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…]
Science
No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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…]
All Operational Hard Boom Removed from Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle
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…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 6, 2010
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…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 4, 2010
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…]
Statement from Admiral Allen on the BOP, September 4, 2010
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…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, September 3, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen Issues a Statement on the Successful Removal of the BOP “Under the direction of the federal science team and U.S. government engineers, BP has lifted the damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP) from its position atop the cemented[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Mission Launches Projects to Provide Jobs and Cut Violence
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 September 2010 – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a major city. The projects will benefit the districts of Goya, Petite Anse and Ti Riviere in[Read More…]
BP Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, September 3, 2010
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander and the leadership and direction of the federal government. Subsea Source[Read More…]
NOAA Reopens More than 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing, September 3, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2010. Today NOAA reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle 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. Trajectory models show[Read More…]
