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BPA: Worldwide Threat To ALL Species from Plastic!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 3:48 AM
Between the way we use chemicals with BPA in it, and the sheer volume of plastics in the ocean's gyres, BPA may very well be the single largest threat to life on this planet.
$1 BILLION Dog & Pony Show Begins in Gulf
Friday, April 22, 2011 11:02 AM
There are still millions of gallons of crude oil and at least 1.4 million gallons of Corexit in the Gulf's waters. That oil and solvent continues to affect the creatures (including man) living in and near those waters. A bit over a month ago, dead dolphins began littering the beaches, babies born premature or stillborn at TEN times the usual numbers -- and that's just the near-shore species' corpses that made it to the beach. Despite government claims to the contrary, shrimp continues to come up laced with both oil and Corexit. Instead of acknowledging this, our government simply raises the "acceptable" amount to 500 ppm -- when 2.6 ppm is lethal on fish fry within 96 hours.
With that reality, one would THINK that the first order of business would be to find and extract the remaining oil and pollutants with that billion dollar down-payment. One might think, but that's not what they're going to do.
Need Help with Safety Equipment
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:37 PM
For years, Protect The Ocean survived by donating our time and effort. Often this meant putting off our jobs, the way we make a living, because the events in the world were simply too important to put off. Like last summer, when Protect The Ocean figured out why BP was using Corexit instead of any... [Continue Reading]
70 Miles of Flotsam & Radioactive Waste Dumped into the Pacific
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:55 AM
there's now a flotsam island some 70 miles long floating out into the Pacific, made up of houses, and plastics, bodies and cars, polluting as it goes, and creating dangerous hazards in the shipping lanes... more than 2.2 million square feet of ocean surface.
Wildlife Weekend – Whale Watching Tour
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:37 PM
No plans for Memorial Day weekend? Take a weekend to surround yourself with marine life on a Searcher Natural History Tour Wildlife Weekend. We’ll take you to the deep offshore waters of San Diego and cruise past the Los Coronados islands of the coast of Baja, Mexico. Blue and fin whales; seabirds such as albatross,... [Continue Reading]
Another Gulf Spill! When Does It End?
Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:50 AM
In the past 100 years (since the Industrial Revolution) we have suddenly become a very powerful bull in a shop full of very delicate china. Optimistic estimates give this planet's oceans 20-30 years at the current rate of decline. Catastrophes like the oil spills (plural) that happened all over the world last summer translate to a strong acceleration of that timeframe. If the planet suffers some other unanticipated catastrophe, the crash could easily happen much, much sooner
.Constructive Discussion on Killing in the Faroe Islands – Faroese Speak Back
Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:34 AM
you're killing beings that are at least as intelligent, evolved and wise as we are... and that you don't need to be. Yes, the "tradition" started long ago, before gasoline outboard engines and boats, when you would be bad off and grab at anything that came close enough to shore to eat. But that time is long gone. In the U.S., we had slavery at one time as well. We would snag up black-skinned people and force them to do our work, to do as we commanded. We would beat them, even kill them, if they did not obey. It is not a time our culture is proud of. I'm reasonably sure that, some day in the future, the Faroese people will look back upon the atrocities of the Grind with similar embarrassment.
MTS Ocean Pollution Workshop
Monday, March 07, 2011 2:32 PM
The use of marine technology to mitigate ocean pollution is the focus of a two-day workshop, “Ocean Pollution: From Technology to Management and Policy,” slated for April 13–14, 2011, in Sarasota, Florida. One of the Marine Technology Society’s TechSurge Workshops, this event will feature speakers from well-known laboratories and research institutes, as well as universities... [Continue Reading]
Baby Dolphin Deaths Continue Dramatic Climb
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:35 AM
At least 77 baby dolphin deaths have now been reported to have washed ashore in the past week. We reported the dolphin deaths when the news first came to our attention a week ago. With the report now coming to at least 4 times as many as originally noted, and considering the other factors (such... [Continue Reading]
Exponentially High Baby Dolphin Deaths in the Gulf
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 8:52 AM
In the latest of repercussions from the BP debacle in the Gulf of Mexico, we got word of baby dolphins washing up dead on the shores Mississippi and Alabama -- at ten times the normal rate of stillborn mortality.... As Protect The Ocean warned last summer, the use of Corexit has made a tragic event into a full-blown disaster of epic proportions. We are just now beginning to see the effects of this myopic decision. Corporate greed must never be allowed to choose and control the choices made in our planet's waters again.
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Gulf Coast Stories: Oil, Chemicals, and Illness Part 2
Louisiana residents growing concerned about Deepwater chemical exposure | Lake Charles Personal Inju
www.lakecharlespersonalinjuryaConcern is growing among people in Louisiana and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast that chemicals used by BP to clean up oil f
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The oil dispersant is then pumped out to the wing boom couplings by the large black hoses. The narrow walkway provides access to the flight deck.
