Louisiana Considers Lawsuit Over Rock Barrier Plan ~WDSU

Humane Society holding workshop for oil spill animal assistance

BP, Governments Downplay Public Health Risk From Oil and Dispersants (PHOTOS) ~Riki Ott

Waste Management bringing oil spill waste to MS landfills Uhmmuh Hello?

Vitter Blasts EPA, NOAA, Corps Over Bureaucratic Delays
~Inside Louisiana News
~Dear Administrator Lubchenco, Administrator Jackson, and Colonel Lee:
I write to express my strong and ever growing frustration with yet another example of the faceless bureaucratic mindset of our federal agencies when it comes to protecting the Louisiana coast versus a solutions-oriented approach. On June 7th Jefferson Parish requested a permit for the emplacement of temporary rock dikes in the Barataria Bay passes as a defensive measure against oil intrusion into the bay. As of late last week expectations were that this project would receive the go-ahead from the Corps of Engineers.
Appropriately, BP moved forward and procured $16 million in rocks, which are currently sitting in Barataria Bay on roughly 40 barges. However, yesterday the Corps denied the permit request.

Babar Inspects New Skimmer Boat!
~MS Gov. Haley Babar inspected yesterday the first of what he said will soon be a vast fleet of 27 oil-skimmer boats and ponies and, and balloons for Mississippi! Also, the headjob of BP’s oil-disaster response visited the Coast.
Bo Dudley DoWrong, the winky new tubby in charge of BP’s oil response, told reporters the company was committed to the long-term devastation of the Gulf and South Mississippi
— a place he said he knows well from his days as a mounted corporate bat-boy.

Beaux Prince Tony Fey HeyVard visits home of top sovereign wealth fund

Reviled here, BP cost-cutters rewarded in the U.K.~James Gill

US Justice Dept seeks advance notice of any BP sales~Updata~BP has agreed to inform the United States government of major transactions that may affect the future shape of the company in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, a British paper reported Wednesday.

Big Oil fights tax, reaps Fed subsidies

BP Oil Gusher only the latest battle waged to protect Lake Pontchartrain ~Mark Schleifstein
~A pelican flies away from a channel marker in the Rigolets Tuesday, July 6.
~Photo: Scott Threlkeld, Times-Picayune

Quote of a Day~Library Chronicles
~"Switching from oil to ethanol to save the Gulf would be like switching from cheeseburgers to cocaine to save your heart."

“BP and anyone else underestimates coast residents at their own peril” ~slabbed

Request for Action for Resilient Gulf Coast ~Greater New Orleans

Deepwater oil likely didn't get here naturally, officials say
~Austin American-Statesman

Disposal of BP spill waste in Texas needs more public scrutiny, less Holy Divine Intervention

Thad Allen, BP Spokesman and 2nd Class Pouty'Mouth is coming to Houston for Production Update, Pep Talk, dinner with Beaux Prince Tony Fey HeyVard?

Does a River Need a Purpose?
~Caroline Pufalt~Please also see: Quinta Scott's Weblog

Members of Congress should not prey on Katrina funds
~T-P editorial

53 Days 2 Year 5:
A Photographic Journey ~NOLAFemmes

The Northeast Heatwave~Wunderblog

EPA, Coast Guard, and BP PR Tied to Airborne Corexit Denials
~Georgianne Neinaber
~2-Butoxyethanol is an organic solvent with the formula BuOC₂H₄OH
(Bu = CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂). It is a colorless liquid with a sweet, ether-like odour.
It is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol.

Scientists Beg For A Chance To Take Basic Measurements~Dan Froomkin

Jindal, local officials blast feds over oil spill response

Weather hampers Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment efforts

BP moving fast, launches new brand management campaign on social platforms

~A nearly 40-year-old board game is getting a lot of new attention because of eerie similarities between the scenarios of its play and the 78-day-old BP Gulf oil disaster.
The game BP Offshore Oil Strike, which came out in the 1970s and is adorned with an old BP logo, revolves around four players exploring for oil, building platforms and constructing pipelines – all in the name of being the first to make $120 million.

