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Oil From Spill Threatens Louisiana’s Marshes
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2010
National Public Radio: The oil spill from the blown-out well off the coast of Louisiana is seeping into marshlands that serve as critical wildlife habitat and as buffers against violent storms. Officials are considering a range of cleanup options -- including burning out the oil, and the marshes with it -- but some of them may do more harm than good. At the Venice Marina in Venice, La., the scene on a recent day was one of summer serenity. It was a stark contrast to the sight of petroleum sliming the ...
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Federal Gulf cleanup costs at $87M and rising
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2010
Associated Press: Federal officials say cleaning up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already cost the government $87 million, making it the third-most expensive cleanup effort in the nation's history. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry has distributed that money to state and federal agencies directly involved in the cleanup. Those include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which projects the oil slick's trajectory, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which rescues ...
Gulf Oil Spill Worst in U.S. History; Drilling Postponed
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 27th, 2010
National Geographic: Today federal officials expressed cautious optimism that BP's "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working. Meanwhile, the true size of the disaster--and its potential to reshape U.S. energy policy--has become clearer. Hours after the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released estimates that affirm the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the worst in U.S. history, President Obama announced new limits on U.S. offshore drilling to allow for ...
United Kingdom: Extreme droughts to be ‘more common’
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on May 27th, 2010
Independent (UK): Britain is heading for water shortages and crop failures as extreme droughts like that of 1976 become more frequent, experts have warned. A Met Office study on how climate change could affect the frequency of extreme droughts in the UK has found they will become more common by 2100, and to put the droughts in context, conditions seen in 1976 were used as a benchmark -- one of the worst droughts on record. The Met Office climate model was used to run a number of simulations and ...