Louisiana Environmental Action Network & Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper: The Wedding between Big Oil and the State of Louisiana

May 14, 2014

Louisiana Environmental Action Network & Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER©Helping to Make Louisiana Safe for Future Generations E-ALERT – May 9, 2014 The Honor of Your Presence is Requested at the Wedding Between Big Oil and The State of Louisiana. credit: Anthony Ford Saturday, May 10, 2014  5:30pm Clouet Gardens 710 Clouet Street New Orleans, LA  Immediately followed […]

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Decom World.com: New “risk-based” inspections are on the way, BSEE says by Rod Sweet

May 14, 2014

May 14, 2014 US regulator BSEE is developing a new approach to safety inspections which, by using a more robust risk analysis, could afford a “lighter touch” to high performing facilities. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) says it has engaged a national laboratory to help it develop a risk-analysis methodology that would […]

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Nature Geoscience: Hydrologists find Mississippi River network’s buffering system for nitrates is overwhelmed

May 14, 2014

Date: Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:12 AM Public Release: 11-May-2014 A new method of measuring surface water-ground water interaction along the length of the Mississippi River suggests the nitrates causing the Gulf of Mexico dead zone can not be controlled through existing natural filtration systems. The research provides valuable information for water quality efforts, […]

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Scientific American: Post-BP Oil Spill Gulf Restoration Projects So Far Lack Basis in Science (Slide Show)

May 14, 2014

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/post-bp-oil-spill-gulf-restoration-projects-so-far-lack-basis-in-science/ Few funds generated by the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been allocated as yet to return the Gulf of Mexico’s marshes and ecosystems to a healthier state, leading to “random acts of restoration” May 12, 2014 |By Melissa Gaskill Oyster reef structures line the edge of a mud flat on Mobile Bay. Volunteers installed the […]

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Forbes Magazine by Loren Steffy: Offshore Regulators Talk Tough But Are Oil Companies Listening?

May 14, 2014

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorensteffy/2014/05/12/offshore-regulators-talk-tough-but-are-oil-companies-listening/ ENERGY 5/12/2014 @ 8:12AM   Offshore regulators had a stern warning last week for oil companies and contractors with poor track records for operating in the Gulf of Mexico: we’ve got our eye on you. The warning came during a panel discussion on the final day of the Offshore Technology Conference, the industry’s mega […]

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Scientific American: Bacteria Left a Methane Mess after Gulf Oil Spill

May 14, 2014

 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bacteria-left-a-methane-mess-after-gulf-oil-spill/ A study contradicts the notion that microbes consumed most of the gas after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill May 13, 2014 |By Karen Ravn and Nature magazine | When the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil well sent some 400,000 tonnes of methane into the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, many scientists and […]

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NOLA.com–The Lens Opinion by Mark Moseley: BP Revisited ‘Safer than ever’ may not be safe at all when it comes to offshore rigs

May 14, 2014

http://thelensnola.org/2014/05/08/bp-revisited-safer-than-ever-may-not-be-very-safe-at-all-when-it-comes-to-deepwater-rigs/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter+5914&utm_content=Weekly+Newsletter+5914+CID_8e236fe6b59c20faec19a04a8ee476df&utm_sour  May 8, 2014 1:02pm   BP’s oil rig explosion and catastrophic spill began in April 2010, but the real anniversary should be May. That’s when we became gripped again by feelings of helplessness and anger more intense than anything we had known since Hurricane Katrina. Oil spewed into the gulf for months while BP, […]

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