McCollum voted in favor of liability limits for BP
From a reader: I don’ t know if anyone cares, but it is ironic that in the wake of Exxon Valdes, McCollum voted to limit…
BP gets to sit on stage for WSRE
BP gets to continue its spin. Don’t expect any technical answers for a PR person. We should allow BP on the stage only the person…
COUNTY ASKS BP FOR $5 MILLION
Escambia County is asking BP for five million dollar for a contingency mitigation account. County will add $5 million from county’s disaster recovery fund.
Spill, Baby, Spill
by Sean Boone Behind the Scenes of an Environmental Disaster Since the Transocean-owned Deepwater Horizon oil rig ignited on April 20, killing 11 people and…
Nelson meets with BP CFO
From Nelson (I assume he called the 1-800 number to get the appointment: During a meeting I just had with the CEO of BP I…
Arts Council Charged, Logo to be locked up
Arts Council Charged, No Person Arrested By Sean Boone The State Attorney’s Office has charged the Arts Council of Northwest Florida as a cooperation, removing…
IN Cover: Spill, Baby, Spill
SPILL, BABY, SPILL Behind the Scenes of an Environmental Disaster By Sean Boone… Since the Transocean-owned Deepwater Horizon oil rig ignited on April 20, killing…
BP Blueprint for Pensacola
After fighting the oil giant for four years, Texas attorney Brent Coon says, “Nobody knows more about BP than we do.†Coon heads Brent Coon…
DEP rejects beach plan
County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson called last night. He is furious that DEP has rejected Escambia County’s plan for saving the sands of Pensacola Beach….
Escambia County issues first emergency purchase orders
P.O. # 101304: James Lee Witt Associates: $49,000 -To assist BP Horizon and Escambia County Project Number OILSPL10. Witt was the FEMA director under Pres….
Buzz: From inside the oil industry
Friends are sharing their conversations with people in the oil industry and emails that are circulating under the radar of the news media…here is compilation…
Oil Fix isn’t helping…yet
Remember how BP told they had their “best minds” working on this. The cap and dome idea might work but we won’t know until all…
DEP changes mind on Gulf Breeze plan
by IN reporter Sean Boone With the oil slick impending upon the Gulf Coast, The City of Gulf Breeze is in a crunch to receive…
Holy C#$P: Sea surface temps getting out of control
From HurricaneTrack.com: I have never seen the sea surface temperature anomaly map look like the one below. It is the NHC’s Reynolds method anomaly map…
Haz Mat courses full
Got this email from Carrie Stevenson, Coastal Sustainability Agent, Escambia County Extension “We’ve gotten an overwhelming response from volunteers interested in registering for the hazmat…
How the oil slick might spread
The Miami Herald has an interactive graphic on how the BP oil slick might spread and impact the entire state. Click on the red dots…
See Oil Spill in Action
This cool animation was created by the New Orleans Times-Picayune by using overflight information and forecast models from the NOAA and Unified Command. The red…
BP’s $25 Million Insult
Yesterday’s Beast article moved from #5 to #2 – competing with Times Square bomber story. You are helping to keep the nation’s attention on the…
BP spill: Possible Landfall at Perdido Thursday
From Chasidy Hobbs, Emerald Coastkeeper: Latest projection shows possible landfall of oil sheen in Perdido as early as Thursday. This changes everyday and keeps getting…
