Additional Boom Closures & Tar Ball Sighting
Escambia County Press Release: Boom will be deployed in the following three areas: Davenport Bayou Star Lake Palafox Marina Absorbent boom is being placed along…
PATH CALLS ON DOJ TO BRING SUIT AGAINST BP
Press Release: As Wildlife Death Tolls Climbs, PATH Inc., Calls On US Department of Interior and US Department of Justice To Take Action To Save…
Perdido Pass closed
Escambia County officials have confirmed that USCG Captain of the Port for Sector Mobile authorized the closure of Perdido Pass at 5:30 p.m. today, June…
BP apologizes for pool media
Lucia Bustamante, BP spokesman, apologized for how the media event was handled today. “I didn’t mean that you weren’t to be invited. Our contractor was…
Complete communication breakdown
Escambia County and the Florida DEP did not learn about oil breaching the Alabama booming system at Perdido Pass. It was until the 3:30 p.m….
Buzz: Oil is in the Intercoastal waterway
EOC has delayed the press conference so we’re waiting to get more information. I was asked not to send my report on the conference call,…
EOC: Oil in Perdido Bay
EOC is getting reports of heavy oil and mousse on the Alabama-Florida state line and in Perdido Pass. State officials are complaining that BP and…
Buzz: Scattered Oil Near Alabama Line
We’re hearing reports that oil has dotted the beaches in significant patches from Perdido Key to the Flora-Bama Lounge. From what we’ve been told, you…
BPGlobal PR Asked To Identify Spoof
This week BP asked the creaters of the BPGlobal PR Twitter feed to identify that it is fake. The “about me” box on the account…
EOC: Delegation speaks out
State Reps. Dave Murzin, Clay For and Greg Evers, Tax Appraisers Chris Jones (Escambia), Pete Smith (Okaloosa) and Greg Brown (Santa Rosa), Lisa Berneau from…
BP says ban was a symantics error
Associated Press is also upset about being dropped from the pool media event today. Mayor Mike Wiggins expressed his anger at AP, WCOA and the…
Sheriff wants BP to sign agreement
On WCOA, Sheriff David Morgan said that he is recommending to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum that the Florida and all the other Gulf states…
Facts continue to belie BP statements
Yesterday BP spokesperson Lucia Bustamante told us that all claims were be handling within seven days. This morning, we learn that Coast Guard Adm. Thad…
Beast Corps: 594 birds, 250 sea turtles dead
By Beast Corps Jen Bullock For nearly four weeks after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, British Petroleum insisted to journalists and government representatives that the amount…
Why I am banned?
BP has two major problems: 1) The oil sheen is now at the Pensacola Pass and shrimp boats are trying to skim it up with…
Outzen banned from press conference
I received this email about this BP press conference: Four media outlets will provide recorded pool video, audio and information for an interview early Wednesday…
Mousse at Perdido Key
Buzz: Patches of oil mousse have been sighted at Perdido Key. Not verified. Between Eden and Indigo.
Spill Could Cost State $10.9 Billion
The Florida Today reports that the BP spill could cost the state as many as 195,000 jobs and $10.9 billion in economic activity. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100608/BREAKINGNEWS/100608009/1006/NEWS01/UCF+economist+calculates+oil-spill+losses
Frustrations rise over BP oil disaster
We have reports that BP clean-up workers are being harassed when they take breaks in the 90+ degree heat. Some were reportedly even pulled off…
