Gulf Shores seeks NRDA money for beach access, property purchases, wetlands … al.com (blog) The money was supplied by BP PLC for environmental projects following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to project reports. Proposed Gulf Shores projects include buying about 65 acres between Little Lagoon and Oyster Bay, improved parking … Gulf Shores seeks grants for improvementsBizjournals.com
LSU professor and wetland ecologist, Dr. Irving Mendelssohn, answers questions about possible oil spill effects on wetlands, mechanisms of damage to plants, and pros and cons of clean-up procedures. Mendelssohn has studied the coastal habitats along the Louisiana coast for over 30 years and has published more than 100 scientific articles on wetlands, 25 on oil spill impacts. For more information on wetlands: thewetlandfoundation.org Video Rating: 4 / 5
Oil invades more wetlands as surf pounds Gulf coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc’s ruptured deep-sea well still several weeks away. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News
Could Obama Really Move the Mississippi to Save Gulf Wetlands?
No man can move mountains, but our President just might move the nation’s largest river. File under: whoa. The Beltway-connected historian Douglas Brinkley dropped something of a bombshell talking to Anderson Cooper about the administration’s response to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Brinkley suggests that on top of the short-term fixes—actually stopping the gusher and cleaning up the oil … Read more on GOOD
LSU professor and wetland ecologist, Dr. Irving Mendelssohn, answers questions about possible oil effects on wetlands, mechanisms of damage to vegetation, and pros and cons of clean-up procedures. Mendelssohn has studied the coastal habitats along the Louisiana coast for over 30 years and has published more than 100 scientific articles on wetlands, 25 on oil spill impacts. Video Rating: 0 / 5
In his fourth report from the Gulf, Planet BP reporter Tom Seslar tags along with photographer Marc Morrison, who introduces Tom to the people and lan Gulf of Mexico response
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