3rd Annual Environmental Video Competition~GRN

From Safe To A Flood Zone, Without Moving An Inch, FEMA plays Shell Game with Illinois levees ~NPR

Gulf Coast folks will fight for their rights~Kathleen Koch~Hat Tip~SOP

Today in BP Oil Disaster: Day 78 ~Gambit

Oil's fingers reach into Louisiana's inland waters~Cain Burdeau

Register in Kinship Circle's Animal Disaster Aid Network

System in place to try to minimize impact of oil in Lake Pontchartrain

BP / Gulf Oil Spill - July 4th Weekend
~With oil continuing to billow into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's failed Macondo well, the holiday weekend brought little cause for celebration, and no break for the folks working hard to clean up the oil coming ashore and to plug the leaking well. Oil was reported for the first time in Lake Pontchartrain, and the discovery of tar balls on some Texas beaches means this spill is now directly impacting all of the Gulf states.~SkyTruth

Sand berms a dubious solution:
A guest column by Len Bahr

Corps rejects barrier plan~Sandy Davis

While Jimbo the Clown and his sidekick Mikey the Cook are MIA, BP claims go unpaid ~slabbed

Oil out of sight out of mind settles in several layers deep into Pensacola beach sand

Patterns in Oil: 4 Gulf Oil Spills Prior to 4/21 and Ponchartrain Tar Balls
~Green Heritage News
~Please also see Fix the Pumps

Tar Balls Hit Texas, Whose Governor Said The BP Disaster Was An ‘Act Of God’ ~Think Progress

Why it's important to surf the fringe ~American Zombie

Are DOJ and DOI Making A Competent Legal Effort On Gulf Moratorium? ~Emptywheel

Our Barbarous Ancestors~Citizen K

Post-Katrina N.O. Richer, More Blighted ~Gambit

54 Days 2 Year 5:
A Photographic Journey
~NOLAFemmes

Heads Up Terrebonne Parish!

Oil Advances Into Lake Pontchartrain
~judyb1954 Oil has entered Lake Pontchartrain http://vodpod.com/watch/3965558-oil-in-lake-pontchartrain

State closes more fishing areas around Lake Pontchartrain due to BP Gusher

Bird oil spill rehab center moving from Fort Jackson, out of hurricane zone

Oil on Bolivar, Galveston beaches from BP spill~Hat Tweet~BrettAndersonTP

Jus'Checkin in Wit'da Slabbed

Coast Guard Media Liaison Works for BP's PR Agency~Georgianne Neinaber
~Astounding UPDATE!
~BP PR Succubette Rachael No'Joke Polish has sicked her fucking wimp husband (self-aggrandized) onto Georgianne Neinaber's Huff Post Comments to defend his (alleged) Wife's PR HOINTELPRO Spinfiltraition Conflict of Interests! Goddamn! Can you believe this?
Not only do we have to battle BP's ungodly PR Budget and BP's total infiltration of our Coast Guard...but we have to also face their Bizarre, Smarmy, Pusillanimous Chest-thumping, Pussy-whipped Spouses?
He even had the gall to leave his freaky phone number? Eeewwweee Dirty Nasty Strange!
"If anyone wants to know more about Petty Officer Rachel Polish (including you backhandpath)<(;That would be your Ho'So Humble Editilla!;) go ahead and give me a call at 415-717-1942 - that way I can help you get your facts straight." What? What?
Is this Punk gonna Dunk Editilla's Ass?
Hell Yeah! I'm in! Lemme'At'em! Lemmeeeee At'Emmmm! --'cept... I'm not calling this pervert on his freaky phone. Jeez Louie!
I'd rather slam my penis in a car door then run naked through a snake farm than give this Nameless Disaster Porn Star my phone number. Veeee haf other veys to make him talk. Mmwhahaha...silly meeses!
~Oh Snap! Here's Rachel No'Joke Polish talkin'da Crack! Thanks Yous, Gentle'rilla Reader Anon! Editilla cannot express the glee across our many selves in concert when Ladderillas take a post and Crunk It Up to'da N'th Degree!

