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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lt. Cmdr. John Mixson, a C-130 pilot stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., explains the mission he and his crew executed June 8, 2010. Mixson and his aircrew conducted oil spill mapping over the Gulf of Mexico about 200 miles west of Clearwater in support of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel were on board and were in radio communication with other NOAA personnel on the research vessel Walton Smith to participate in the mapping. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.
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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

Long Cleanup Effort Ahead as Oil Slick Spreads along Gulf Coast
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) – Nearly seven weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, the ruptured well beneath it has spilled roughly 23 million to 50 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. That oil is now fouling a growing stretch of beaches and marshes along the Gulf Coast.
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Coast Guard account of Deepwater aftermath contradicts White House timeline (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom – Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity — a nonprofit that funds investigative journalism — reveal that the Coast Guard knew from the get-go that the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion was an environmental catastrophe in the making. The newly released Coast Guard log entries — which the center analyzed in conjunction with the New York Times — contradict public …
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Heavy oil spotted seven miles off coast Posted on May 5, 2010 at 3:44 PM Updated today at 3:44 PM Heavy oil has been spotted 7 miles off the coast of Southwest Pass, according to Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.

Democracy NOW! – DN! 1/2 We continue our discussion on the BP oil spill, we turn to its long-term ecological impact. Carl Safina, the founding president of Blue Ocean Institute, warns the ecological fallout from the spill may be felt across much of the world.Published with written permission from democracynow.org. www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Credits for this video belongs to democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. (3rd part video may be included under Fair Use)
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— — WFSFCS West Florida Continental Shelf forecast of surface trajectories for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 120-hour Forecast, May 30, 2010 – June 3, 2010 An arm of the oil slick appears to have exited the Loop Current and is drifting eastward aided by onshore winds. By June 3, oil is predicted to be 120 miles off the coast of Tampa Bay and Florida’s west coast. Satellite Imagery: NOAA Video: floridaoilspilllaw.com Tags dispersant riser pipe syphon gulf louisiana alabama mississippi miami lauderdale tampa “st. pete” “palm beach” turtles coral reef pelicans dolphins terns oilspill oilslick oil BP Deepwater Horizon Transocean Halliburton Anadarko wellhead junkshot containment boom dome rov rig blowout preventer “lower marine riser” LMRP “top hat” “top kill” containment dome hat ixtoc exxon valdez volcano geyser loop current gulfstream “new orleans” biloxi
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BP reporters Tom Seslar & Paula Kolmar are in the Gulf, meeting the people most immediately affected by the oil spill.
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