2010 BP Oil Spill
Stay Informed
We learn more every day about the impacts of the BP Gulf oil spill. As the situation continues to unfold, we at Blue Ocean Institute want to help you stay informed and focused on solutions. We believe this is the way forward and the right thing to do.
Let's all take advantage of this pivotal moment to learn from our mistakes, pitch in to help the Gulf victims-human and wildlife--and do our part to create a lasting change in energy policy. Join with me to start putting into place a more sustainable world based on renewable energy.
--Carl Safina
Dr. Carl Safina's ongoing coverage of the disaster and its impacts:
videos, photos, articles and blog posts.
ARTICLES/OP-EDS:
Toxic Brew - Audubon Magazine Special Report: The BP Gulf Oil Disaster
http://audubonmagazine.org/features1009/specialreport-oilspillMarineLife.html
The BP Cover Up - Mother Jones magazine (Safina quoted)
http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/09/bp-ocean-cover-up?page=1
The Poisoning - Rolling Stone magazine (Safina quoted)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/183349?RS_show_page=0
Scientists oppose the use of dispersant chemicals in the Gulf of Mexico - consensus statement (Safina, signatory)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100722/pl_usnw/DC39313
How Acidification Threatens Oceans from the Inside Out -Scientific American, August issue by Marah J. Hardt and Carl Safina
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=threatening-ocean-life
Oil catastrophe wasn't just an accident - CNN op ed by Carl Safina
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/28/safina.oil.lessons/index.html?iref=24hours
We Are All Gulf Victims Now - CNN op-ed by Carl Safina
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/03/safina.gulf.wildlife.impact/index.html
Oil update: Spill to harm Europe, Arctic wildlife; hurricane season looms - USA Today
http://bit.ly/caYiJe
Secret Formulas, Data Shortages Fuel Arguments Over Dispersants Used for Gulf Spill - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/05/24/24greenwire-secret-formulas-data-shortages-fuel-arguments-o-9112.html
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Carl's talk at the TEDx Oil Spill event in D.C.
http://www.ted.com/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims.html
All talks at TEDx Oil Spill Event
http://www.livestream.com/tedxoilspill/video?clipId=pla_f5e57107-1fd1-4f42-997b-6d15b0b3cedb&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
Dr. Carl Safina in the Hot Seat with Stephen Colbert - Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/312631/june-15-2010/carl-safina
Big Oil's Chernobyl - Safina's PBS interview
http://video.pbs.org/video/1513745920/
Return to Ground Zero - Flight over BP Oil disaster, Day 52 with Dr. Carl Safina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBPIPWqOziw
Safina's interview on Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/27/expert_ecological_impact_of_spill_could
Carl's testimony at Congressional hearing on the Gulf oil blowout - excerpted on MSNBC with Keith Olbermann
http://bit.ly/civ0pG
CBS summary of Gulf oil congressional hearing - excerpted testimony of Sylvia Earle, Carys Mitchelmore, and Safina
http://bit.ly/bhC6He
Safina's Interviews with Government Security News
Part 1: Big Oil's Chernobyl
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/videos/20893/professor_calls_bp_oil_spill_%E2%80%9Cbig_oil%E2%80%99s_cherobyl%E2%80%9D
Part 2: Professor (Safina) Says Government Should Quit Pandering to Special Interests and Start Regulating
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/videos/2095/professor_says_government_should_stop_pandering_sp
BLOG POSTS ON www.carlsafina.org
• Oil catastrophe wasn't just an accident
• Carl Safina Commits 4th of July Felony. Guilty Plea Entered by Carl Safina.
• Happy Independence Day; Let The Revolution Resume
• Day-trip to Grand Isle
• Turns Out, They Do Mix (Unfortunately)
• Sweet Home Oilabama
• Good to Know!
