SEJ Letter of June 4, 2010, to Coast Guard on Media Access
Full Text: SEJ Letter of June 4, 2010, to Coast Guard on Media Access to Deepwater Horizon Spill Response Operations
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BP Contractors, Feds Continue to Bar Media from Public Property
WDSU, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans (Channel 6), found that BP's highly publicized statement that it is not barring news media from witnessing the cleanup, or its failure, is in fact not true. See video of this and other examples, and get contact info for the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center if you've been denied access.
"May 2010 Was Warmest On Record: U.S. Government Data"
"Last month was the warmest May on record, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2010
"In Florida Keys, Residents Plan Their Own Spill Cleanup"
"Facing the possibility that oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill could arrive on its reefs and beaches in the coming weeks, many in the Florida Keys are once again angry about perceived fools and bureaucrats. In particular, they've watched how BP has monopolized and, in the eyes of many, mismanaged the oil cleanup in the northern Gulf of Mexico and are frantically trying to organize an independent local response."
Source: TIME, 06/16/2010
Lawmakers Attack Plans Oil Companies Had in Place To Deal With a Spill
The CEOs of 5 oil giants admitted to a House panel that their spill-response plans for gulf drilling relied on the same boilerplate, inadequate but reassuring, used by BP to claim it could handle a Gulf spill. The Minerals Management Service approved the plans.
Source: Wash Post, 06/16/2010
Gulf Spill Raises Environmental Justice Concerns
"Federal agencies responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster should do a better job of targeting communities that have historically been underrepresented in disaster response, including people of color and Native Americans, members of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council said Tuesday."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/16/2010
"Report: Oil Pipelines at Risk in Hurricanes"
Hurricanes could generate strong waves and underwater currents that could damage some of the 31,000 miles of underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, causing damaging oil spills, a newly published scientific study says.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/16/2010
"BP Engineer's Testimony Contradicted by E-Mail"
After BP's senior drilling engineer testified that BP and contractors had worked in concert to build the safest possible well, Congressional investigators released email suggesting he was not telling the truth.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/16/2010
"Oil-Spill Flow Rate Estimate Surges To 35,000 To 60,000 Barrels a Day"
"The official estimate of the flow rate from the leaking gulf oil well has surged again, with government officials announcing Tuesday that 35,000 to 60,000 barrels (1.47 million to 2.52 million gallons) of oil a day are now gushing from the reservoir deep beneath the gulf."
Source: Wash Post, 06/16/2010
"Obama Taps Michael Bromwich as Watchdog for Offshore Oil Drilling"
"The man appointed Tuesday by President Obama to oversee offshore oil drilling has no experience with oil and gas issues, but he has a reputation for cleaning up embattled organizations."
Source: Wash Post, 06/16/2010
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