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…

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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…

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News: BP oil penetrating inland waterways

Mobile Press Register: Following an afternoon reconnaissance flight, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach employees reported that oil of some sort — be it sheen, tarballs…

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DEP: ‘If you see tar balls in the water, I wouldn’t get in’

From Northwest Florida Daily News: As tar balls washed ashore on Walton County’s beaches, a standing-room-only crowd met Thursday for a town hall meeting to…

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BP Helping Sertoma Out

BP has agreed to pay for the tugboat and barge that will be used in the Sertoma 4th of July fireworks display. Angela Boroca, spokesperson…

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Beach Health Advisory Extended

Health advisory issued for beach due to oil spill – All gulf beachside waters in Escambia now under advisory – Effective immediately, in response to…

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Perdido Pass system is working

From Thompson Engineering: As most of you are aware, over the past few weeks, Thompson Engineering has been under contract to install a prototype steel…

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Why aren’t skimmers working off our water?

Commissioner Grover Robinson said that the EOC press conference the helicopters and satellite images show that there are no skimmers off our shores, but there…

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Submit Your Questions to BP’s Top Exec

Press Release: Submit Your Questions to BP’s Top Executive When “America Speaks to BP” Live July 1 at 2:30 PM CST Pensacola, Fla. — On…

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BP walks out of Crist’s Oil Spill Meeting

Yesterday, Gov. Crist held an Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force Meeting at the University of West Florida. According to reports I received from the…

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Vuvuzelas for BP

Jen Bullock, a member of The Beast Corps, sent me this: BP is not feeling the pain they are causing in the Gulf. BP is…

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Baker Panel Report: BP has safety issues

“No accidents, no harm to people, and no damage to the environment” that was the safety motto for BP in 2005. The same year, the…

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