Salem-News.com Disaster articles Page 17

Environment News: Mass Slaughter of Marine Mammals Considered

Controversies over sea lion populations have erupted at different places along the Baja California Peninsula in recent years.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Arguably, it hasn’t been the easiest time for sea lions on the Pacific Coast of the United States and Mexico. In Washington state’s Puget Sound, several animals have been shot to death in recent months.

Last winter, the large sea lion population that usually dazzles tourists at San Francisco’s famed Pier 39 suddenly high-tailed it out the bay, only to gradually return in reduced numbers months later.

Remarks From President Obama on Gulf Oil Spill

The President's entire speech as delivered today in the Capitol's East Room.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Before I take your questions, I want to update the American people on the status of the BP oil spill -– a catastrophe that is causing tremendous hardship in the Gulf Coast, damaging a precious ecosystem, and one that led to the death of 11 workers who lost their lives in the initial explosion.

Clean Water Now In The Gulf? I Don`t Think So!

“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated” - George Santayana

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - It doesn’t feel good or make me righteous to say “I told you so” when the results in the Gulf oil catastrophe are so devastating.

The predictive modeling and forecasts in recent technical updates are now beyond the dire warnings of those of us who gasped at it initially anyway. I’m no longer angry, that’s in my rear view mirror-----Just color me stunned.

Petroleum . . . a Godsend or the Devil`s Spawn?

Should the petroleum industry be more careful? Should our elected representatives insist on better safeguards?

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - The Gulf oil spill is not the first environmental catastrophe to have come about because of the world’s desire for fossil fuels and it probably will not be the last.

God Blessed Them First

Maybe it’s time for us to take a step back from the shrill voices of the culture war, and consider the wisdom of the ages.

(ANN ARBOR) - As the engineers seek to contain the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, how do we get our hearts around what’s happening there?

Oil Spill Good News Bogus? Shell Flummoxed by Fakers

News from Shell Media Relations: company flummoxes back; activist group takes responsibility.

(LONDON) - The "good news" was fiction, created by an ad-hoc activist group called the Nigerian Justice League to generate pressure on Shell to withdraw from, and remediate, the Niger Delta.

New Orleans Five Years About After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

About 1,836 people died in Hurricane Katrina.

(NEW ORLEANS) - My wife and I visited New Orleans last month. While there, we toured some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and Hurricane Rita in September 2005.

Taking a guided tour left us feeling somewhat like a voyeur viewing human suffering. Yet, we were assured that New Orleans folk do not want America to let the horror of Katrina fade away.

Gulf Oil Disaster - Time to Demand Solutions and Cleaner Energy Policy

Gulf Oil Disaster – Time to Demand Solutions and Cleaner Energy Policy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Thursday, May 20, will mark one month since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers.

It sank two days later in a mile of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, more than 6 million gallons of crude oil - probably much more - have gushed into the ocean.

First Good News Emerges from BP`s Gulf Oil Spill

A siphon has successfully been repaired, CNN reports.

(VENICE, Louisiana) - The first good news to come out of the BP oil spill was reported by CNN today: the tube end has been reinserted successfully into the damaged oil pipe that lies almost a mile under water, below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

According to CNN, this means that a portion of the leaking oil is now being pulled to the surface, where it is being captured by a drill ship.

Gulf Oil Spill: Ties to Cheney and Acoustic Switch Not Installed

Ground work for Gulf disaster was established with a permissive tone with oil industry set in secret meetings in 2001. An acoustic switch to automatically shut down oil wells was reversed by Federal agency in 2003 may be a major factor in blowup.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In secret meetings with the oil company officials in 2001, incoming Vice President Cheney set the foundation for a permissive, welcome mat with the oil industry.