At Solve Climate, Stacy Feldman writes:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) declared today that carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) is currently "viable," and that the only real obstacle to rapid deployment in the United States is political will.
"There are no insurmountable technical, legal, institutional, or other barriers to the deployment of this technology," the agencies announced.
In a report of the Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage that was delivered to President Obama on Thursday, EPA and DOE concluded that capturing and storing CO2 underground can play "an important role" in cutting global warming pollution by 2020, while "preserving the option of using coal."
However, without a price on carbon, the agencies said they were highly pessimistic about CCS's possibilities.
"Widespread cost-effective deployment of CCS will occur only if the technology is commercially available at economically competitive prices and supportive national policy frameworks, such as a cap on carbon pollution, are in place," EPA and DOE said....
The study's show of confidence comes at an inauspicious time for the struggling industry.
The infamous FutureGen project in Mattoon, Ill., announced in 2003 and once expected to be the world's first CCS plant, was officially scrapped last week by the DOE after years of cost overruns. In its place, the agency said it would spend $1 billion to carry out "FutureGen 2.0," which would retrofit a shuttered coal plant rather than build a new one. But in a letter this week to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the town of Mattoon said it would not provide land to store the CO2, causing an indefinite delay in the project. |
Be sure to check out the Gulf Recovery series. So far 13 diarists have contributed to this blogathon organized by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, noweasels and myself. More diaries will appear Friday. Links appear in the jump below.
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Green diary rescue appears on Thursdays and Sundays. Inclusion of a particular diary does not necessarily indicate my agreement with it. The GDR begins here and continues in the jump.
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Haole in Hawaii is one lucky fellow, as he let us know in Beautiful Birds of Botswana - A Photo Diary: "Aloha! I am back in the islands after my second once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Okavango and Linyanti wilderness of northwest Botswana. I have to say that re-entry into my work life and also into the blazing insanity that is American politics after two weeks of wildlife photography is jarring to say the least. This diary as all my diaries here is meant primarily as a respite from the craziness and as a reminder that we share this fragile planet with some incredible creatures." That is a Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) in the photo on the right.
Gulf Recovery Series
noweasels introduced the series Wednesday in the diary, Gulf Recovery (I): Hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents have seen their livelihoods, if not their generations-old ways of life, threatened or extinguished. Thousands –- perhaps tens of thousands -- of shorebirds, reptiles, amphibians and marine mammals are dead or suffering. An entire eco-system is in danger. It would all sound at least marginally hyperbolic, were it not all true. There is so much to do. And, as a community, we can accomplish so much. Please join us by reading, recommending, commenting -- and by taking action through the links provided.
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse uncovered a database inArt to the Rescue: "BP has been quite successful in covering up so much of the environmental damages by restricting media access, buying scientists, and fudging/hiding/nondisclosing the facts. But the Smithsonian Museum has the data to prove some of the unseen underwater damages and a means to monitor recovery."
mogmaar rhetorically asked Who Cares About Health Effects?: "BP has given $1.3 million to candidates and members of congress since 1999. That's not even that much, compared to the $3.9 million that Exxon has given, or the whopping $4.4 million that Koch has given in that time. (Check the amazing dirtyenergymoney.com that launched yesterday for more juicy details.) hese are direct contributions, not including money funneled into 501c3 'educational' efforts or to libertarian think tanks. That's before Citizens United opened up the gates. This is normal operating procedure in Washington, and what does it buy the oil companies?"
In Ending the Age of Oil, danieljkessler wrote: "Unfortunately, the Gulf of Mexico disaster is only the latest major ecosystem to fall victim to our oil addiction. In the last century, oil contamination destroyed huge tracts of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, two of the most beautiful and ecologically sensitive places in the world. Oil’s extraction, refining and use has poisoned countless communities, from Nigeria to China to the Americas, negatively affecting the health of families in every corner of the world."
In her diary, Invisibility Cloaks & Time Warpsboatsie created a wondrous tale of what might have been.
Project Gulf Impact gave us the skinny on how a BP Worker Exposed Truth of Working Oil Spill Cleanup: "Now that cleanup crews are being let go, more and more former cleanup workers, angered and confused by the way they were treated by temp agencies subcontracted by BP, are coming forward with stories of improper training, threats to their health, unsafe working conditions, violations of labor laws, health problems and other harmful practices they were subject to. s traditional media continues to celebrate the unlikely disappearance of the oil spilled by the Macondo 252 well, Gulf residents are becoming increasingly disconcerted by the severe neglect of corporations and government agencies involved with the spill."
