August 20th, 2010 at 12:40pm |
University of Georgia scientists have written a report disputing the
estimate put out by the Joint Information Center - a collaboration
between the federal government and B-P - that only 25 percent of the
spilled oil remains in the Gulf. Marine Sciences professor Samantha
Joye says one major misconception is that the oil that has dissolved into
water is gone.
She […]
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August 12th, 2010 at 11:08am |
Next week is the tenth anniversary of the one of the worst oil spills ever to hit Florida beaches and, while Congress debates a response to the ongoing BP oil disaster, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF)has released a report detailing a decade of serious oil spills, fires, leaks and loss of life that have affected […]
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July 19th, 2010 at 11:26am |
Approximately 70 local business owners gathered in Pink Shell’s Lido Room last Thursday evening to hear a presentation given by the law firm Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley concerning the BP claims process. The Greater Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce’s lawfirm – Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett – invited the east coast […]
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July 2nd, 2010 at 2:28pm |
With all the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and the pictures all over the television and the Internet of Louisiana beaches and marshes covered in icky red goo, many islanders and visitors alike are understandably terrified that one day our beach could resemble those already hit. However, I discovered this week that […]
Read the rest of “Forbidden Zone” Likely to Keep Oil Away From our Coast