Filed under: alternative fuels, Environment, Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, oil spill, pollution, wildlife | Tags: Kemp's Ridley, National Park Service, Oil spill, Sea turtle
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“Yesterday, as part of the effort to save sea turtle hatchlings from the BP oil spill, the first Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nest was excavated from a national park area. This nest of 89 eggs was located on the south side of Fort Pickens Road in the Florida district of Gulf Islands National Seashore.
“The excavation and relocation of a sea turtle nest to another site to be hatched and released is unprecedented for the National Park Service,” said Acting Seashore Superintendent Nina Kelson. “It is especially significant as this is a Kemp’s ridley nest, the species that is the rarest of all the endangered sea turtles found along the Gulf coast.” Read more.
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“The federal government Monday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite the possibility something is seeping from the sea floor near the well.
The Obama administration’s point man for the spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said early Monday that the company promised to watch closely for signs of new leaks around the mile-deep well, which has stopped gushing oil into the water since the experimental cap was closed Thursday.
Late Sunday, Allen said something was detected seeping near the broken oil well and demanded in a sharply worded letter that BP step up monitoring of the ocean floor. Allen didn’t say what was seeping. White House energy adviser Carol Browner told the CBS “Early Show” the possible seepage was found less than two miles from the well site.
The concern all along – since pressure readings on the cap weren’t as high as expected – was a leak elsewhere in the well bore, meaning the cap may have to be reopened to prevent the environmental disaster from becoming even worse and harder to fix. An underground leak could let oil and gas escape uncontrolled through bedrock and mud.
“When seeps are detected, you are directed to marshal resources, quickly investigate, and report findings to the government in no more than four hours. I direct you to provide me a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed,” Allen said in a letter to BP Managing Director Bob Dudley.” Read more.
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Until the relief well for the Gulf Oil spill is complete, the oil has been plugged. Here are some updates on the situation.
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Gulf Oil Spill Stopped? Oil Is Plugged, For Now
NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) – The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it’s corked for good. The clock expired on BP’s 48-hour observation period and the government …
Publish Date: 07/17/2010 18:31
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/17/gulf-oil-spill-stopped-oi_n_650199.html
Oil seeping from Gulf floor near well, but Coast Guard allows cap …
Dave Martin, The Associated PressThe Helix Producer burns off natural gas as it operates in the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico on on July 13. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen on Sunday evening agreed to …
Publish Date: 07/18/2010 18:42
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/oil_seeping_from_gulf_floor_ne.html
Florida Releases July 18, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Situation Update …
On Day 90 of the Gulf oil spill BP reports the well integrity test is ongoing and active monitoring continues. Currently the well remains shut in with no oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Publish Date: 07/18/2010 12:22
http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/florida-releases-july-18-2010-gulf-oil-spill-situation-update-35721.html
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Filed under: alternative fuels, Environment, offshore drilling, oil spill, pollution | Tags: Environment, Offshore drilling, oil spill cleanup, pollution
Hurricane Alex 2010: Storm Could Slow Clean Up Or Help With Spill
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 3:16
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Gulf Oil Spill Relief Well: Will It Really Work? More Backup Plans
Experts said it was conceivable that the “kill” procedure would not be effective, particularly if only a single relief well was used and the bottom of the well bore was damaged in the initial blowout. Pumping large quantities of erosive …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 6:10
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Florida Outlines BP Gulf Oil Spill Response For June 29, 2010 …
On Day 71 of the Gulf oil spill Tropical Storm Alex is approximately 534 miles southwest of the Deepwater Horizon well head site. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph. A general northwest track across the Southwest Gulf and then west …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 7:58
http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/florida-outlines-bp-gulf-oil-spill-response-for-june-29-2010-34582.html
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Filed under: alternative energy, alternative fuels, Environment, Green, oil spill, pollution, wildlife | Tags: dolphins, marine life, nature, Oil spill
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“Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches, like forest animals fleeing a fire. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.
Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster are seeing some strange phenomena.
Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign.
The animals’ presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily be devoured by predators.
“A parallel would be: Why are the wildlife running to the edge of a forest on fire? There will be a lot of fish, sharks, turtles trying to get out of this water they detect is not suitable,” said Larry Crowder, a Duke University marine biologist.” Read more.
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Read this article on mountaintop mining. Warning! It could make you angry.
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Filed under: alternative fuels, ecology, Environment | Tags: Environment, environmental, mountaintop mining
What a travesty! The Federal Government has issued another permit for mountaintop mining. The Epoch Times said this:
The federal government’s permit approval for a mining project in West Virginia is raising red flags for environmental organizations. Within hours of receiving a compliance letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit on Wednesday for Hobet Mining to commence mountaintop mining in the Hobet 45 mine in Lincoln County.
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T. Boone Pickens says it is time to pass the Nat Gas Act.
There may never be a perfect time to pass such an act, but he isn’t waiting for perfect timing. Pickens says this:
I’ve always said that the most important quality of a good leader is that you’ve got to be willing to make a decision. Too often, people fall victim to what I call the “ready-aim-aim-aim-aim” syndrome. Everything has got to be absolutely perfect. The truth is sometimes you’ve got to be willing to pull the trigger. Only afterward does it become apparent that the time was right.
He asserts that this act will help promote the development of vehicles that run on natural gas and by consequence give a boost to the auto industry that has been knocked to its knees.
Passing this initiative will help the environment by cutting down on air pollutants, according to Pickens.
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