The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a directive Thursday requiring BP to identify and use a less toxic and more effective dispersant from the list of EPA authorized dispersants, according to a press release. The directive requires BP to identify a less toxic alternative – to be used both on the surface and under the…
Daily Archives: May 20, 2010
BP's Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Day 30: Twenty Recommendations
On the 30-day anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that has led to what may be one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever seen, Defenders of Wildlife takes a look at 20 ways the oil industry and our federal government have failed to keep us safe from the dangers that offshore…
While BP Touts Containment Efforts, Oil Reaches Louisiana Wetlands
My Old Friend David Mattingly at CNN Reports BP said Wednesday that efforts to contain and clean up oil gushing from a ruptured pipe in the Gulf of Mexico have made a “measurable difference” even as Louisiana’s governor announced that thick, heavy oil has begun polluting the state’s wetlands and estuaries, “as thick as chocolate…
An Aerial View of BP Burning Off Gas at the Deepwater Horizon
A John Wathen Video Thanks to Southwings.org SouthWings pilot Tom Hutchings and Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen fly to the source of BP’s oil spill from the Louisiana coast and show crude mixed with dispersant chemicals washing up on the beaches and in the marshes.
