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The Spill: Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned wells

REALLY???  You gotta be kidding me…

More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows.

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Carl Safina on the Gulf Oil Spill (and Bluefin Tuna)

Gulf Oil and Bluefin Tuna; The Double Whammy | Carl Safina

The facts are:

1) The Gulf of Mexico is the only known bluefin tuna breeding area outside the Mediterranean, and the only known breeding area for the distinct West Atlantic population (and very likely their only breeding area, period);

2) The fact that [...]

Deepwater Horizon updates...

Check out ENews Park Forest for today’s indepth status report and update on the oil spill:

The unified command continues with a comprehensive oil-well intervention and spill-response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans.  Nearly 2,000 personnel are involved in the response effort with [...]