~So! Our Nation has been taken-over by Goobers and Raisinettes!
But where does the Conflict of Interests stop? Rachael No'Joke Polish works for BP PR and yet she is allowed to Represent our Coast Guard too.
Who is paying this two-faced, double-dealing Succubette City Ho? Moi'n'Toi!
This would certainly explain why Admiral Thad The Impaler Allen has consistently spoken for BP even while disgracing the uniform of our formerly respected US Coast Guard.
~Special Thanks Masqued E'Vinga!
for the Illustration (at right) of this Wedding of Dantean Hellhounds

We interrupt this horrific blog'O'reamin to bring you some of the Other Work from our intrepid Masqued E'Vinga!
Jus'soz Ya'Knowz some peoples gotta life worth makin'a living.
~"View of Tijeras Canyon" finished today, 18 x 24", acrylic on canvas

~Thanks to Ladder'rilla Reporter and Known Media Felon In Drag Georgianne Neinaber for filing this Annulled Vegas Wedding Pic of Admiral Thad the Impaler Allen and the much younger Petty Officer Rachael No'Joke Polish. (left-riiiight-left:->)
Note da'sexy blue T-Shirt lingerie! Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase PR Embed eh? Coast Guard Public Affairs... Left-Riiiiiiiight-Left!

Is the Coast Guard working for the public or BP? ~T-Picayune Editorial
~Editilla Commentellas~It was definitely hard yesterday... celebrating our nation's founding and Independence in the face of overwhelming British Tyranny. Most of the other "major nations" of the time, including our allies, had us double-down and out. The only question about our piddly revolution was what land would be left for the taking on the cheap from our British Lords at the East India Company. But we begged to differ and used our beautiful, terrible land, time and again, to win our Independence from foreign lords. We used our sacred Ground to Manifest Our Sovereignty, and now we have lost control of our Sovereignty and our own American soil.
On this day we have handed to British Petroleum our National Identity as Owners of our Fate.
~They have taken our Beach Heads without firing a shot (yet).
~They have pirated our seas without taking a single vessel of our heroic Coast Guard
--we gave it to them!
~And, it appears that British Petroleum has effectively Neutralized our Congress, our Executive Branch and a good chunk of our Federal Judiciary. That is a fact in the US Fifth District at least.
~British Petroleum has single-handed eviscerated our First Amendment Right to Free Speech and Press as the alleged "4th Branch" of our Living Constitution now operates under threat of Felony Criminal Prosecution, Fines and Incarceration.
So on this Independence Day, our 234th as the First Nation of its own choosing, what were we celebrating again?
~Illustration: Colonist, Loyalist and The Devil.
~"From an American standpoint, this whole thing is ridiculous," said Cliff Tucker, a 63-year-old retired police officer. Like many in this town 30 miles south of New Orleans, he lives on a bayou just a short boat ride to the ocean. "When you lose your faith in the system," Tucker wonders, "then where do you go?"
~BPGlobalPR This 4th of July, I'd like to wish all Americans a very happy checkmate. ^Tony #1776 #bpcares

Coast Guard denies CNN Anderson Cooper's report on media restrictions
~Yobie Benjamin

Independence Postmortem:
A BP summer~Terri Troncale

Obama’s Louisiana Purchase ~LaCoastPost

Ivor van Heerden, the Compromised Cassandra of the Gulf
~Ben Sandmel, Politics Daily
~Many harsh critics of BP – including Leonard Bahr, a former Louisiana State University marine sciences faculty member and coastal policy adviser – vouch for Van Heerden without reservation, praising him as "well-respected."
But other observers disagree, especially those with more of a fringe perspective (:?Fringe?Us?:). Last month the blogspot New Orleans Ladder commented "now that it appears that Ivor van Heerden is into the Jury-Tainting Business with BP, I sincerely hope that our readership may [serve on his jury] in his own case against LSU."
~Editilla Fringellates~ A few more of my past "Fringe Perspectives":

~"We have a toybox in Hell where we keep those words for just his sort of liaises fairer scientry."
~"But! But! What Would Ivor Say? WWIS????"
~"OVERSTATED"??? I still can't get my mind around that.
Ivor van Heerden... I just can't do the et tu Judas thing.
But my sense of abject betrayal by someone I threw it all for is Nothing compared to the pain our coast will feel as a result of this bull shit. That is what really bothers me. The babies who will be born into this hell with defects, the grain belt stained by the blood of this black swan, our people with their 100 year stares. The Pelican, blinded by the gobs of oil that Van Heerden has said is only on "tens of miles" of coastline. The Devil is actually honest in the details.
This is another Contract all together."

It’s An “Unprecedented” Oil Blowout –Just Another Lie~Dave Marsh
~Hat Tip~Charolette

Submerged oil off Alabama coast poses dangers without immediate solutions
~Ben Raines~Despite the commonly held belief that oil always floats, both the Press-Register and Alabama officials have documented oil on the seafloor of state waters in the wake of the BP Oil Gusher.

