NOAA: Crude oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster causes severe defects in the developing hearts of bluefin and yellowfin tunas, according to a new study by a team of NOAA and academic scientists. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, show how… Continue Reading
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TRAC: Civil Filing Information for April 2013
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “There were 27,588 new civil court suits filed in federal district courts during the month of April 2013, up 14.9 percent from March. Contributing significantly to this increase were over 1,500 filings in the Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans) under the Oil Pollution Act, 33 USC 2701, presumably related to… Continue Reading
Study by NOAA and Partners Shows Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill
Follow-up to previous postings on the Gulf Oil Spill, this new study: “Bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, are showing signs of severe ill health, according to NOAA marine mammal biologists and their local, state, federal and other research partners. Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, received heavy and prolonged exposure to… Continue Reading
BP announces $7.8B settlement with Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, this news release: “BP has reached a settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC), subject to final written agreement, to resolve the substantial majority of legitimate economic loss and medical claims stemming from the Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill. The PSC acts on behalf… Continue Reading
BSEE and NOAA to complete Arctic oil spill response mapping tool
News release: “The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today they are partnering to enhance the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) for the Arctic region by summer 2012. ERMA® is the same interactive online mapping tool used by federal responders during the Deepwater Horizon oil… Continue Reading
New NOAA-led analysis shows gases and oil in three chemically different mixtures deep underwater, in the surface slick, in the air
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, this news release from NOAA: “By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in… Continue Reading
Endangered species listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna not warranted
NOAA: Endangered species listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna not warranted – “After an extensive scientific review, NOAA announced today that Atlantic bluefin tuna currently do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act. NOAA has committed to revisit this decision by early 2013, when more information will be available about the effects of the… Continue Reading
NRDA Trustees announce $1 billion agreement to fund early Gulf Coast restoration projects
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater oil spill, this news release from NOAA: “Under an unprecedented agreement announced today by the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Trustees), BP has agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico to address injuries to natural resources… Continue Reading
Federal Interagency Group Issues Peer-Reviewed 'Oil Budget' Technical Documentation
News release: “The Federal Interagency Solutions Group, established at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard and authorized under a directive from the National Incident Commander (NIC), released a peer-reviewed report that details the scientific calculations of the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill Oil Budget Calculator response tool announced last August. The report, developed in… Continue Reading
Interior Announces Revised OCS Leasing Program
News release: “Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced an updated oil and gas leasing strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Based on lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department has raised the bar in the drilling and production stages for equipment, safety, environmental safeguards, and oversight. In order to… Continue Reading
CRS: The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new CRS report: The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act “The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaked an estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging the waters, shores, and marshes, and the… Continue Reading
National Oil Spill Commission Releases 4 Working Papers on Oil Spill
“The National Oil Spill Commission today is releasing four new draft working papers prepared by its staff. Commission staff prepares draft working papers to inform the Commissioners on-going examination of the root causes of the Gulf spill and options to guard against and mitigate the impacts of future spills. The Commissioners decisions regarding these matters… Continue Reading
