10 Species 10 Years Later
<p>This report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later, summarizes the best information available about the wildlife featured. We selected these species for many reasons: They represent different types of affected
Gulf Of Mexico
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Island off Alabama coast bursting with birds after oil spill
Thousands of baby pelicans grunt and hiss at their parents in tightly packed nests on Gaillard Island, a feathered paradise situated off the coast of Alabama. The 1,300-acre, man-made island is hosting more than 50,000 birds this summer as nesting pairs gather to raise babies.
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Response of coastal fishes to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
<p>The ecosystem-level impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been largely unpredictable due to the unique setting and magnitude of this spill. We used a five-year (2006–2010) data set within the oil-affected region to explore acute consequences for early-stage survival of fish species inhabiting seagrass nursery habitat. Although many of these species
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U.S. Must Step Up Cuba Oil Spill Readiness: Experts
With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said. The Obama administration must do more to ensure that U.S.
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Gulf Oil Spill Claims Should Work Fast: Holder
The fund BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S.
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Transocean Report Blames BP for Gulf Spill
Transocean, the Swiss company that owned the rig lost in last year
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Cairn Awaits Ruling In Case Against Arctic Protesters
Cairn Energy expects to find out later on Wednesday whether a lawsuit designed to deter environmental protesters from disrupting its Arctic drilling campaign has been successful. Cairn, a British oil and gas firm which is leading a charge to find oil off the coast of Greenland, faces strong opposition from environmental group Greenpeace whose protesters have boarded its drilling vessel twice in
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Reshaping the Mississippi for a warmer future
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Hopes Rise in South as Waters Do Not
When the Morganza spillway was opened on May 14, diverting an enormous volume of Mississippi River water to reduce pressure on levees downstream, the thousands of people living in the Atchafalaya River Basin were bracing for the worst. Flood-estimate maps showed water reaching depths of up to 20 feet and pooling out into every part of the floodway within eight days. A week and a half later,
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BP Partner Agrees to $1.1 Billion Settlement Related to Gulf Spill
BP said Friday that Moex Offshore, one of its partners in the oil well that leaked into the Gulf of Mexico last year, had agreed to pay $1.1 billion as part of a settlement for any claims related to the oil spill. Moex, which had a 10 percent stake in the well, is the first company aside from BP to make a payment to cover the costs of the disastrous oil spill, BP said in a statement.