Study: Oil Spills Raise Arsenic Levels in the Ocean~Carol Forsloff, GHN

Accommodations planned for species that migrate ~Amy Wold
~“It’s an incredibly important place for us,” said Paul Schmidt, assistant director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service migratory bird program. “We’ve got waves of migrants, but it will begin in (mid-) July.” Approximately five million waterfowl will call the Gulf coastline home during the winter, which is a good proportion of the 40 million total waterfowl in the United States, he said. That’s in addition to the hundreds of millions of shorebirds, neotropical birds and other birds that either stop to winter along the coast or use it as a refueling station before continuing their migration farther south, Schmidt said. ~Click map to enlarge.

NOAA Forecasts Long-Term Threat To Coasts ~SkyTruth

Iowa Flood Updates

55 Days to Year 5:
A Photographic Journey
~NOLAFemmes

The Declaration of Corporate Independence
By Horatio Alegeranon

When in the Course of oil drilling, it becomes necessary for one Corporation (BP) to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with The Small People, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and fundamentally un-equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of The Small People requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Persons (and that includes corporations according to the US Supreme Court) are absolutely not created equal (and certainly not equal with pelicans and dolphins), that some are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life (yachting), Liberty (to censor photographers, reporters, scientists and others at will) and the pursuit of Happiness ($$$). That to secure these rights, Corporations are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the Board of Directors, That whenever any Form of Government (eg, Plaquemines Parish ) becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of The Big People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government (headquartered offshore), laying its foundation on such principles (maximizing profits and minimizing losses) and organizing its powers in such form (no photographers or others within 65 feet of boom or beaches or cleanup workers under threat of fine and/or jail time), as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety (minimize future jury settlements) and Happiness (maximum $$$). Prudence (The Small People and the Pentagon buy our gas), indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that Corporations are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses (from the likes of Billy Nungesser, Andersen Cooper and even Jimmy Buffett) and usurpations (Georgianne Nienaber and other photographers trying to get photos of oiled pelicans), pursuing invariably the same Object (information that might help mitigate the oil impacts -- and act as evidence in future court cases) evinces a design to reduce them (The Big People) under absolute Despotism (legal regulations in place but not currently being enforced), it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security (minimize liability).

We, therefore, the Representatives of BP plc, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the Big People of these Conglomerates (BP, Transocean, Halliburton), solemnly publish and declare, That these United Conglomerates are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent of the United States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the American Clown, and that all political connection between them and the United States, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Corporations, they have full Power to create oil volcanoes, apply Corexit, burn sea turtles alive, contract Alliances (eg, with the US Coast Guard), establish press blackouts, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Corporations may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence (and a few well place judges), we mutually pledge to each other our Lives (yachting), our Fortunes ($$$)
and our sacred Honor (His Royal Heinous Tony Hayward)

What'Up Right Now @ The Well Head?
~Editilla Notellas~ This is a Wall of Cams from the ROV Subs so beware.
Stuff definitely be goin'on down'dere chere.

Before the BP Gulf Disaster
– Grand Gulf ~slabbed

Mideast buyers reported to be eyeing BP investment

BP Coast Guard Blame Boom Vandals ~Media Felon Georgianne Neinaber

---for shredding 1st Amendment Press Freedoms!
~Happy 4th'O'July to End British Tyranny and Polish Jokes!!??
~Astounding UPDATE!~ This BP PR Hack, Rachael Polish, has sicked her fucking wimp husband onto Georgianne Neinaber's Huff Post Comments (linked above) to defend his Wife's lying PR Spinfiltraition Conflict of Interests! Goddamn! Can you believe this? Not only do we have to battle BP's ungodly PR Budget and BP's total infiltration of our Coast Guard...but we have to also face their Smarmy, Pusillanimous Pussy-whipped Spouses too???
Hell Yeah! I'm in! Lemme'At'em!
But where does the Conflict of Interests stop? Rachael Polish works for BP PR and yet she is allowed to Represent our Coast Guard too. Who is paying this lying bitch?

