As many of you probably have heard, BP is now attempting a new way to stop the leak a mile below the Gulf of Mexico’s surface: BP continues its work Saturday to try and stop the thousands of gallons of oil that have been spilling into the water for weeks. The company is using deep […]
If anyone wonders why CNN is in such a downward spiral, they only need to look at this article to get an idea of why: Oil slick awaits New Orleans’ 1st white mayor in decades The first white mayor of New Orleans in more than 30 years steps into his first challenge as soon as […]
This is all we know so far: The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana. The “mobile inland drilling unit” overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 at Morgan City. UPDATE. Here’s some more: Officials say an oil drilling rig […]
Funny how since the spill in the Gulf, the “drill baby drill” crowd has become silent. Shouldn’t they be out there advocating their position? Maybe they can highlight this part of their plan: Louisiana health officials have ordered air quality testing after a “pungent fuel smell” blanketed “much of coastal Louisiana” and New Orleans. People […]
The oil rig that sunk last week is now causing a serious environmental hazard: Officials worked Sunday to try to stop oil leaks coming from the deepwater well drilled by a rig that sank last week near Louisiana, but they acknowledged that it could be months before they are able to stem the flow of […]
Just the fact that Obama is considering this is ridiculous: The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time, officials said Tuesday. The proposal — […]
As Hurricane Fay nears landfall, oil prices are rising in fear that it could interrupt operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Kind of ironic this is happening at a time we are debating rather to allow more offshore drilling or not.