Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2010. Past 24 HOURS Unified Command Transitions Sea Turtle Response Efforts to New Phase Wildlife scientists from the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Unified Command are finding fewer sea turtles offshore that require rehabilitation, and are now turning their focus to releasing rehabilitated turtles, continuing near shore stranding[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2010.  Wildlife scientists from the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Unified Command are finding fewer sea turtles offshore that require rehabilitation, and are now turning their focus to releasing rehabilitated turtles, continuing near shore stranding and salvage network efforts and to learning how these populations of endangered and[Read More…]

HOUSTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2010.  No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy. Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. A report released by BP today[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill NOAA, EPA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report today that showed dissolved oxygen levels have dropped by about 20 percent from[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010.  The National Institutes of Health will launch a multi-year study this fall to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf region. The Gulf Worker Study, announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., in June, is in response to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2010.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report today that showed dissolved oxygen levels have dropped by about 20 percent from their long-term average in the Gulf of Mexico[Read More…]

MOBILE, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 7, 2010.  All of the hard (containment) boom 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. The Incident Command Post (ICP) at Mobile announced that[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS  By the Numbers to Date: The administration has authorized the deployment of 17,500 National Guard troops from Gulf Coast states to respond to this crisis; currently, 1,056 are active. Approximately 25,900 personnel are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife and cleanup[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides an Update on the Progress of the BOP Lifting and Replacement 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. He described the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—Septmeber 5, 2010.  Statement from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen on the BOP: “The damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP), along with the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap, have been removed from the Gulf of Mexico and are currently on board the Q4000. The BOP is considered evidentiary[Read More…]