RELEVANT ARTICLES by other authors:
Coral Off Puerto Rico's Coast 'Ideal Case Study' for Gulf Oil Spill's Impact - Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100825103826.htm
5 scientists insist most oil is still in gulf - The Boston Globe
WEBSITES WORTH EXPLORING
THE GULF SPILL AND OCEAN CONSERVATION
Blue Ocean Institute
http://www.blueocean.org/act-now/2010-bp-oil-spill/overview
Gulf Restoration Network
http://www.healthygulf.org
GRN blog:
http://www.healthygulf.org/blog/bp-s-oil-drilling-disaster-in-the-gulf-of-mexico
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.onearth.org/gulfspill
http://www.nrdc.org/energy/gulfspill/?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=feature&utm_campaign=gulfspill
The Nature Conservancy
http://www.tnc.org
TNC blog:
http://blog.nature.org/tag/gulf-oil-spill-tnc/
National Wildlife Federation
www.nwf.org
Oceana
http://na.oceana.org
World Wildlife Fund
http://worldwildlife.org
Mission Blue - Sylvia Earle
http://www.mission-blue.org
Smithsonian Ocean Portal
www.ocean.si.edu
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.org
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.whoi.edu/dwhresponse/page.do?pid=43715
Earth Institute, Columbia University
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/tag/gulf-oil-spill/
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
http://www.oceanleadership.org/
ESA Data Registry for Gulf
The Ecological Society of America (ESA)'s Data Registry for environmental data related to the oil spill, in particular for data on pre-spill conditions.
http://www.esa.org/mdc/
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research
http://www.tristatebird.org/
International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC)
http://www.ibrrc.org/
Greater New Orleans Foundation
www.gnof.org
World Fishing Network
http://www.wfn.tv/news/oil-spill/
Fisherman's Fund
http://www.wfn.tv/news/oil-spill/donate.php
FishPhone iPhone App
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?mt=8&ign-lr=Lockup_r2c1&id=379970751
US GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND BP OFFICIAL RESPONSE SITES
Restore the Gulf
http://www.restorethegulf.gov/
Deepwater Horizon Response
Official site of the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA)
Current info about the extent of the oil slick from NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/dwh.php?entry_id=809
NOAA fact sheets in PDF format on many spill-related topics:
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/dwh.php?entry_id=812
NOAA's continuously updated map of areas closed to fishing:
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/deepwater_horizon_oil_spill.htm
The White House
www.whitehouse.gov/deepwater-bp-oil-spill/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Information about the impact of the oil slick on wildlife
http://www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/index.html
(Also see the USFWS' "Spill by the numbers" - scroll down - left side)
NASA Earth Observatory - Natural Hazards
Satellite imagery of the oil spill area and analysis - updated frequently.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/category.php?cat_id=1481
U.S. Coast Guard Deepwater Horizon Response
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/06/stay-up-to-the-minute-with-the-deepwater-horizon-response/
EPA Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/
Minerals Management Service Deepwater Horizon Incident
http://www.mms.gov/DeepwaterHorizon.htm
Minerals Management Service BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Documents
http://www.mms.gov/deepwaterreadingroom/
REAL TIME/INTERACTIVE
Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - Interactive Map
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html?ref=us
The Associated Press' Spillmeter counter
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/spillmeter/
Realtime Geospatial Data on the Spill
Online tool that maps response effort providing near-real time info
http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/index.html
Live Feed - BP capping efforts
http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9034366&contentId=7063636
Underwater video of capping efforts
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkistner/bp_plans_top_kill_to_plug_oil.html
NEW ENERGY FUTURE
Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org and http://www.rmi.org/rmi/ReinventingFire
Sapphire Energy
http://www.sapphireenergy.com
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/template/index.cfm
Carbon War Room
www.carbonwarroom.com
New America Foundation - Energy & Environment
http://www.newamerica.net/taxonomy/term/1519/1
IMAGES & VIDEOS
Carl Safina's Gulf spill photo gallery
http://carlsafina.org/nggallery/page-755/album-3/
Carl's recent talks, interviews, videos - all in one place
http://carlsafina.org/gallery/videos/
Wolcott Henry - marine photography
www.wolcotthenry.com
Sea turtle eggs being moved to safety
http://www.arkive.org/news/20100706-rescue-plan-for-endangered-sea-turtles-in-the-gulf-of-mexico.html
Pelicans
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/gulf-pelicans-fight-for-survival
Health impacts
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/gulf-residents-concerned-about-oil-spills-health-impacts
Yours truly, BP
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/yours-truly-bp
Family legacy threatened by Gulf oil disaster
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/family-legacy-threatened-by-gulf-oil-disaster
Oil threatens Gulf seafood
http://www.onearth.org/multimedia/video/oil-threatens-gulf-seafood
Visit to Cat Island(video) 47th day of BP oil spill
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/gulf-oil-spill
