An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas has released 18,000 gallons of oil in to the ocean due to a tanker collision; thankfully the leak has been secured now. An 820 foot Liberian ship called the Krymsk collided with an offshore supply vessel, but the ship...
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American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued back-to-back statements today related to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. About the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on the...
Update: May 27thThe search for Bruce O'Krepki ended on Tuesday night. There are eyewitness who report seeing a teenager jumping off the cruise ship Sunday night. After an exhaustive search effort to...
Gulf of Mexico - As the sun comes up we skirt the coast of Northwest Cuba. The Disney Magic glides through the calm, deep blue water on the way to the Cayman Islands. We travel at 21.5 knots, or...
Alida Antonia Cornelius March 23, 2009 NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this announcement about their new online game that encourages students to learn more about estuaries....
It seems that people either love fish or consider it repugnant, but either way, one cannot ignore its important relevance to our diet. Speaking on a global scale, millions of people depend on our oceans for their...
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Rules were announced yesterday by the Federal Fisheries regulators to protect marine mammals during sonar training by the Navy off the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The rules require that the Navy conduct...
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A recent post indicates that as many as 37,000 people may require rescue as Hurricane Ike pummels the Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston Bay, and the Texas Coast. For ongoing, real-time coverage of this story, please...
The price of oil has fallen to below $111 a barrel as Hurricane Gustav weakened on its approach to the US coastline. "A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would do Americans a favor by learning more about the Perdido Regional Development Spar and discarding her misguided talking points about how it would take 10 years or more to...
"Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program A bureaucratic oversight has allowed 24 oil companies to avoid more than $1.3 billion in royalties for the privilege of extracting oil and natural gas from U.S. territory in the Gulf of Mexico - with...
In recent years, it has appeared that global warming is causing extreme environment change such as long droughts followed by intense rain and flooding periods. Though visible damage is clearly seen in destroyed homes and businesses, there is another vital problem threatening...
For the latest ongoing NowPublic coverage please use this link. Dolly has weakened and is now a tropical storm. Heavy rain is falling in southern Texas and there are still fears of flooding. There is the...
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Digital Dementia News Services) - Tropical Storm Ernesto formed Friday over the Caribbean as it moved toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and could develop into the first hurricane of the...
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