Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010. While responding to Trip Hannah’s question “we couldn’t really make out whether that was hydrate build up that it was sitting on or if that was cement. I was wondering if you had – excuse me if you had any ideas about what that material is[Read More…]
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NOAA Administrator Briefing to Discuss the Reopening of Federal Waters Along Western Louisiana, August 27, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010 – 10 a.m. EDT Kevin Griffis: Great, thank you. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. This is Kevin Griffis with the Department of Commerce, and I’m joined today by Jane Lubchenco, the undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere. She is going to announce today[Read More…]
BP Deploying Advanced Unmanned Water Quality Monitoring Vehicles in Gulf of Mexico
THEODORE, AL–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010. As part of its long term monitoring and research program in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is deploying a new technology that will enable nearly constant monitoring by two satellite-controlled, unmanned vehicles. The vehicles, known as Wave Gliders and developed by Liquid Robotics in Silicon Valley,[Read More…]
NOAA Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010. Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states. On July 18, NOAA data showed[Read More…]
DOJ Officials Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud Hotline for Reporting Oil Spill-Related Schemes
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2010. As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up efforts continue and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) opens its doors, the Department of Justice is reminding members of the public to be aware of and report any instances of suspected fraudulent activity related to relief operations and funding[Read More…]
Mississippi Shrimpers Refuse to Trawl, Fearing Oil, Dispersants
By Dahr Jamail BILOXI, Mississippi, Aug 20, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) – The U.S. state of Mississippi recently reopened all of its fishing areas. The problem is that commercial shrimpers refuse to trawl because they fear the toxicity of the waters and marine life due to the BP oil disaster. "We come[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill. August 23. 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides an Update on the BP Oil Spill Response National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the administration-wide response to the BP oil spill. More Than 1.5 Million Feet of[Read More…]
Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen. August 23, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2010 – 12:30 p.m. EDT Thad Allen: Thank you, Jeff. Good afternoon. I’d like to provide you an update regarding our operations at the wellhead. Just to bring you up to speed on what transpired over the weekend, as of Saturday morning, we finished the 48-hour ambient pressure[Read More…]
More Than 1.5 Million Feet of Hard Boom Recovered from Coastal Waters
MOBILE, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2010. More than 90 percent of the hard boom initially deployed as part of the federal-led response but now potentially posing more risk than it offers protection for vital shorelines in Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle has now been recovered. Because virtually no visible oil has been[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, August 21, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Directs BP to Initiate Preliminary BOP Replacement Procedure Acting under a directive from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen received late last night, BP began the BOP fishing procedure – a preparation procedure for the removal and replacement of the current[Read More…]