The Brand of “We” Versus the Brand of “Me”~Rachel Polish BP PROINTEL Ops
~Oh Sbap!~Behind the scenes at Ogilvy’s BP Ultimate TV ad
~Thanks to Ladder'rilla Reporter and Known Media Felon Georgianne Neinaber for filing this Annulled Vegas Wedding Pic of Admiral Thad the Impaler Allen and much younger Petty Officer Rachael No Joke Polish.
Note da'sexy blue T's! Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase PR Embed eh?

~BPGlobalPR Today, July 4th, happens to be the 76th day of this travesty. Today, we don't laugh. We reflect. We mourn. We mobilize. #WeCare
~Editilla Say'z'wellas~Somebody call Captain Kirk!


Make Levees Not War

Louisiana college students find their role in Gulf oil spill cleanup
~Matthew Albright

Oil-cleanup efforts progress in Terrebonne and Lafourche

Video: Dive into Low-oxygen dead zone found on seafloor off Alabama coast

Whoa! Is this Cool or what?
~When Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans in 2005, it [The Federal Levee Failure Flood] devastated the city, including the Botanical Garden, flooding the grounds in 3 feet of water and knocking over trees. As the (flood) waters receded, nurseries from around the country helped rebuild the collection of some 2,000 lost plants. Today, the garden is thriving and its renewal is a source of pride and inspiration, even as strides toward recovery remain slow throughout the city.
~Hat Tip~ Humid Beings to Good Nola!

56 Days to Year 5: A Photographic Journey ~NOLAFemmes

Tales of the Cocktale!

America's Coast~Dirty Coast
~Due to the arrogance of industry we are left with an ever growing invasion of our Gulf Coast, our way of life, our family’s health and our economy. The Gulf Coast will never be the same and it is important to remember that this is not a regional issue, but a national one. This isn’t the problem of small coastal communities, but a problem the entire country needs to address. This oil is your oil.

Corps denies Jefferson Parish's requests to use rocks to block oil from Barataria Bay


*Warning! Good Strong Language in Video! Yeah!

Where BP’s Money Is Landing
~Amy Shoenfeld

Federal judge tries to streamline Oil Fail suits

World Wide BP Protest Day July 10 ~NOLAFemmes

~BPGlobalPR We've eliminated the huge turtle surplus in the gulf. Next on our list: dolphins, whales, and reporters. http://ow.ly/26x6u

Happy Independence Day America!!! ~Georgianne Neinaber Note: I am removing all copyrights on my work. Spread these photos far and wide -GN.
~UPDATA~Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser calls it out!

{UPDATE~BP/Unified Command has attacked this journalist on her post's comments in a feat of unethical Astro-Turfing! They come on as a Petty Officer from the Coast Guard and have to slink away the paid PR employee ha!
Now Incident Command is saying their wrongly laid boom has been VANDALIZED? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!}
~British Petroleum Suspends First Amendment
~A $40,000 fine and a Class D Felony for taking pictures of oil-soaked wildlife?
~WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY HERE!~Anderson Cooper

~Hat Tip~American Pendulum ~ GodLikeProductions

~ProPublica See photos of TX City refinery & town that led to @propublica photographer being detained by #BP and local police: http://bit.ly/c826jk

~A speckled crab is almost completely encased in a thick layer of oil just offshore of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Baldwin County, Ala. Discarded items, such as this American flag, are similarly encrusted with the thick, goopy oil found hugging the seafloor in several locations along the Gulf of Mexico beach. Press-Register photo/Ben Raines
~More Alabama oil impact from the Mobile Press Register


~Here is what Kindra is talking about regarding the Well Collapsing.
~Editilla Mo'tellas~In this current catastrophic environment of Federal Press Censorship there is no Crying Wolf but only the Silence Of The Lambs.



No holiday for cleanup~Sandy Davis

Lets catch up with some judicial news. President Obama rejects Landrieu nominee for Federal Judge on the LAED ~slabbed

Effect of Hurricane Alex on Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup assessed ~Joquetta White

Oil continues sloshing into local waters ~John DeSantis

Burning and flaring of oil leaked into Gulf of Mexico draws growing criticism

Army Corps says Des Moines levee remains stable despite seepage ~KSN.com

Spike Lee talks New Orleans, five years after Katrina ~Kimberly Grant
~“I found that, five years later, people still thought a hurricane caused all of that devastation,” Lee, 53, said about the general public’s view of the disaster in New Orleans, Louisiana. “But, it was the breach of the levees.” According to Lee, the 40 years that went into building and sustaining the levees that walled New Orleans were spent “cutting corners,” which is what led to the breach and subsequent flood of the city, especially the Lower Ninth Ward. ~Hat Tip~Sandy Rosenthal

