Sometimes you have to laugh
Climate Progress has collected some of the best BP jokes: “Scientists say they have developed a car that can run on water. The only catch…
Whale test results expected today
This past weekend the Coast Guard and BP tested the oil tanker, called “A Whale” and owned by Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd., that has…
Independence Day speech
We can’t celebrate the Fourth of July without at least good one good movie speech. My personal favorite is from “Independent Day”–which I think has…
Say it ain’t so, Bobby Jindal
We found out on Friday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have required him to preserve and make public all…
“I wouldn’t go into the water today”
From Washington Post: Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson visited Pensacola Beach on Saturday, her first trip to Florida and her sixth to the gulf…
Experienced Wildlife Observers Needed
From Emerald Coastkeepers: Audubon is pre-screening wildlife observers for oil spill cleanup activities. This is important work. Cleanup activities pose significant threats to wildlife and…
Gulf Shores, Orange Beach taken over by BP
Saturday afternoon, I drove to Gulf Shores to survey the damage caused by the BP oil. The tar balls have been driven much higher on…
Maritime Park Design-Build Contract
The Donovan/Nobles political action committee, Park Yes Stadium No, the purpose of its petition is reconsideration of the measure as follows: “That City Council approve…
BP’s love for numbers
I reviewed my posts on the BP oil disaster. BP has had a love for statistics from the very beginning. Sadly many of them are…
News: BP builds unnecessary facility
Mobile Press Register: BP has built a vast boat cleaning facility at Boggy Point in Orange Beach, Ala. But in bringing in a company from…
Why has BP not brought us skimmers?
Biloxi Sun-Herald: From Washington to the Gulf, politicians and residents wonder why so few skimming vessels have been put to work soaking up oil from…
and dumped over degraded oil on LA beaches
From SaveOurShoresFlorida: The sand covering most of the beach was of a much different consistency from the beach closer to the water (very gritty and…
If Marty and Jack didn’t like the stadium…
The right to petition a Pensacola City Council decision is not one that should be taken lightly. If the citizens have voiced their concerns in…
Senate Committee on BP Disaster to meet here
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, announced today that the Senate’s Select Committee on the Economy will meet on July 12 here to examine the…
Donovan/Nobles PAC is formed
It’s Park Yes Stadium No. And here is the website: http://www.parkyesstadiumno.com/ City Attorney Rusty Wells, according to PNJ reporter Jamie Page, has determined the former…
Latest Health Advisory: July 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2010 PR005 Health Officials Post Oil Impact Notice for all Escambia County Gulf beach waters PENSACOLA — Due to the…
Beach update: July 2
Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Update Friday, July 2 – 10:45 a.m. – Update #29 * Weather – Temperatures are expected to be near 92…
News: Whale in the Gulf
From Huffington Post: In this video from CNN, hop on board the world’s largest oil skimmer, “A Whale”, to get a firsthand look at the…
Thank BP for fireworks
As we reported yesterday, BP is paying for the Sertoma fireworks on the Fourth of July. I am probably the only one who sees the…
Is it time to close EOC?
For 10 weeks, the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has been operating. It is on W Street miles away from the impacted areas. This is…
