GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2010. Paul Zukunft: Well good morning, this is Admiral Paul Zukunft, and today is the 176th day of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, in fact, a week from today, we will hit the six-month milestone. Also in the next day or two, we’ll hit the three-month[Read More…]
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Clinton Foundation Haiti Relief Fund to Provide $500,000 in Bridge Funding for the Petionville Club Camp in Petionville
Port-au-Prince, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2010. Today, the Clinton Foundation announced that it will — through its Haiti Relief Fund — provide $500,000 in bridge funding for a camp in Petionville run by J/P Haitian Relief Organization. The money will allow J/P HRO, whose staff is 90 percent Haitian, to continue to[Read More…]
Statement by OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco Re: BP Oil Spill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. “NOAA produced a report at the request of the Unified Command to project the most likely movement of oil. As part of its function to coordinate and review all interagency materials developed in response to the BP oil spill, OMB led a review of a preliminary[Read More…]
Unified Area Command Weekly Update, October 6, 2010
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 6, 2010. The following information is an operations update from the Unified Area Command for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Approximately 18,589 personnel are currently responding to protect the shoreline, wildlife and cleanup vital coastlines. To date, every seafood sample from reopened waters has passed[Read More…]
NOAA Reopens Nearly 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing, October 5, 2010
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2010. NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 2,927 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. This is the eighth reopening in federal waters since July 22. This reopening was announced after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug[Read More…]
Dear Springfield: Overturn The Illinois Pesticide Act
Staff Editorial To our esteemed legislators in Springfield, Illinois: We urge you all to overturn "The Illinois Pesticide Act," a law which essentially forbids municipalities from regulating the use of pesticides in any way, even if these municipalities are home rule "units," as the law says. For clarity’s sake, here[Read More…]
Statement from Admiral Allen on the Transfer of Oversight Responsibilities
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2010. Statement from Admiral Allen on the Transfer of Oversight Responsibilities “Today the National Incident Command is disestablished and I have transferred oversight of the BP oil spill response to Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft, the Unified Area Commander, in New Orleans. Response operations will continue under transition[Read More…]
BP Pledges Collateral for Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Trust
HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2010. BP announced today that it has pledged certain Gulf of Mexico assets as collateral for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust which was set up to pay legitimate claims arising from the April 20 incident. The pledged collateral consists of an overriding royalty interest in[Read More…]
NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing, October 1, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2010. NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River delta. This is the seventh reopening in federal waters since July 22. This reopening was announced after consultation with U.S. Food and Drug[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama Praising Admiral Thad Allen’s Service
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2010. “I am profoundly grateful to Admiral Thad Allen for his years of dedicated service to America, and particularly his outstanding leadership of the BP Oil Spill response effort. At a time when he could have enjoyed a well-deserved retirement from the United States Coast Guard, Admiral[Read More…]
