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Spirit Airlines Says "Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches"

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When Spirit Airlines last graced the pages of TreeHugger it was during the election, when they advertised: “We believe in offshore drilling and other plans that will help keep fares low for you” with a well-formed tush in the foreground (below the fold). Now the Consumerist shows us their new campaign, “Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches” , complete with BP (Best Protection) sunscreen. OOPS, UPDATE: They have pulled it and apologized. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Real Worst-Case Scenario For Gulf Of Mexico: Double Exploding Methane Trigggered Tsunamis

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit:mi2g.com If one side of the deepwater drilling debate denies any serious risk of expanded deepwater drilling – an example of this denial would be the court injunction, just now successfully obtained, overturning the Federal exploratory drilling moratorium in the deepwater Gulf – it is fair and appropriate to state the ultimate potential danger of expanded drilling. From Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance, via Mi2g.com , a work-in-progress worst-case risk description concludes with this paragraph: “The danger of loss of buoyancy and cascading tsunamis in the Gulf of Mexico — caused by the release of t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Biodegrading Oil And Natural Gas From BP Gusher Expand The Gulf Dead Zone?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Satellite view of the Gulf oil spill as of 12 June 2010 (partial excerpt). Image credit: SkyTruth, via NASA. So far, I have read only speculation about the ‘Dead Zone’ expanding as a result of increased biological oxygen demand (BOD), stemming from oil and natural gas in the Gulf. It is plausible that the Dead Zone size would be increased – assuming phytoplankton productivity is not reduced by oil and gas, which would lead to reduced oxygen uptake as lower volumes… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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