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Why Is BP Delaying the Bottom Kill Operation Till September?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday that BP's unruly well won't be killed once and for all until September. Original estimates had planned for the bottom kill -- which will kill the well for good -- to take place this month. At several points, emergency crews were even said to be ahead of schedule on the project, but no longer. How come? As Allen explained in a press conference Thursday, "All of this has been done over an overabundance of caution related to minimizing risk associated with the intersection of the well," adding, "We are very, very close to the ...
New Gulf Oil Leak in Pictures
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 27) -- Just as BP and the country were getting used to the thought of having finally contained the country's worst oil spill (at least temporarily), a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday opened a new leak in another company's wellhead, spraying a 100-foot-high plume of natural gas into the air and water just off the Louisiana coast. Fortunately, as a statement from Louisiana's affected Jefferson Parish attests, the leak emanating from the Cedyco Corp. wellhead is nowhere near as severe as the BP spill. The parish's public information office notes that "the volume of oil ...
Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms Near Bahamas
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 22) -- After a day of anticipation and dread, it's finally here: Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second named tropical storm this season, officially formed as of 6:15 p.m. EDT today, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm formed about 200 miles southeast of Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas, near the Turks and Caicos Islands, and is traveling northwest at 14 mph, with minimum sustained wind speeds of 40 mph. Check out the approximate location of Bonnie at this time: Powered by storm-tracking software from Stormpulse.com Current weather models are projecting that the ...
Waves From Hurricane Alex Could Send Fresh Oil Onto Florida Beaches
By David Knowles - Politics DailyTropical Storm Alex is expected to be upgraded to hurricane status over the next day or so. With its higher winds, the storm will also generate bigger waves, some of which are forecast to roll across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. In today's Pensacola News Journal, that prospect is just the latest cause for concern for local residents. Florida Department of Emergency Management meteorologist Amy Godsey said rough waves churned by the storm will disrupt efforts to corral and burn surface oil and will likely push more oil and tar onto Panhandle beaches throughout the week. As the ...
Gulf Coast Plea: 'Keep Buying Our Louisiana Seafood'
By Ben Sandmel - Politics DailyLike concentric waves from the splash of a thrown stone, economic damage from the BP oil spill continues to radiate ever-further outward. South Louisiana's seafood industry bore the initial brunt of this ongoing disaster, but now that impact has reached a second beachhead of service businesses and suppliers. In the small town of Dulac, for instance, some 80 miles southwest of New Orleans, revenue is way down at the Huey Ice Co. "Usually at this time of year," owner Marty Theriot said, "I make and sell about 300 blocks of ice per day. Those blocks weigh 300 pounds each, so we're looking at ...
Oil Spill Death Toll Rising: 13 People, 1,024 Birds, 407 Turtles
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe news from the gulf seems to get worse with every passing day. Today alone, came word that two cleanup workers have died and that BP's oil containment cap had to be removed following a malfunction. Wednesday's deaths mean that 13 people have now died in connection with the Deepwater Horizon accident. Animals, however, are faring even worse. Here are the latest figures from the Deepwater Horizon Response: Dead birds: 1,024 Dead sea turtles: 407 Dead mammals: 47 With oil once again flowing freely into the gulf, those bleak numbers are certain to continue rising. ...
Birds, Turtles Cooked Alive in Gulf Oil Spill [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs BP struggles to mitigate the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, animals continue to suffer the effects of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Here are two graphic reminders of the toll being felt by the animals of the Gulf of Mexico. First, Mike Ellis, a boat captain who is attempting to help BP with the cleanup, describes his efforts to save Kemp's Ridley turtles, and finding the endangered animals caught in the oil company's burn-offs. Second, here is a report by NBC News on the plight of birds such as the endangered brown pelican, which, after finding ...
Gulf Oil Spill Update: Flow Rate Could be Double Previous Estimates
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHow high will it go? Government appointed teams have once again raised official estimates of just how much oil is spewing forth from the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. In what has become an all-too-common act of revision, the new staggering amount of oil believed to be pouring into the gulf each and every day is anywhere between 25,000 and 30,000 barrels. The precise amount of leaking oil is a matter of debate among the Department of the Interior's Flow Rate Group, however, with low estimates closer to 20,000 barrels per day and higher ones hitting 40,000 barrels. ...
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