And then posted Gulf Recovery: Dispatches, Day #2: "Yesterday we spent the day indoors (thankfully) at Louisiana State University interviewing professors from schools across campus. We spoke with experts that represented a range of disciplines, from toxicology to ichthyology. Despite their diverse set of backgrounds, we heard one message loud and clear: our future is uncertain. The need for funding for rigorous research, for both today and years to come, is crucial. As we continue to fight traditional media's assertion that the oil is gone, the situation in the Gulf grows more dire."
pico plumbed the depths of an overlooked issue in the Gulf's recovery, Cultural Ecology: "Our conversations about the Gulf Coast deal a lot with environmental impact, with the science behind the disaster, and with the way it effects humans on political, economic, and biological axes. One are that doesn't get explored quite as much is the notion of cultural ecology, or the way that a particular society shapes itself around its physical environment. When an environment is threatened, so may be the culture integrated within it. As a case study, we're going to use the Isleños of Louisiana, a small community that's not very well known outside the area, but who've been directly impacted by our country's two biggest catastrophes of the last decade."
JekyllnHyde posted the Gulf Recovery in Editorial Cartoons - Helping the Helpless: "Over the past four months since oil first started spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, I have posted hundreds of editorial cartoons covering the various aspects of this environmental tragedy. You can click on my weekly diaries and you'll find many heart-breaking cartoons which detail the magnitude of the destruction caused by Big Oil. This diary seeks to look at the developments in the Gulf over the past four months through recent cartoons."
Fishgrease evaluated failures and successes so far inBooming the BP Magic: "I fear that the word 'Recovery' here might be taken to mean that the actual center-point of this crisis, the blown-out well, is completely sealed, no more worries, we got this sucker, look how fast the oil is dissapearing! Like friggen Magic! In Thad-Allen-Speak: there'll be no more hydrocarbons released into the environment because we can tell by our tests that the well has integrity and the annulus has a magic seal that allows magic cement to keep stagnate hydrocarbons down in the well. Wait. Integrity? This well? BP?"
It's a CRUDE CRUDE world wrote citisven: "As with many environmental catastrophes, much of their impact cannot be truly measured until years later and in-depth studies of a complex web of cause and effect. Therefore, I think it's premature for either doomsday scenarios or celebrations of nature's instant miracle cleanup. What we can and should do, however, is to remember that the BP gusher in the Gulf and all its yet to be determined effects was not an isolated incident: as long as we don't fundamentally change the way we use energy, these 'accidents' are going to continue to happen."
Author-activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben dropped in with his diary,Feature or Bug?: "The question to ask about the spill in the Gulf is: are we dealing with a one-off accident, a mistake, a bug? Or is it environmental destruction really the essential business model of the fossil fuel industry? If the answer is bug, then we need to concentrate on one kind of solution: better regulations to make sure oil wells don’t leak, and that if they do companies pay for the damage. And we surely need to do that—it’s a no-brainer (which unfortunately doesn’t preclude the fact that the Congress may not do it. ... But what if the BP spill is just one tiny part of the daily ongoing destruction that comes from the fossil fuel business? That’s my contention."
Oke gave us a look at Genocide by Oil: "The Houma Nation, a 17,000 member tribe, is spread out over several parishes in Southeast Louisiana. Not even Hurricane Katrina could endanger what BP's carelessness has brought, the biggest fight to survive floating right up to their shores. Just as the thick oil cuts off oxygen and nutrients needed for the survival of all living things from plankton to plants, the oil is seeping into the fibers of the Houma life and culture."
Round-ups, Wrap-ups & Digests
eKos: Floods, Heatwaves, and Oil Spills... Oh my! {eKos Earthship Wednesday}: "Aided by subsidies, some utilities are purchasing commercial-scale solar for up to 30% less than nuclear, Duke University researchers say. The sunshine of North Carolina, a state on America's Atlantic seaboard, has long been a draw for tourists seeking a little southern warmth on the region's beaches. But holiday companies are not the only ones trumpeting a good local deal. The price of the state's solar-generated electricity has fallen so far that it is now cheaper than new nuclear power, according to a report published in July by researchers at the state's Duke University."
eKos: Moscow deaths double in Russia's worst ever heat; eKos Earthship Monday: "We know, Climate denialism is in full gear as the summer continues to bring record high heat and devastation across the Globe."