57 Days to Year 5: A Photographic Journey ~NOLAFemmes

Does EPA Test for Endocrine Disruptors in Corexit Tell Us Anything?
~Georgianne Neinaber

~Hat Tweet~OilReport The new restrictions on photographing the #oilspill are unbelievable: http://bit.ly/a6fAWj

“The failure is complete” Part 3
Coast resident acts to keep oil off land! ~slabbed~Slabbed issues an Amber Alert for Christopher William Campbell of Harahan Louisiana

Oil washing up on St. Bernard Parish islands, birds and other wildlife in danger~Bob Warren~Animal groups and BP reach agreement in lawsuit over turtle burning in Gulf~Chris Kirkham

Submerged Oil Confirmed On Seabed Off Ala. Coast~Hat Tweet~kareng

BP Oil Disaster Day 74~Gambit

Platform 23051 / Ocean Saratoga Site Revisited ~SkyTruth

'A Whale': Largest Oil Skimmer Arrives In Gulf (VIDEO)


*Jus'soz Ya'Kowz we thinkin'bout daPeccary!

Doonesbury has fun with Gulf of Mexico seafood~Brett Anderson


*

Let me extrapolate~American Zombie

Commentary from our Poet Ladderate Horatio Algeranon
~Editilla notellas~ liked this one yesterday so much we hung it out today.
~Some of the information in the article Dispersants' effects on wildlife vary little among brands, EPA finds
is inacurate/misleading.
Namely, the statement:
[EPA's assistant administrator for research and development Paul] "Anastas said that while the use of dispersants was a tough call, it was the right one, and that the dispersants are clearly less toxic than the oil. It's important to remember that oil is enemy number one in this crisis," he said.
The blanket statement that "the dispersants are clearly less toxic than the oil"
is simply not true.

Dr. John Nyman (LSU), who has done studies of the effects of dispersants on wetlands over time (see OVERVIEW OF FOUR EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE OR COREXIT 9500)
A few of his findings:
~~"In a six-month study using common Louisiana fresh marsh soils... we observed that the dispersant alone initially was more toxic than un-dispersed oil alone, and that dispersed South Louisiana Crude was more toxic than un-dispersed South Louisiana Crude throughout the 6 month study except when when survival was 0% in both dispersed and un-dispersed South Louisiana Crude" (Bhattacharyya et al. 2003).
~and~
~"In a six-month laboratory experiment using common salt marsh soils, disappearance (biodegradation and evaporation) was accelerated by fertilizer (to the point of being non-detectable), but slowed by COREXIT 9500 (56% of initial concentrations) relative to no additives (13% of initial concentrations) (Nyman and McGinnis 1999). "

Editilla, If I might make a suggestion:
{But of course, Dear Gentle'rillas!:}
~Underneath that article "Dispersants' effects on wildlife vary little among brands, EPA finds" (and every time EPA releases new data -- certainly every time they claim "the dispersants are clearly less toxic than the oil" ) you might want to post a link to the great interviews that Dirty Cajuns did with John Nyman: Effects of COREXIT, Real People & the President
...just to keep EPA honest. ~@:>
One has to keep the context at the forefront:
~Their studies were VERY limited -- in both scope and duration: EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants
"EPA tested these eight products for endocrine disrupting activity and potential impacts on small fish and mysid shrimp. The testing found:
~None of the eight dispersants tested displayed biologically significant endocrine disrupting activity. ~While all eight dispersants alone – not mixed with oil – showed roughly the same effects, JD-2000 and Corexit 9500 proved to be the least toxic to small fish, and JD-2000 and SAF-RON GOLD were the least toxic to the mysid shrimp."
EPA made their decision to let BP continue using Corexit when they almost certainly KNEW of the studies of Nyman et al (or at least should have known because he has been telling everyone and his brother about them from day one!)
And they made that decision BEFORE they had done any of their own recent studies -- which have NOT yet gone through the NORMAL scientific publication process (EPA claims the studies were "peer reviewed", but publication allows all scientists to assess the results) .

Finally, last but certainly not least, where is the evidence that EPA is considering the possible effects of corexit 9500 use on HUMANS (eg, on cleanup workers and others who work and live along the coast) in this decision-making process?

