Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS FWS Personnel Continue Wildlife Rescue and Recovery Missions Across the Region From Houma, La., Incident Command Post, 123 personnel and 30 vessels have been deployed for reconnaissance and recovery operations, responding to 30 calls on the Wildlife Hot Line. From the Mobile, Ala.,[Read More…]
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Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 13, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Statement from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen on the Relief Well “After extensive consultation between BP engineers and the federal science team, as well as reviewing data collected from measurements I authorized Friday, the Development Driller III today began the final steps[Read More…]
Statement from Admiral Allen on the Relief Well
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2010. Statement from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen on the Relief Well: “After extensive consultation between BP engineers and the federal science team, as well as reviewing data collected from measurements I authorized Friday, the Development Driller III today began the final steps towards the completion[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Launches New Campaign Against Rape and Gender-Based Violence
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2010 – The United Nations has launched a new operation to combat rape and gender violence in Haiti, where some 1.3 million people were made homeless by January’s devastating earthquake, with the majority still living in camps. Police and soldiers from the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) and[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 10, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 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. Admiral Allen discussed his authorization today[Read More…]
Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, September 10, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2010 – 12:00 p.m. EDT Admiral Thad Allen: I’d like to provide an update regarding the last briefing I gave on the relief well. But before that, let me just give you a quick update. We continue to remove boom where it’s no longer needed. In Louisiana, Florida,[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 9, 2010
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…]
Unified Command Transitions Sea Turtle Response Efforts to New Phase
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…]
BP Releases Report on Causes of Gulf of Mexico Tragedy
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…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 7, 2010
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…]
