EPA says tests show moderate health concerns with air 50 miles from Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency says the air in some places along the Louisiana coast poses a health risk to vulnerable people. Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
POLLS Boom sought as oil sheen lingers 170 miles off Collier, Lee coast
The oil spill still is a distant threat to Southwest Florida, but emergency managers are thinking boom. Read more on Marco Eagle
NOAA 72-hour offshore trajectory forecast for noon June 6, 2010 – June 8, 2010. By June 8 the outer boundary of the BP oil spill is forecast to be under 40 miles from the Tampa Bay area. Satellite Imagery: NOAA www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com 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 Video Rating: 5 / 5
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) Video Rating: 5 / 5
— — 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 Video Rating: 5 / 5