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July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Fourteen months after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana, killing 11 m...
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More than a year after the BP disaster began, commercial fisherman Mike Roberts took a ride into the Barataria Bay with his video camera. See what he found.
Location: Gulfport Beach
Time: 11:00AM Sunday, July 3rd
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The Natural Resources Defense Council on Wednesday released its annual survey of beach-water quality and public notification of health advisories against swimming or complete closures, and it's a mixed bag for the Florida Keys for 2010.Overall, the council ranked Florida as having the sixth-best bea
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East of the Main Parking Lot on Pensacola Beach, before the Gulf National Seashore Entrance. I am just disgusted.
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Gulf Coast fishermen and community groups voice their frustrations one year after the Gulf Coast oil spill.
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healthygulf.orgThis morning, Scott Eustis, GRN’s Coastal Wetland Specialist, and I boarded a small Cessna aircraft at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans and headed out on a 4 hour flight path. I was invited by
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is paying a visit to Alabama's Gulf Coast Thursday. He will tour areas affected by the Gulf Oil Spill.
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Once again, BP threads the regulation needle.
Beach closures in U.S. hit 2nd highest level in two decades; Gulf spill, heavy rains are big factors
latimesblogs.latimes.comThe number of beach closures and advisories nationwide due to polluted water jumped last year to its second-highest level in two decades, up 29% from the year before, a new report says. In California, closures and advisories nearly doubled in...
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Most beaches look idyllic at first glance, but as you head to the shore this summer, what's really lurking in the water you're bathing in?
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June 25, 2011 - Corexit is Poison! It's toxic, and it will give you cancer, among other things. During the Hands Across the Sand Protest, we actually video t...
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This Fourth of July weekend as crowds flock to Manatee Countys many wonderful beaches, swimmers and sunbathers might wonder: How clean and safe is the water? That question becomes quite relevant given recent concerns over a massive sewage spill into the Manatee River and the horses and dogs that sw
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The Earth Organization is a grass-roots, international, non-profit organization, founded by veteran South African conservationist and explorer Lawrence Anthony, who recognized that new solutions were necessary to reverse the dwindling spiral of life on Planet Earth.
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Touts tech device that bioaccumulates oil like fish do The U.S. effort to assess damage from last year's Gulf oil disaster is overlooking the impact of low levels of petroleum contaminants, the head of the National Aquarium's Conservation Center told senators Tuesday. "The process is not using a me
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WASHINGTON ' The $1 billion BP set aside to help the Gulf Coast's fragile ecosystem recover from last year's oil spill isn't nearly enough, lawmakers and local officials said Tuesday.
Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel | Mark Hemingway | Beltway Confid
washingtonexaminer.comOver at The Next Right, the've pieced together some interesting connections about the White House's ties to British Petroleum, better known as the company currently polluting the Gulf of Mexico.
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After a 10 day trip out from Galveston TX shrimp fishermen coming back in are reporting NO shrimp after 10 days out on the water. This is very unusual
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Oil in Alabama, OIL IN THE GULF with Lori Captain Deangelis interviewed by Trisha Springstead Part 1. BP is NOT CLEANING IT UP, BP is NO...
Oil in Alabama, OIL IN THE GULF with Lori Captain Deangelis interviewed by Trisha Springstead Part 1. BP is NOT CLEANING IT UP, BP is NO...
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'The public needs to be in the driver's seat,' the chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana says
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12 inch Exxon oil pipeline under the Yellowstone River just east of the Laurel, MT river bridge, ruptured late 2 Jul sending untold thousands of gallons of c...
After reporting that a 10 mile mandatory evacuation zone was issued at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear plant, the story was scrubbed from all online news sites. htt...
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Be sure to watch Part 2! Former commercial bait fisherman Joey Yerkes discusses his experience working on BP's oil disaster clean up and the serious health i...
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www.youtube.comFormer commercial bait fisherman Joey Yerkes discusses his experience working on BP's oil disaster clean up and the serious health impacts he has encountered...
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Australian officials are investigating why dozens of turtles - many of them dead - have been washed up on beaches near the city of Townsville.
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Last night, Eric Ripert tried to cook some sole on the Late Show With David Letterman, but nothing comes...
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Jakarta. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that Indonesia and Australia shared the same position on the Timor Sea oil spill because both countries were claiming compensation from the operator of the oil well in question.
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HARRISBURG - The natural gas industry spent more than $3.5 million last year to lobby lawmakers and state officials on a range of issues concerning Marcellus Shale gas extraction.
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Gov. Rick Scott and state Senate President Mike Haridopolos have short memories. They have forgotten about last year's BP oil spill. They have forgotten about the millions of gallons of oil that spewed into the gulf, the dead wildlife and the soiled Panhandle beaches. They have forgotten about the f
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