calls are from reservation holders wondering if they should cancel. In a state already reeling from foreclosures and unemployment, those whose livelihood depends on visitors lathered in sunscreen are trying to persuade tourists scared off by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...