by Kevvboy
No, I'm not involved in the spill in any way. I'm not doing a damn thing to help clean it up besides watching and waiting and not being able to watch the news. I was just a passenger on a jet that flew from Dallas to Miami, and we happened to go over the top of the disaster. I saw it from 30,000 feet. From that height, I didn't think we'd see much. Oh. God. Was I wrong. At the site, you could see a whole bunch of little bitty ships, and a massive stain in the water.
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Second Oil Well Now Leaking Into Gulf, While Oil Leaks Through Seabed Around BP's Well?
by Edger
The Alabama Press-Register reported Monday evening June 07, 2010 that there has been a second oil well leaking into the Gulf of Mexico about 12 miles offshore from Louisiana since April 30, only a week or so after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank April 20 causing a so far unending gusher of oil into the waters from the gulf seabed. The second leak "visible from space in multiple images gathered by Skytruth.org, which monitors environmental problems using satellites" is from a well drilled by Ocean Saratoga, a drilling rig owned and operated under contract by Diamond Offshore for well owner Taylor Energy Co.
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The Alabama Press-Register reported Monday evening June 07, 2010 that there has been a second oil well leaking into the Gulf of Mexico about 12 miles offshore from Louisiana since April 30, only a week or so after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank April 20 causing a so far unending gusher of oil into the waters from the gulf seabed. The second leak "visible from space in multiple images gathered by Skytruth.org, which monitors environmental problems using satellites" is from a well drilled by Ocean Saratoga, a drilling rig owned and operated under contract by Diamond Offshore for well owner Taylor Energy Co.
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by JekyllnHyde
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS This weekly diary takes a look at the past week's important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me. When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions: Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted? Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality? Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it? The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist's message. :: :: Cheney Spews by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Buy this cartoon
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THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS This weekly diary takes a look at the past week's important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me. When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions: Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted? Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality? Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it? The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist's message. :: :: Cheney Spews by Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Buy this cartoon
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Arctic ice cap now smallest in at least a few thousand years
by Laurence Lewis
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has awakened many to the necessity of ending our addiction to fossil fuels. In the traditional media, the even more dangerous crisis caused by that addiction continues to be largely ignored. This report, in ScienceDaily, is a little reminder: Less ice covers the Arctic today than at any time in recent geologic history. That's the conclusion of an international group of researchers, who have compiled the first comprehensive history of Arctic ice. How drastic is it? "The ice loss that we see today -- the ice loss that started in the early 20th Century and sped up during the last 30 years -- appears to be unmatched over at least the last few thousand years," said Leonid Polyak, a research scientist at Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University. Polyak is lead author of the paper and a preceding report that he and his coauthors prepared for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. At least the last few thousand years. As in all recorded history. And lest anyone wonder about or doubt the cause, the abstract of the study itself makes it clear: The last low-ice event related to orbital forcing (high insolation) was in the early Holocene, after which the northern high latitudes cooled overall, with some superimposed shorter-term (multidecadal to millennial-scale) and lower-magnitude variability. The current reduction in Arctic ice cover started in the late 19th century, consistent with the rapidly warming climate, and became very pronounced over the last three decades. This ice loss appears to be unmatched over at least the last few thousand years and unexplainable by any of the known natural variabilities. As diaried by FishOutofWater, the ice volume of the Arctic Sea has collapsed over the last few months. In other words, the unmatched reduction in Arctic ice revealed by this new study seems to be accelerating. Rapidly.
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The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has awakened many to the necessity of ending our addiction to fossil fuels. In the traditional media, the even more dangerous crisis caused by that addiction continues to be largely ignored. This report, in ScienceDaily, is a little reminder: Less ice covers the Arctic today than at any time in recent geologic history. That's the conclusion of an international group of researchers, who have compiled the first comprehensive history of Arctic ice. How drastic is it? "The ice loss that we see today -- the ice loss that started in the early 20th Century and sped up during the last 30 years -- appears to be unmatched over at least the last few thousand years," said Leonid Polyak, a research scientist at Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University. Polyak is lead author of the paper and a preceding report that he and his coauthors prepared for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. At least the last few thousand years. As in all recorded history. And lest anyone wonder about or doubt the cause, the abstract of the study itself makes it clear: The last low-ice event related to orbital forcing (high insolation) was in the early Holocene, after which the northern high latitudes cooled overall, with some superimposed shorter-term (multidecadal to millennial-scale) and lower-magnitude variability. The current reduction in Arctic ice cover started in the late 19th century, consistent with the rapidly warming climate, and became very pronounced over the last three decades. This ice loss appears to be unmatched over at least the last few thousand years and unexplainable by any of the known natural variabilities. As diaried by FishOutofWater, the ice volume of the Arctic Sea has collapsed over the last few months. In other words, the unmatched reduction in Arctic ice revealed by this new study seems to be accelerating. Rapidly.
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Macca's Meatless Monday...Let Me Roll It redux
by beach babe in fl
In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including; better health, food safety, animal rights, global food crisis, and the immense contribution of meat production to climate change/depletion of resources. We may be at or near the tipping point of many of Earth's resources including water, pdf and as DWG pointed out in his/her excellent diary we are fishing the oceans empty. The world has underestimated climate change effects due to man made global warming, which are due to our addiction to oil.
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In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including; better health, food safety, animal rights, global food crisis, and the immense contribution of meat production to climate change/depletion of resources. We may be at or near the tipping point of many of Earth's resources including water, pdf and as DWG pointed out in his/her excellent diary we are fishing the oceans empty. The world has underestimated climate change effects due to man made global warming, which are due to our addiction to oil.
