Category archives for: Environment

Gulf of Mexico Vermillion Oil Rig Fire | Updated with Video

Gulf of Mexico (Sept 02) – An oil production platform 102 miles south of Vermilion Bay exploded earlier today. The blaze was contaned and captured on video by the U.S. Coast Guard. (Updated from today’s breaking news story.) All thirteen crewmembers have escaped, pulled from the waters of the gulf after being blown off the [...]

Another Oil Well Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico | Mariner Oil Rig Burning Leaking Oil

Gulf of Mexico, (Sept 02) – An oil production platform 102 miles south of Vermilion Bay has exploded, and is currently burning unchecked. All thirteen crewmembers have escaped, pulled from the waters of the gulf after being blown off the rig during the explosion. The Mariner Energy Oil rig can be seen fully engulfed in [...]

Endangered Amur Tigers | Russia China Establish Transboundary Protection Area

International (Aug 31) – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Russia, and China have reached an agreement to protect the Amur tiger, or the more commonly recognized name, Siberian tiger, on the Chinese Jilin province and Russian Primorsky province border. The Year of the Tiger 2010 also will be known as the year loss of tiger [...]

GOP Congressional Control Would Open Door For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Disaster

Nevada (Aug 28) – House Minority Leader John Boehner recently indicated that the closing of the well-known and ill-conceived Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository could make its way back into the political limelight. Boehner favors the use of Yucca Mountain, in the State of Nevada, and should the GOP gain a major foothold on Capitol [...]

Green Living Fact Not Fiction in Freiburg Germany

Rolf Disch has already created what the United States states its mission for the future needs to be – eco-friendly, go-green communities. A vast majority of Freiburg, Germany’s new homes routinely use photovoltaic panels to generate the energy needed to run their homes. Disch has transformed this little city into a tourist destination for eco-friendly travelers interested in green living and world survival.

BP Oil Spill on the Surface the Work Continues Below the Surface the Damage Done

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Gulf of Mexico (Aug 17) – Researchers combing the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico have uncovered what is turning out to be the hidden damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Macondo well is sealed off, the crude has finally halted its devastating flow of pollutants however, the damage on the surface, the [...]

BP Oil Spill Gusher Snuffed Out

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Gulf of Mexico (Aug 13) – BP officials announced that engineers will know for certain if the Deepwater Horizon gusher has been finally snuffed out. Analytic tests should be completed within 24 hours, signaling a successful plug of the Macondo well.

The Truth About H.R. 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

NY, NY (Aug 9) – The Republican Pundits, Spin Doctors, and Fairy Tale tellers are at it again spreading more rumors and outright lies regarding pending legislation in the Senate. H.R. 2454 also referred to as the Cap and Trade bill which, Cap and Trade has been introduced in just about every piece of legislation in the last year. H.R. 2454 will not cost homeowners their savings or prevent them from selling their homes for a profit.

Ice Island Four Times Larger Than Manhattan Breaks Off Peterman Glacier – Greenland

Greenland (Aug 8) – A massive iceberg, four times the size of Manhattan reaching nearly 600 feet in height, has broken off Greenland. The source of the mammoth Ice Island is the Peterman Glacier, the northern most glaciers in the world.

BP Oil Spill | Victory Being Declared in Latest Static Kill Procedure

Gulf of Mexico (Aug 4) – Officials from BP, owner of the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster, are claiming a small victory over the latest static kill procedure designed to silence the gusher for good. The environmental devastation because of deepwater oil exploration, will linger for generations.

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