From Green Right Now Reports
Environmentalists marking the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill remain angry that oil companies drilling in deep waters continue to operate with little accountability while enjoying record profits.
“One year after the catastrophic BP Disaster killed eleven men, spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic oil into the Gulf of [...]
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While the BP Gulf Oil Spill has been relegated to history in the minds of many Americans, the people who live and work on the Gulf remain deeply affected.
In this latest installment of Stories from the Gulf: Living with the BP Oil Disaster, a joint project of the Natural Resources Defense Council, StoryCorps and Bridge the Gulf, shrimpers Darla and Todd Rooks talk about how the spill has threatened their livelihood and tainted the sea life they depend upon.
Darla reveals that she has considered suicide, and what persuaded her to persevere. She and Todd detail how the couple now live on their shrimp boat, unable to afford lodging on land.
Tags: · BP Gulf oil spill, BP oil disaster, bp spill, Darla and Todd Rooks, Fishing, greenrightnow.com, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, shrimp
Everyone knows there is a whole lot of oil floating around in the Gulf of Mexico, but where is it going? According to at least one computer modeling study, the Atlantic Coast and open ocean may be victims of the spill by as early as this summer. The results are captured in a series of animations produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and others.
Tags: · BP oil contaminates Atlantic ocean, BP oil disaster, BP oil spill, BP oil spill computer models for spreading, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Stream, Loop Current, National Center for Atmospheric Research, oil spill, oil spreads beyond Gulf of Mexico on computer model
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