Energy & Transportation
War on Error presented a history lesson with US Offshore Oil Drilling Began Late 1800s: "Did you know that in 1938 the USA used as much oil and the rest of the planet combined. That's USA = The World. E, my friends, are the original global warming culprits. And WE need to be the solution. But WE seem to have lost control of wherever the decisions are made, or so it seems."
There was some exciting news from aaraujo in Green Light! Flywheel Energy Storage: "Progress on the Energy and Environment front. This facility will be the first of its kind in the world, able to provide around 10% of the frequency regulation needed to balance the New York power grid on a typical day, replacing fossil fuel-powered capacity. Remember all that talk in 2008 about new technologies and smarter energy grids? Well, here it is."
Burning Coal + Hot Days = Unhealthy Air Warnings warned Bruce Nilles: "...with this comes new research that poor air quality days aren't just a struggle for your lungs, they're just as tough on your heart. This is news from the combined efforts of the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association, who are reminding us that while some pollution levels may be decreasing, we're learning that air pollution is actually much worse for us than originally thought."
David Bradish informed us that Nuclear Plant Construction Continues at a Measured Pace: "There are 61 reactors under construction in 15 countries. Only four are of the same design as CC3. Therefore, claiming that one project not yet under construction will affect and stop all of the reactors in the US and world clearly misrepresents new nuclear expansion. Below is a graph showing the number of reactors under construction and planned worldwide by country. This expansion is clearly not dependent on any one company, project or country."
It's still the case, after all these years, terryhallinan pointed out, that Supporting Your Local Fossil Fuel Drug Dealer: "'Fossil Fuel Subsidies Outpace Renewables.The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. Does that really surprise anyone?"
raines live-blogged a meeting with the former vice president in Next Steps 4 Climate Movement: Al Gore on Repower America Town Hall call: "The National Wildlife Federation chair Larry Shweigher just warmed us up. The topic: 'Next Steps for the Climate Movement' starts with thanks to Maggie Fox, Larry Schweigher."
ekyprogressive lamented "Coal Miner Appreciation Day: Rally Against the EPA"???: "Stella Parton, Dolly's Sister, will be there performing. That doesn't surprise me, when the whole attacks on Ashley Judd was going on, Stella jumped in for a moment of fame then too, now she's back to do it again. You can read more about that in my previous Diary from June. But check out the facebook page title... 'Coal Miner Appreciation Day: Rally Against Lisa Jackson & the EPA'?"
greendem announced a new green project in SF Breaks Ground on High Speed Rail's "Grand Central": "Construction began Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco's new state-of-the-art, multi-modal transportation hub designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Scheduled to open in 2017, this landmark glass-and-steel structure will connect the city and the Bay Area via 11 public transit systems. Notably, the Transbay Transit Center will be the San Francisco station for California High Speed Rail and the first new high-speed rail station in the United States. Conceived as "the Grand Central of the West," the building is designed in the spirit of the great train stations of the world. The highly sustainable and accessible building is distinguished by dramatic light-filled spaces and a 5.4-acre rooftop park."
Agriculture, Food & Gardens.
Stranded Wind looked at what's happening with crops and weather on several continents in The Famine Of 2011: "Record dry in Russia, record wet in Pakistan, record wet in Canada, record extreme weather in the U.S. dryland wheat areas - and it all comes down to Australia getting lucky in the face of a forty year old climate change driven trend. Meep. ... Because no humans are impacted just yet the news of Canada's incredibly wet growing season it's only news a wheat geek would love, but it's an issue. Production is off in the European Union and, interestingly enough, South Dakota caught some record hailstones damaging their crops. So ... we got issues all over and Bryan's thumbnail estimate is that if the gods smile on Australia we'll squeak through without too much trouble."
alpolitics took note of how difficult it is for people in some areas to find decent nutrition in the diary, Food Deserts and Food Imbalance in Urban Areas: What Can Be Done?: "Eating healthy and focusing on nutrition can be difficult in urban American for one simple reason: access. I have long lamented that without better access to grocery stores in the downtown Birmingham area, we would fail in any redevelopment and urban renewal plans. However, I have learned that we have even more serious problems in terms of the health of those already in the city as related to lack of grocery options. Today, the Birmingham News wrote a story about a study that found 88,000 in Birmingham (a third of the population) live too far from healthy food. Nearly 25,000 of the residents of Birmingham are within three regions of 'food deserts.'"