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Move over Brave New World -- BioRemediation is a Test Tube away
by jamess
I hate to be a fearmonger (really I do). I'm a fact-driven guy, on most occasions. But this new plan on the Bio-drawing boards, has me a little worried. Especially considering the "kitchen sink" approach, that has been taken so far, to help "disperse" the mess in the Gulf ... If only this tale was from 'The Onion' ... Microbes developing appetite for oil Evolugate seeks approval to use its life forms to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. By Anthony Clark, Business editor, gainesville.com -- Monday, June 7, 2010 A Gainesville startup company is developing "designer microbes" specially tailored to the Gulf oil spill in hopes of helping cleanup efforts. Evolugate LLC has developed a technology to speed the process of evolution in microbes used to create biofuel and to control insects. In recent weeks, it has turned its attention to cleaning the Gulf oil spill. [...] Once the microbes are ready, Evolugate will need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. Well, at least, the EPA will need to give the Green Light first ...
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I hate to be a fearmonger (really I do). I'm a fact-driven guy, on most occasions. But this new plan on the Bio-drawing boards, has me a little worried. Especially considering the "kitchen sink" approach, that has been taken so far, to help "disperse" the mess in the Gulf ... If only this tale was from 'The Onion' ... Microbes developing appetite for oil Evolugate seeks approval to use its life forms to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. By Anthony Clark, Business editor, gainesville.com -- Monday, June 7, 2010 A Gainesville startup company is developing "designer microbes" specially tailored to the Gulf oil spill in hopes of helping cleanup efforts. Evolugate LLC has developed a technology to speed the process of evolution in microbes used to create biofuel and to control insects. In recent weeks, it has turned its attention to cleaning the Gulf oil spill. [...] Once the microbes are ready, Evolugate will need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. Well, at least, the EPA will need to give the Green Light first ...
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A day at the Beach...maybe the last one for a very long time.
by Kristina40
I live in Panama City, Florida and we are waiting on the arrival of BP's oil slick like so many others on the Gulf Coast. Our time is drawing near. The oil edged nearer to us in Pensacola and Ft. Walton over the weekend and it seems it is only a matter of time for we here in Panama City Beach. This is my second trip to the beach since Mad Max Macondo began spewing filth into our beautiful Gulf of Mexico. I wanted to at least preserve in pictures the beauty that is the Emerald Coast of Florida...Follow me below the fold for a pictorial...
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I live in Panama City, Florida and we are waiting on the arrival of BP's oil slick like so many others on the Gulf Coast. Our time is drawing near. The oil edged nearer to us in Pensacola and Ft. Walton over the weekend and it seems it is only a matter of time for we here in Panama City Beach. This is my second trip to the beach since Mad Max Macondo began spewing filth into our beautiful Gulf of Mexico. I wanted to at least preserve in pictures the beauty that is the Emerald Coast of Florida...Follow me below the fold for a pictorial...
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Science Tidbits
by possum
Monday and science talk comes once again. Today is the time to take a well deserved hiatus from all the politics of the day and enjoy some of the fine science news of the past week. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Over the fold are selections from the past week from a few of the many excellent science news sites around the world. Today's tidbits include lead contamination of game meat, red squirrels may take in orphaned relatives, unique eclipsing binary star system discovered, XMM-Newton opens new view of the universe, Arctic ice lowest in recent geologic history, first paper dipstick test for blood type, and . Pull up that comfy chair for one more session of Dr. Possum's science education and entertainment.
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Monday and science talk comes once again. Today is the time to take a well deserved hiatus from all the politics of the day and enjoy some of the fine science news of the past week. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Over the fold are selections from the past week from a few of the many excellent science news sites around the world. Today's tidbits include lead contamination of game meat, red squirrels may take in orphaned relatives, unique eclipsing binary star system discovered, XMM-Newton opens new view of the universe, Arctic ice lowest in recent geologic history, first paper dipstick test for blood type, and . Pull up that comfy chair for one more session of Dr. Possum's science education and entertainment.
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Steve Running: "This is not sustainable" (Updated with correct Nobel date)
by hold tight
I published a post on my blog yesterday that I want to share here. Dr. Steve Running is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which in 2007 won the Nobel Peace Prize. He is an Earth Scientist and professor at the University of Montana in Missoula. Since 1997, he has continued to work and speak on climate change research. Saturday evening, he was the keynote speaker at the Montana Audubon annual festival in Missoula, and presented a speech entitled The Latest Science (and Politics) on Global Climate Change.
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I published a post on my blog yesterday that I want to share here. Dr. Steve Running is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which in 2007 won the Nobel Peace Prize. He is an Earth Scientist and professor at the University of Montana in Missoula. Since 1997, he has continued to work and speak on climate change research. Saturday evening, he was the keynote speaker at the Montana Audubon annual festival in Missoula, and presented a speech entitled The Latest Science (and Politics) on Global Climate Change.
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Violating Civic Decency
by rserven
I've posted a few pieces about the ongoing saga of the McClellan old-growth forest in West Orange, NJ, which Seton Hall Prep and the Archdiocese of Newark want to turn in to something "productive", like baseball fields, rather than what it is now, which is a possible home for endangered animals. Save the Trees Saving the Trees...and maybe the bats Working to Save our Environment This is an update. The photo on the right shows the remnants of the deceased 90-year old Japanese Yew. More on the story inside.
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I've posted a few pieces about the ongoing saga of the McClellan old-growth forest in West Orange, NJ, which Seton Hall Prep and the Archdiocese of Newark want to turn in to something "productive", like baseball fields, rather than what it is now, which is a possible home for endangered animals. Save the Trees Saving the Trees...and maybe the bats Working to Save our Environment This is an update. The photo on the right shows the remnants of the deceased 90-year old Japanese Yew. More on the story inside.
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