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Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web
To assess how heavy a blow the BP oil spill has dealt the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are closely watching a staple of the seafood industry and primary indicator of the ecosystem’s health: the blue crab.
Weeks ago, before engineers pumped in mud and cement to plug the gusher, scientists began finding specks of oil in [...]
More Oiled Birds Than Ever Being Found
More than three weeks after BP capped its gushing oil well, skimming operations have all but stopped and federal scientists say just a quarter of the oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico.
But wildlife officials are rounding up more oiled birds than ever as fledgling birds get stuck in the residual goo and rescuers make [...]
Scientists Confirm Underwater Plumes Are From Spill
Credit: Katherine BourgFlorida researchers said Friday that they had for the first time conclusively linked vast plumes of microscopic oil droplets drifting in the Gulf of Mexico to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The scientists, from the University of South Florida, matched samples taken from the plumes with oil from the leaking well provided by BP. The [...]
Activists Close Down BP Station
BP petrol stations in central London have been shut down by environmental activists.
Campaign group Greenpeace claimed it had shut off the fuel supplies to all stations in the area. The oil company said about 12 had been closed.
BP said activists stopped the flow of fuel by flipping safety switches, then removing them to prevent the [...]
Gulf Spill: Catalyst for Change?
We at the CSSC believe that to create a truly sustainable world, we must use the horrific events in the Gulf as a catalyst to end our addiction to dirty fossil fuels and move us towards the reduction of material goods based on “cheap” oil. Check out some of our favorite articles about the spill [...]