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Gulf Oil Spill Update: Fishing Resumes in Pensacola, Dispersant Concerns Linger
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 2) -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced Monday that state waters in the Pensacola region of Florida are now reopened to commercial fishing of finfish and shrimp. "I have heard first-hand from commercial fishermen and seafood processors about not only the importance of getting back to their livelihoods, but also their commitment to protecting the health of their customers and making sure consumers have the most up-to-date and accurate information available," Hamburg said in an FDA statement. Fishing Reopens, With an Asterisk The Florida announcement ...
Oil-Stained Gulf Coast Expects Glum Fourth of July
By not in system - AOL NewsDAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (July 2) - Fireworks displays have been canceled. White-sand beaches that should be crowded with sunbathers are instead dotted with cleanup workers, booms and sand-sifting equipment. Normally packed hotels are trying to fill rooms ahead of what is a crucial weekend for beach businesses. Across the oil-stained Gulf Coast, it's going to be a glum Fourth of July. "We got hit right between the eyes in June. July is starting to look like a total disaster," moaned hotel owner Julian MacQueen, who said his 181-room Hampton Inn in Pensacola Beach, Fla., should be booked solid ...
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 ...
Viral Video: 'Mommy Get the Oil Off!'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis was the week that oil came to Florida's beaches. On Wednesday, Pensacola Beach was blackened with oil. Nearby Destin Beach, which had largely been spared the outward effects of BP's downed Deepwater Horizon rig, was also stung with the realization that it could no longer claim its sands were free of oil. Perhaps no single piece of video captured that turn of fortune better than the following YouTube clip, in which a little girl playing on the shore steps in the toxic, oily muck and cries, "Mommy, get the oil off!" While cleanup crews have been dispatched to Pensacola and Destin, ...
Tropical Storm Forming in Gulf Could Disrupt Oil Spill Effort
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAccording to the National Hurricane Center, there is an 80 percent chance that a low-pressure system in the southern Gulf of Mexico will form into a storm over the next 48 hours. If it does, and that storm follows a projected path northward toward the Gulf Coast of the United States, oil spill containment efforts will be thrown into disarray. On its website, NOAA said the following about the as-yet-unnamed storm: An air force reconnaissance plane is currently approaching the system to determine if a tropical depression has formed. Regardless ... upper level winds are becoming more ...
Pensacola Beach Closed Due to Oil Spill
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIt came ashore on Wednesday, and by Thursday it had caused the state of Florida to officially close Pensacola Beach. In a development that no one wanted to see, thick toxic oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon spill blackened the famous beach and sent clean-up crews into overdrive. Touring Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist called the sight of the oil "disgusting." The Pensacola News Journal, meanwhile, reacted with bitterness to the fouling of the city's central tourist attraction: The sign at Pensacola Beach Properties boasted "Always has been, always will be -- the most ...
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. ...
Pensacola Beach Receives 'Most Oil So Far' Overnight [PHOTOS]
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyThey knew it was coming, but they had no idea how bad it would be, until today. The residents of Pensacola Beach, Fla., awoke this morning to a shore covered with the most oil they had seen since the spill began, according to ABC "Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion. Champion announced the news via his Twitter account around 10 a.m. He also uploaded photos of the oil covering the beachfront. Photos Tweets .bbpBox16850707055 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/43396750/SAM_TWITTER_abc_bg1__2_.JPG) #ffffff;padding:20px;} ...
Top 5 Questions About BP's Tony Hayward, Answered
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs more and more oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon well has poured into the Gulf of Mexico, interest in the company's CEO, Tony Hayward, has steadily risen. A series of unfortunate remarks made by Hayward--including his frustrated declaration "I want my life back"--have further heightened America's curiosity about the man. Among all the many questions being asked about Hayward, however, Surge Desk has tracked the five most frequently asked, and we've sent our research department into action to find the answers. 1. What is Tony Haward's salary? According to Forbes magazine, Hayward earned a ...
Whopping BP Dividend Payment Approved
By David Knowles - Politics DailyShareholders of BP breathed a partial sigh of relief on Tuesday at the news that the embattled oil company will pay out $2.63 billion in dividends for the first quarter of 2010. The bad news for BP investors? Rising political pressure and public outrage are making a second quarter payout far from certain. Despite mounting clean up costs for the Gulf oil spill, and a plummeting stock value, the company says it is on track to pay nearly $10.5 billion in dividends to its shareholders in 2010. That figure is slightly higher than the $10 billion it paid out in 2008 and 2009. In Washington, ...
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