~EDF_Louisiana Not so fast: Why dispersants EPA ranks as “practically non-toxic” are still a concern http://bit.ly/cj1VBi #oilspill #dispersants #EPA

Twilight for Gulf Coast
~Mark Moseley, The Lens

Silence of the Eco-lambs~LaCoastPost

Partial closure of additional Terrebonne Parish oyster harvesting areas due to BP Oil Gusher
~The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today the partial closures of oyster harvesting areas 17, 19 and 21 in response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf. Click to enlarge.

Slicked and Slabbed news miscallany: Oil in the food chain, whale sharks and great minds thinking alike.

Separate congressional oil spill commission 'unnecessary', says White House, yet Senator Mary Landrieu says WH is "unbalanced"

MS Gov. Haley Babar:
BP Oil Disaster Proves Free Market System Works
~FireDogLake

Volunteers ready, left out of cleanup

BP, U.S. to test skimmer A Whale

Alex is gone; the tropics are relatively quiet ~Wunderblog

Congress asked for a list of projects to protect South Louisiana, not for an 8,000-page menu~T-P Editorial

Iowa Flooding:
Crack in Birdland levee no big deal, Corps official says
~USGS WaterWatch Interactive Map

58 Days to Year 5: A Photographic Journey ~NOLAFemmes


~Hat Tweet~charoletteAshe

Alabama Class Action Accuses BP of Racketeering~Green Heritage News

Oil Spill Media Access: Reporters Still Given The Runaround Even As Public Health Concerns Mount

Media, boaters could face criminal penalties by entering oil cleanup 'safety zone'~Chris Kirkham
~Editilla Boo'z'wellas~ So the Game is on eh? We can play this Boo'Rah!
The first mistake we made was letting the PERPS control the EVIDENCE.
This is unacceptable. No limey horse shit boot licker BP Oil Pirate is going to control our sovereign shores. They may have fucked it up, but they don't own our American Soil, these Queen's Knees! Screw'dat!

BP spill nears somber record
~Vents designed to collect oily water, bottom right, are seen on the port side near the bow of the "A Whale" skimmer, billed as the world's largest oil skimming vessel, which is anchored on the Mississippi River in Boothville on Wednesday.


Dispersant's effects on wildlife vary little among brands, EPA finds ---but says more study needed


*SkyTruth Missed us on CNBC last night (first 5 min of show)? 2 more chances - 4 July 11pm ET and 5 July 6am(!!) ET - http://www.cnbc.com/id/37823004/

Researchers find evidence of oil spill in Gulf's food chain~Hat Tweet~kareng

Delegation from oil-afflicted Amazon visits Louisiana tribes hit by BP disaster~Facing South

White House oil spill commission to hold first meeting in New Orleans on July 12-13

The steering committee of the Green Collaborative, a group of over 65 organizations and businesses has agreed on the attached Declaration of Energy Independence. This statement represents widely held views on the energy and conservation issues, but it calls for much greater urgency in pursuing renewable energy sources and technology. As urgent as the need to clean up the Gulf, get our fishers, oil industry and other members of our economy and community working again, we feel this is a moment of opportunity not to be missed in urging our nation forward towards the true energy independence that is essential to maintaining the fundamental rights upon which our founding fathers built this nation.
~Click to enlarge.
We have planned a public announcement of the Declaration on Friday, July 2nd at 12pm, at the City Park Casino on the second floor.
This space, used often for citizens' meetings, has plenty of easy parking around it, and will serve as a perfect, green background for our event. (It is the building where you have been going for ice cream and hot dogs for years.)

Please let us know as soon as possible if you and, or your organization will sign the Declaration, and if you can attend the announcement event. If you cannot attend, we ask you to write your signature, and note your organizational affiliation if there is one, on a white piece of paper, scan it, and send it to us electronically. Alternatively, you may drop off your signature for our artist at 2326 Esplanade Avenue, between Rocheblave and Tonti Streets. (Two story white house with a balcony, palms and sculptures in front.)

We look forward to working with you on seeking additional signatores as we approach, and after the announcement. Please feel free to circulate the Declaration to your members, or other citizens or organizations that may want to join us in this call for speeding our pursuit of renewable energy sources and technology.

If you have any questions regarding the Declaration, please feel free to contact our office at 504.525.2121, or email: energydeclaration@gmail.com.

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