Gulf Wars
July 21, 2010 by Vincent · Leave a Comment
July 14, 2010
Around the world, a lot of gulfs are in what The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration classifies as one of 64 Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) based on ecological factors, not human ownership or political divisions. Collectively, LMEs account for about 80% of the ocean wild fish catch, most of our [...]
Methane in Gulf “astonishingly high”: U.S. scientist
June 28, 2010 by Cynthia · Leave a Comment
Tue Jun 22, 2010
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to [...]
Extech Dissolved Oxygen Meters Used by EPA in Oil Spill Monitoring
May 27, 2010 by Cynthia · Leave a Comment
Waltham, MA – Extech Instruments , makers of the world’s best test and measurement tools, announced today that Extech dissolved oxygen meters are being employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The EPA is using the Extech meters to monitor the effectiveness [...]
Kerry and Lieberman release a draft of the American Power Act
May 19, 2010 by Cynthia · Leave a Comment
After months of negotiating Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, unveiled the long awaited climate bill, now called the American Power Act. It’s a 987-page draft that tries to limit climate-altering emissions, reduce oil imports and create millions of new energy-related jobs.
The bill is aimed at curbing greenhouse [...]
New Senate Climate Bill Unveiled
May 17, 2010 by Vincent · Leave a Comment
Senator John Kerry ratcheted up the fight to pass legislation to combat global warming on Wednesday, unveiling a bill as the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster complicates the measure’s already difficult prospects this year.
Richard Cowan &Timothy Gardner, Reuters — Kerry, a Democrat, and Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent, took the wraps [...]
Well Beneath Sunken Rig has Serious Oil Leak
April 25, 2010 by Vincent · Leave a Comment
Chris Baltimore, Reuters — An oil well on the ocean floor beneath a drilling rig that exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico began spewing oil on Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The well, 5,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, was leaking about 1,000 barrels per day of oil, a [...]