Norm in Chicago explained how Community gardens are being destroyed for equality: "The Chicagoland area is crisscrossed by numerous high voltage power lines owned by ComEd. Many of these lines pass through highly developed residential areas, with houses lining both sides of the ComEd right of way. Except for an occasional bike path winding through, the area under the power lines is simply vacant mowed fields. Decades ago suburbs started leasing plots of land for community gardens. These programs are extremely popular, with plots always in demand and fully farmed each year. Demand was so great that some communities started farming outside their allotted area and building unauthorized sheds. Citing safety and maintenance access concerns, ComEd began terminating these leases several years ago when they came up for renewal. However, ComEd is now terminating all remaining leases where there have never been issues, in the name of fairness."
Frankenoid posted another in her series, Saturday Morning Garden Blogging After Hours.
In three diaries, NourishingthePlanet looked at what's happening in agriculture overseas.
There was Innovation of the Week: Handling Pests with Care Instead of Chemicals: "Between the years of 1975 – 1976, the Cambodian farmer, Name Name, like most farmers in the country during that time, grew vegetables and rice to feed the soldiers of the Lon Nol regime. Using his bare hands, Name mixed the chemicals DDT, Folidol, Phostrin and Kontrin in order to keep the pests away from his crops. As a result, he suffered from strange and uncomfortable physical symptoms. Sometimes he was unable to move or feel his hands and lower arms, and he experienced pain in his lungs and heart. His short term memory was also affected. All of these symptoms often persisted for up to six months after exposure to the chemicals. When the regime ended, Name went back to farming for himself and his family, and decided that he would do so without the use of any of the harmful chemical fertilizers that he realized are so dangerous to his health."
And Kenyan Professor Promotes Indigenous Food to Solve Climate Change Food Crisis: "In Kenya, a devastating cycle of drought and flood reflects the worst that climate change has to offer, and threatens the health and survival of the nation’s poorest and most at-risk inhabitants, namely women and children. Here, where the average yearly income rounds out to less than $1,000, where 60 percent of the population is below poverty level, and one-fifth of the children under the age of five are malnourished, the people have experienced at least 28 cycles of drought in the last century, as well as 15 floods of epidemic proportions, according to Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim."
And ECOVA MALI: Building Home Grown Knowledge: "Check out Nourishing the Planet's visit to ECOVA MALI, a training center for farmers outside Bamako."
Furthermore! Urban Composting, Part 1 (A How-to Guide) was the TheFatLadySings' contribution to living sustainably: "If you are concerned about the environment but live in a city, have a small growing space or yard, or just don't feel like messing with large, outdoor compost bins like the compost strudel below, then bokashi composting might be the right method for you! Bokashi is a method of kitchen composting developed in Japan where the typical home is the size of a US bedroom and the typical kitchen could fit inside my shoe. Composting is facilitated by anaerobic microorganisms and takes place in a covered bucket under the sink."
Climate Change
Stepping outside his usual topics in the Impact of Climate Change Is Obvious in Antarctica RogerShuler wrote: "Anyone who doubts that climate change is real, and already is having a profound impact on the world's environment, should spend some time talking with James McClintock. McClintock, a professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is an international expert on Antarctica. The National Academy of Sciences has invited him to be part of a panel of 25 scientists who will participate in a workshop later this month on the impact of rapid climate change on polar marine ecosystems. McClintock, who is writing a book called Meltdown: Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula, says the impact in one of the world's most remote locations is dramatic."
Heather Taylor Miesle NRDC Action Fund urged everyone to Show Up and Speak Up for Climate Change Legislation: "Over the next few weeks, Senators will be holding 'town hall meetings' in their states. Last year, these meetings came to define the health care debate. This year, they could help us reshape America’s energy policy. If you are like me and you are still stunned that the Senate refused to pass a bill that would have created nearly 2 million new American jobs, put our nation at the forefront of the clean energy market and helped end our addiction to oil, then go to a town hall meeting and tell your lawmakers what you think."
On the other hand, LaFeminista wondered if our elected leaders are ever going to show up in Ice, Fire, Deluge, Famine, Heat and a Definitive Trend: Act Today: "How many more times will we be told to bury our heads in the sand? How much longer will individual nations sit by and do nothing? How much longer does this remain a political football rather than the defining moment of our civilization?"
