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Gulf Oil Plumes Still a Threat?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 8th, 2010
National Geographic: Several weeks after the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, researchers familiar with the Gulf revealed that their research team had detected a large plume made up of oil droplets and it was located more than 3000 feet under the water’s surface.
One of those researchers is University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye.
The oil plume data collected by Joye and the other researchers working with her initially received a cool reception from officials in NOAA. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Interpol pledges war on environmental crime
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 8th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: Interpol on Monday adopted a resolution unanimously pledging support to back the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and to fight environmental crime.
"One couldn?t have asked for a better result," the secretary general of CITES, John Scanlon, said in gas-rich Qatar where the resolution was adopted.
"The endangered fauna and flora of the world cannot be safeguarded without you, without the police," he told the annual assembly of Interpol, which adopted the resolution....
Climate Change Impacting World’s Most Vulnerable Nation’s Fresh Water
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 8th, 2010
redOrbit: Preeminent climate scientist and noted environmental leaders speak out on behalf of the Kiribati Nation, calling upon world leaders who will gather this month at the Economic Summit in Seoul and the U.N. Climate talks in Cancun to address the issue of water scarcity and its impact on food sources. James Hansen, world renowned climate scientist, Lester Brown, Founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, Rabbi Warren Stone, religious environmental activist who served as delegate at the U.N. climate...
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Comments Off on Climate Change Impacting World’s Most Vulnerable Nation’s Fresh WaterIndependent panel to share findings on Gulf spill
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 8th, 2010
Associated press: The causes of the massive Gulf oil spill will be laid out for the first time Monday by investigators working for President Barack Obama's independent commission, potentially shifting the blame and settling disputes between companies over the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Representatives of the three companies most involved in the April accident -- Halliburton, Transocean and BP -- will be on hand to answer the allegations and respond to questions.
"It's the first public look at...