SELC by Glynn Wilson Defenders of Wildlife and the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile challenging the Minerals Management Service’s complicity in the Gulf oil disaster and continued lax oversight of oil drilling operations, including its failure to require a thorough…
Daily Archives: May 17, 2010
Modeling, Satellite Imagery Show Oil Slick Sliding Into Loop Current
Weather Forecast for Tuesday Shows Winds Shifting Southwest NASA Computer models and NASA satellite image show BP’s oil already seeping into a powerful water stream known as the loop current, which could propel it around the southern tip of Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean. “This can’t be passed off as ‘it’s not going to…
Hilliard Praises Nurses' Role in Health Care
Calls for Increased Funding for Training Additional Nurses Rep. Earl Hilliard Jr. praised the nation’s nurses Saturday for their role in health care for Americans and called for additional funding for the training of nurses to serve the demand created by the Obama administration’s new health care la.. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report s that …
Dock on the Rock at Smith Lake May 22
Silverock Cove, a residential development on Smith Lake, is hosting “Dock on the Rock,” a day at Smith Lake featuring a number of lake-themed activities on Saturday, May 22 from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The event is open to the public and there will be live music all day long. Activities will highlight the range of…
