NOAA launches Deepwater Horizon online library

NOAA has unveiled a web archive of the maps, wildlife reports, scientific reports and other previously released public information used by emergency responders, fishermen, mariners and local officials during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The NOAA Deepwater Horizon Library can be accessed via http://www.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon. “This website serves as a valuable learning tool and resource for [...]

Al Jazeera examines Gulf spill from a different vantage point

While oil continues to surge from the BP well blowout site in the Gulf of Mexico, media coverage has predictably shifted to the political circus that ensnarls any major event involving the U.S. The short- and long-term effects of the spill on ecosystems in the Gulf and beyond have quickly taken a back seat to [...]

As spill crisis worsens in Gulf, WWF renews call to halt Arctic development

The following statement was issued April 29, 2010 by World Wildlife Fund’s Vice President for Arctic and Marine Policy William M. Eichbaum regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: “More than 40 years ago, Americans watched in horror as an oil slick caused Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River to erupt in flames. Today’s images of [...]