Figuring you gotta hit 'em where it hurts, AreDeutz snarked Climate Change killing America's Golf Courses: "Yes folks, the only way the U.S. mainstream media is going to report on catastrophic climate change is when it hits the elites where it hurts: on the golf courses. And even then, they will couch it in non-specific language that obfuscates the real reasons..."
MeMeMeMeMe had some quasi-snark, too, this time of a politician who gets it, in Markey to Deniers: Go Live on the Greenland Iceberg: "'The Hill reports that on Saturday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), who has been leading the legislative effort to confront climate change, used the occasion to chastise his obstructionist colleagues: 'An iceberg four times the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland, creating plenty of room for global warming deniers to start their own country,' Markey said in a statement.' Great idea. The population density of New York City is 26,403 people per square mile, so if the iceberg is approximately 100 square miles, that means over 26 million people can comfortably fit on it! Maybe not enough to accommodate every global warming denier, but as the old lawyer joke goes, 'it's a good start.'"
LaughingPlanet pointed out that the Media ignores "Worst Humanitarian Disaster In Recent History': "HuffPo front page? Boobs, fluff, etc. No mention of the 'Worst Humanitarian Disaster In Recent History.' WaPo front page? 'On the stump: Clinton vs. Obama.' No mention of the 'Worst Humanitarian Disaster In Recent History.' NY Times front page? Well, I read the Global Edition, so I found this tiny link toward the bottom of the front page."
Partly filling the gap was Sourmash with the diary, Dispatch from the Pakistan Floods: "I am writing this in response to a rec’d diary posted earlier today saying there is little coverage of the Pakistani floods in the US media. I would have written this sooner, but since I live in Pakistan, I only watch local news and BBC, Al Jazeera and CNN International, so I thought the floods were getting good coverage. It pains me to hear that they are not. Not surprising, of course, but hard to hear nevertheless."
Eco-Action, Eco-Policy, Eco-Philosophy & Eco-Justice
In the Eco-Justice series, boatsie took a long look at the fact that "IN AFRICA, AIDS HAS A WOMAN'S FACE" Part I: "'In their daily search for clean water, women in rural sub-Saharan Africa literally and symbolically walk the social, economic, and geographic paths along which, scholars argue, the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be mapped.'"
davidsirota asked Can You Join Me Next Week In Taking the Low-Impact Challenge?: "Recently on AM760, I interviewed author Colin Beavan about his fantastic book and movie 'No Impact Man.' Inspired by the discussion, we've decided at AM760 to organize and launch a Low Impact Week - and I'm asking you to join me by signing up and taking the challenge with me here. It's free and it should be a helluva lot of fun - and here's the thing: You don't have to be a liberal or a conservative to know this is important."
aaraujo warned that There's No Planet B: "Humans are ridiculous creatures. We have rapidly industrialized and, in the process, obliterated our forests, poisoned our seas, and suffocated our skies. The profiteers will swear blind that there is nothing wrong, and if there was, their exploitations had nothing to do with it."
ImpeccableLiberalCredentials informed us about a recent talk in MN Goddess opportunity - about the planet, not the primary: "Swami Nitya has delivered two powerful lectures so far during her brief time in Minnesota - bringing attention to the uncomfortable reality that there are tens of millions - a rapidly growing number of environmental refugees from the climate changes that are already taking place. Spirit calls on us to take responsibility for our actions, to regulate our consumption, to pursue a spiritual practice/discipline/sadhana throughout our remaining time on this planet - striving to give more than we take, to love more than we need to be loved, to reduce the suffering that we as individuals and a community cause to ourselves and others and ultimately become a refuge to all beings through renouncing some unnecessary desire."
mwmwm presented another installment of the Eco-PANIQuiz for week ending Aug 8: GMOs, Toads, CO2, and Dams: " The Pre-Apocalypse News & Info Quiz (PANIQuiz), for the week ending Aug 8, 2010. Brought to you by Michael and Jim, the ApocaDocs: http://www.apocadocs.com"
Animals & the Land
ban nock pointed out that if you Buy a Gun – You Can Help Save a Species: "Since 1937 the Pittman Robertson Act has been directing a large tax on gun and ammo sales (roughly 11%) towards reintroducing and saving species, conserving habitat, and managing wildlife. Changes to the law also taxed archery equipment as well as handguns. Gun owners and shooters have saved more wildlife than any other conservation group, and they've been doing it for a longer time. ... Many people don't understand that the federal government oversees our vast public lands, but the individual states manage the wildlife on those lands, and the money to manage that wildlife comes from hunting licenses and the Pittman Robertson Excise Tax. The next time you see a deer while walking in the woods, remember that deer used to be extremely rare."
