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Gulf Doctors Advised to Learn to Treat Oil-Related Illnesses

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via News One Less dramatic than the fiery explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the multiple month-spanning underwater oil geyser that followed it are many of the BP Gulf spill’s side effects. And oil-related sicknesses are undoubtedly among the thorniest — many fishermen-turned cleanup workers have already been afflicted by close contact with oil and the chemical dispersents used to combat it. But there will probably be many … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The 6 Crucial Errors that Lead to the BP Spill

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via NY Daily News It’s beyond well-known by now that crucial mistakes and shoddy cost-cutting measures were instrumental in bringing about the tragedy at the Deepwater Horizon drill site. But it’s still rather alarming to look at them back-to-back-to-back — New Orleans Times… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Alexandra Cousteau, the Ocean Ambassador (Podcast)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“We all live downstream from one another,” says Alexandra Cousteau. In other words, what we do to the water, we do to ourselves. A third-generation Cousteau explorer, Alexandra is an ambassador of the sea. She’s the host of Planet Green’s Blue August , is currently traveling the world as a documentarian with her organization Blue Legacy , and, when she has a spare moment, does things like c… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Engineer Designs 182 Square Foot Boat-In-a-Basement

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times Rebecca Teagarden of the Seattle Times visits Steve Sauer’s 182 square foot basement apartment. The 6′-2″ tall engineer designs airplane interiors for Boeing, but notes a different inspiration: “The greatest innovation anywhere for space is boats. Even more than spaceships and submarines.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Monkey Adopts Kitten in Indonesian Forest

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Telegraph , Credit: Anne Young/Solent News In the Ubud region of Bali, Indonesia comes a companionship straight out of children’s books. Photographer Anne Young was vacationing at the Monkey Forest Park when she spotted a young male long-tailed macaque monkey that had adopted a ginger kitten, protectively caring for and grooming it while keeping other monkeys away. The kitten couldn’t look happier, and neither could the monkey. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Innovative Mapping Project Tracks Gulf Oil With Kites and Balloons (Slideshow)

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Grassroots Mapping Project, jeferonix /Flickr Though a cap has sealed the leak, the Gulf oil spill disaster is still far from over. However, in the frantic days after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon platform and the dire months that came after, lessons have been learned—about the

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Feelgoodz Flip-Flops An Unwitting Casualty of Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

While not exactly on the same scale as fishing and tourism taking a huge hit from the Gulf oil spill, Change.org highlights an unwitting and unexpected casualty of it all: Feelgoodz flip-flops. The ethically-sourced, all natural rubber, footwear start-up is sitting on thousands of unsold shoes and may be unable to repay a $50,000 loan that got them started. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gulf Oil Plumes More Toxic to Microorganisms Than Thought

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Wikipedia Preliminary results from experiments done by University of South Florida scientists on the toxicity of microscopic drops of oil in the undersea plumes from the BP spill show that they may be more toxic than previously believed. The researchers say the dispersed oil appears to be having a toxic effect on bacteria and phytoplankton. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nearly 80% of Oil From Gulf Spill Remains in Water, Threatens Ecosystem: Independent Analysis

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Tabitha Kaylee Hawk via flickr A new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported. In fact 70-79% of oil not captured at the wellhead by BP still poses a threat to the ecosystem. That’s 2.9-3.2 million barrels of oil still in the water. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Six-Month Deep Water Drilling Moratorium Having Little Adverse Impact On Jobs, Rig Siting

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

” Tugs slowly move the Noble Frontier Driller into port at Signal International’s east shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday. At right is the Transocean Marianas. ” Image credit: Times Picayune , Rusty Costanza. Remember all those dire predictions that the Federally imposed, deep-water drilling moratorium (for just 6 months) would crash the economies of Louisiana and Mississippi, for example? Initial data indicate no such thing is happening. As per a well-prepared sto… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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