New York Times: Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from BP’s well since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, according to the latest data. That amount outstrips the…
Category: BP Disaster
Oil dispersant may be washing up
Mobile Press Register is reporting that the stained, brown water seen washing up in pockets along Alabama beaches for the last two weeks appears to contain the dispersant widely used on oil…
Perdido Key In Hunt For Pepsi Disaster Grant
According to the Perdido Key Chamber: Pepsi has a grant contest going on right now to help “Refresh the Gulfâ€. The Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away an extra $1.3 million to…
DEP Sole turns in resignation
Mike Sole, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, sent Gov. Charlie Crist a letter of resignation, effective Sept. 10, 2010, “now that the Deepwater Horizon well has been capped, and…
Pensacola homes could lose $40K in value
CoreLogic, a California-based provider of information, analytics and business services, reported today that the impact of the BP DeepWater Horizon oil spill on home values in the coastal counties along the Gulf…
Buzz: Huge oil plume 30 mi. off our beach
The talk among some of the workers hired to fight the BP oil disaster is that a huge plume of oil has been found 30 miles off of Pensacola Beach. It’s approximately…
Menhaden may be key indicator of Gulf health
The Mobile Press Register writes that the sudden and complete crash of the herring population in the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill holds a powerful lesson for the scientists and regulators…
Static top kill has risks
The drilling insider forum The Oil Drum describes the static top kill process and the risks involved. The two risks involved are: 1) It may not work at all and 2) it…
Rewrite of disaster begins, don’t believe it
The Daily Telegraph is now questioning whether Deepwater Horizon qualifies as an environmental disaster. According to Alex Spillius, the oil has evaporated, only three dolphins were killed, few birds hurt (less than…
BP Promises $100 Million More
Press Release: BP today announced that it will establish a $100 million charitable fund to support unemployed rig workers experiencing economic hardship as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed…
How FL DEP spent $40M
The state of Florida has received $50 million from BP, $40 million of which was given to the Department of Environmental Protection. The IN has acquired documents that show how DEP spent…
Overholtz argues to get BP cases tried here
For Immediate Release Pensacola, Florida Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, based in Pensacola, Florida will argue before Judicial Panel in Boise, Idaho that all BP oil spill lawsuits should be consolidated in…