Category Archives: Gulf Oil Spill
Senate Should Heed Oil Spill Commission Staff Recommendation to Use Fines for Gulf Restoration
The U.S. Senate should heed the recommendation by the staff of the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling that “Congress should direct 80 percent of civil and criminal Clean Water Act penalties” [PDF] … Continue reading
NOAA and FDA Announce Chemical Test for Dispersant in Gulf Seafood
Building upon the extensive testing and protocols already in use by federal, state and local officials for the fishing waters of the Gulf, NOAA and FDA have developed and are using a chemical test to detect dispersants used in the … Continue reading
America’s WETLAND Foundation, Entergy to Release Study on Protecting Gulf Coast from Environmental Changes
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) and the America’s WETLAND Foundation will release Wednesday, Oct. 20, a landmark study by McKinsey & Company with startling data that shows the need for billions in annual investments to sustain America’s Energy Coast of Alabama, … Continue reading
New Eco Products Seen as Game-Changers for Government and Ordinary Americans
Terradime Modular™, a manufacturing and innovation enterprise focused on energy efficient technologies, today held an international product launch to unveil cutting-edge products designed to help people conserve energy and live cleaner, healthier lives. The products were created by alumni from … Continue reading
Children’s Health Fund Responds to Public Health Crisis by Providing Mobile Clinic to Care for Children Impacted by the BP Oil Spill
Almost six months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion caused the oil spill now globally known as the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history, Children’s Health Fund (CHF) is expanding its New Orleans’s Children’s Health Project (NOCHP) by … Continue reading
Obama Praised for Signing Executive Order Creating Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
President Obama’s signing today of an executive order to create a Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force is a key first step to fulfilling his promise to restore the Gulf and to make it even better than it was before … Continue reading