Beyond the Gulf Oil Spill: Five Ongoing Ecological Disasters With No End In Sight
A burning oil spill in the Niger Delta. Photo via City of Refuge Africa Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still. ...
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Treehugger
Protecting Wild Dolphins During the Gulf Oil Spill
......the chance of survival and stress that may place the animals at greater risk of injury or death.” Corralling or containing wild dolphins in secluded bays and potentially hand feeding them until an area is cleaned is not practical, logistically feasible,.....
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gulf Oil Spill’s Ripple Effect
Prior to the BP leak, there was a huge campaign aimed at getting Americans to buy wild American shrimp from the Gulf. In addition to shrimp, the region provides almost all the oysters served in this country. According...
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Garden City Patch: Latest Articles
Today’s Climate: July 6, 2010
A top Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have been found on state beaches, marking the first known evidence that crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached all the Gulf states. Less than four months after Pres. ...
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Solve Climate
Ambitious project to lift a generation of sea turtles out of oil spill’s way
Finally, they will be released into unoiled waters of the Atlantic Ocean. "We looked at a variety of options. In normal circumstances, we would never do this. We know we'll have mortality. But at...
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IndiaVision
Storyville "Save Our Coast" T-Shirt to Benefit Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund
The spill has had an extensive impact on marine and wild life, fishing and tourism. "Businesses are going under, fishermen are out of work and families have been devastated," said Josh...
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24-7PressRelease.com
Weekly Oil Spill Update – Relocating turtles and nests
They plan to dig up upwards of 70,000 sea turtle eggs along the nesting beaches in Alabama and Florida...
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New England Aquarium
Oil Spill’s Toll on Wildlife Could Soar
Special Section: Disaster in the Gulf The question now is how many of the creatures are dying in the oil, said...
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CBS News
Asian shrimp prices soar
And while wild gulf shrimp provides only about 7 percent to 9 percent of that supply, the oil spill likely will send some U.S. restaurants and...
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San Antonio Express
ANALYSIS-Doing nothing might have been best for oil spill
The spreading oil has halted major fisheries and covered wetlands and beaches from Louisiana to Florida. The public has been horrified by images of birds and other wildlife...
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Reuters Alert Net