Posts Tagged ‘oil’
There were temporary river waterfalls where the Mississippi ran backwards during 1811-12 earthquakes. It happened early on Feb. 7, 1812, when a thrust fault created a sudden dam several feet high in the bottom of the river loop near New Madrid.
Mr. Feldman talked about his book When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes, published by Free Press. In it he examined the history of the New Madrid, Missouri http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/186415-1
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Radio Free Market with Michael McKay
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** Why BP Should Stand for Beyond Public: How the BP spill is NOT a failure of Free Markets ** with Dr. Walter Block.
Walter is a Senior Fellow at The Ludwig von Mises Institute, a Professor of Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans, and the author of Defending the Undefendable.
Dr. Block removes the confusion surrounding the BP fiasco and clearly explains the important differences between Private versus Public property. He illustrates how Privatization of the oceans– Yes, Even The Oceans –creates stronger regulation, accountability, and transparency of the oil industry, more so than ALL the government agencies currently tasked with the job. Plan on CALLING IN and being a part of this very important discussion and show. With Special Guest Host, Zoe Russell.
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The University of Pennsylvania’s Douglas Jerolmack, assistant professor of earth and environmental science, and postdoctoral researcher Federico Falcini have been studying the flow of river water and sediment into large bodies of the earth’s waters. In this video, they argue that the mighty Mississippi River could be used to beat back the spread of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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LSU professor and wetland ecologist, Dr. Irving Mendelssohn, answers questions about possible oil spill effects on wetlands, mechanisms of damage to plants, and pros and cons of clean-up procedures. Mendelssohn has studied the coastal habitats along the Louisiana coast for over 30 years and has published more than 100 scientific articles on wetlands, 25 on oil spill impacts.
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http://www.timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=21584 SAN FRANCISCO – Oil giant BP has said that it will pay for all the cleanup costs from a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico that could continue spewing crude oil for at least another week.
The British company issued a statement on its website on Monday, saying that it took responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon spill and would pay compensation for legitimate claims for property damage, personal injury and commercial losses.
“We are responsible, not for the accident, but we are responsible for the oil and for dealing with it and cleaning the situation up,” Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, said on Monday on the TV show, Good Morning America.
He said that the equipment that failed on the rig and led to the spill belonged to a company called Transocean, and not BP.
Guy Cantwell, a Transocean spokesman, said that they would not speculate but rather wait for all the facts before drawing a conclusion.
Eric Holder, the US attorney general, said that the justice department was taking part in an ongoing investigation into the spill.
“We are part of an ongoing monitoring [effort] and investigation along with our partners at DHS [the department of homeland security] and other agencies that are involved,” Holder said.
However, a justice department official said that it was yet not a criminal probe.
Barack Obama, the US president, said on Sunday that his administration would require BP to bear all costs.
“BP is responsible for this leak; BP will be paying the bill,” Obama said.
Meanwhile, Hayward said chemical dispersants seem to be having a significant impact in keeping oil from flowing to the surface.
The update on the dispersants came as BP was preparing a new, untested system nearly 1.6km under water to syphon away the geyser of crude.
However, the plan to lower 74-tonne, concrete and metal boxes being built to capture the oil will need at least another six to eight days to get it in place.
That could spill at least another 3.8 million litres into the Gulf, on top of the roughly 9.8 million litres already estimated to have spilled since the April 20 blast.
Officials were also trying to cap one of three leaks to make it easier to place the first box on the sea floor.
Crews continued to lay boom to try to keep the spill from reaching the shore, though choppy seas have made that difficult and rendered much of the equipment useless.
Fishermen from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle were informed that more than 17,612 square km of fishing areas were closed.
This was expected to have a devastating impact on their livelihood’s for at more than the next 10 days, just as the prime spring season had begun.
The slick was also very close to a key shipping lane used to feed goods and materials to the interior of the US via the Mississippi River.
Even if the well is shut off in a week, officials say that it will take a long time for fishing and coastal life to return to normal.
Everything engineers have tried since the April 20 oil rig explosion has failed.
After the blast, which killed 11 people, the flow of oil should have been stopped by a blowout preventer, but the mechanism failed.
Efforts to remotely activate it have proven fruitless.
The oil could keep gushing for months until a second well can be dug to relieve pressure from the first.
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Faint fingers of oily sheen have reached the mouth of Mississippi River, the vanguard of a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The slick is making its way toward some of the nation’s richest seafood ground. (April 29)
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Ever wonder where that thing on the New Orlean’s Saints is and where it came from? Now you know.
Written and Presented by Steve Frech
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