No Border Wall wrote on his favorite topic, pointing out the eco-damage from a certain crazy project where the USA touches Mexico in Destroying the Borderlands to Secure the Border: The California Environment and Beyond: "The first 14 miles of border wall, extending from the Pacific Ocean inland, were built of rusting steel helicopter landing mats left over from the Vietnam War crudely welded together. A second layer, 15-feet tall and made of steel mesh, was later added north of the first wall. In the no-man’s-land between these two walls was a graded road for Border Patrol vehicles, with towers for surveillance cameras and stadium lights."
Green Jobs & Green Communities
United Steelworkers President Leo W Gerard wrote about What’s Green, White and Blue? American Jobs: "Two Chinese companies have agreed to manufacture in America, instead of in China, a significant portion of the wind turbines needed for a Texas wind farm. The deal is a result of white collar Chinese executives negotiating with blue collar union officers to create green collar jobs in the U.S. The agreement defies stereotypes about unions as constantly combative, excessively expensive and environmentally challenged. The United Steelworkers union, which struck the deal, has a track record of engaging with enlightened CEOs for mutual benefit. It has a long green history. And it has worked to return off-shored jobs to the U.S."
In another installment of Village Green, Kaid at NRDC discussed how 'Peace Gardens' Bring Needy Communities Together: "One of the changes [in Asheville, N.C.] is a noticeably heightened consciousness here about sustainability. The local ‘alternative’ weekly paper, Mountain Xpress, has current stories referring to walkable densities and river cleanups. There are solar panels visible downtown and green messages on signs and bumper stickers. Nothing seems without controversy and the usual neighborhood concerns, but you sense that many of the residents and local politicians get it here."
Gulf Gusher
LaughingPlanet: Gulf seafood "sniff test" smells fishy: "There is one and only one way to assure the masses - BP's Doug Suttles must feed his family Gulf fish on camera. It's time for him to eat the oiled seafood, or eat crow."
David E Cozad: Recycling Offshore Platforms: "A week ago Congressman Grijalva produced a diary about putting the offshore platform workers back in the field dismantling the abandoned gas and oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The job creation is an excellent idea, but I thought we needed to consider other uses that can be made of some of these investments before we remove them. Tonight there is a front page post on British Petroleum's first escrow deposit, just $3 billion of the $20 billion they've agreed to pay. There is also some truly grim information about the dispersed oil and potential harm to the food chain. So perhaps we can take two problems, a little innovative thinking, and solve for both of them."
FishOutofWater warned that the Mississippi Delta Will Drown by 2100 w/o Action: "All efforts to save the Mississippi river delta and the bayous, barrier islands and near-sea-level marshes of the Gulf of Mexico coastline will fail if sea level rise caused by warming oceans doesn't stop. Katrina and the BP oil spill are the first 2 catastrophes of many that can be expected as the delta drowns by 2100."
RobertConnors: Is NOAA covering up the 'dispersed' oil?: "We now know the outlines of the incredible problem that has been caused by 'sinking' the oil to the depths, where it can never be recovered. Now it will linger in the oceans, drift with the currents, and contaminate the food chains for months before it breaks down, releasing newer forms of toxixs which will accumulate in the tissues of ocean animals, and concentrate up the food chain. We can thank the reporting excellence of the St. Petersburg Times for this story."
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gchaucer2 : Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV 284 - BP's Gulf Catastrophe.
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Yasuragi : Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV #286 - No META - BP's Gulf Catastrophe.
gchaucer2 : Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 287 Storm Delay - BP's Gulf Disaster
Pam LaPier: Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 288 Storm Delay - BP's Gulf Disaster.
gchaucer2: Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 289 BPs Gulf Catastrophe.
Yasuragi: Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV #290 - BP's Gulf Catastrophe.
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gchaucer2 : Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 292 - Magic Cement Watch - BP's Gulf Catastrophe.
David PA: Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 293 - Cog Diss Watch - BP's Gulf Catastrophe.
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