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nrdc: Spill Commissioners Grade America’s Ability to Prevent Another Oil Spill Two years after the spill, small businesses are still trying to regain their footing after the disaster brought tourism to a halt. Shrimpers are still trying to make up for lost earnings, yet some say catches were down 80 percent in 2011. And still the tar balls keep... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
nrdc: Spill Commissioners Grade America’s Ability to Prevent Another Oil Spill Two years after the spill, small businesses are still trying to regain their footing after the disaster brought tourism to a halt. Shrimpers are still trying to make up for lost earnings, yet some say catches were down 80 percent in 2011. And still the tar balls keep coming. The first 10 days of 2012 alone brought three tons of these oily clumps to the beaches of Alabama and Mississippi. Marine species are revealing what it means to live in waters inundated with this oil. An unusually high number of bottlenose dolphins have beached along Gulf shores since the spill, particularly in Barataria Bay—an area heavily exposed to BP oil. Roughly 40 decaying sea turtles were found in March of 2012, marking a repeat of high turtle deaths last year. And a large coral formation at the bottom of the sea remains coated with oil from the spill and is dying. Yet even before we have a full understanding of what the spill is doing to marine life, new deepwater wells are being drilled, more offshore leases are being sold, and oil companies are gunning to get into the highly sensitive Arctic Ocean. Read more. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - FSU Sampling Cruise - June 22, 2010 Dr. Oscar Garcia / Florida State University (via flickr) Spill Commissioners Grade America’s Ability to Prevent Another Oil Spill
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