Hurricane Isaac Heading for Shore – MODIS Image
Heeeeer’s Isaac…. This MODIS / Terra color satellite image of the Gulf was taken at 16:30 hours UTC (1:30 pm Central time). Isaac is now a Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 75 mph, moving...
View ArticleReport Oil Spills to NRC and Gulf Oil Spill Tracker
There’s some serious speculation that old oil from the 2010 BP / Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf could get churned up from the seafloor, and exposed by erosion of beaches and marshes, as a result...
View ArticleIsaac Moves North – Small Oil Slick Sighted at Chevron Platform
As Isaac steadily weakens and moves off to the north, the clouds are starting to part over the Gulf of Mexico and workers are making their way back to the offshore platforms that had been evacuated....
View ArticleOil Spill! Oil Spill! Sheen! Sheen!
By Anna Hrybyk, LABB Program Manager Reposted from Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Fresh from our first Flash Mob shouting “Sheen!” and dancing the Crude-Step 2-Step to Stomp out the Stink on Frenchmen...
View ArticleEnvironmental Impacts From Hurricane Isaac
Reposted from Louisiana Environmental Action Network: Despite the fact that we live in an area that gets hit by hurricanes every few years, and has for untold millennia, Louisiana Industry is...
View ArticleMinor oil spills are often bigger than reported: GMC Member SkyTruth...
SkyTruth, Shepherdstown, WV – In collaboration with Gulf Monitoring Consortium member SkyTruth, Florida State University recently presented to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science...
View ArticleWellhead allision near Port Sulphur, LA causes geyser-like discharge
We first heard about this incident on the SkyTruth Alerts System this morning, where a vessel ran into an inactive well-head in marshes near Port Sulphur, Louisiana. And now we’ve got a better...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View: Nasty New Leaks , GRN Joins Forces
GRN has been engaged in systematic monitoring and reporting of oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico since April of 2010, with hundreds of field monitoring trips by air, sea and land. As such, GRN was...
View ArticleGulf Restoration Network & Louisiana Bucket Brigade Join GMC
The Gulf Monitoring Consortium (GMC) welcomes the Gulf Restoration Network and Louisiana Bucket Brigade as the newest partners in a collaborative effort to detect and respond to oil and petrochemical...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Find Little Change in Drilling Incidents/Violations: Offshore...
A report issued by the Democrats of the House Committee on Natural Resources concluded that offshore drilling safety lapses continue even three years after the BP Spill in 2010. In a press release,...
View ArticleGMC Members Vote to Update Consortium Guidelines and Principles
In April, Gulf Monitoring Consortium (GMC) welcomed Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) and Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB) as the newest members of our integrated pollution monitoring and response...
View ArticleNew Atlas Highlights Damaged & Threatened Gulf Ecosystems
GMC – June 27, 2013: As the Gulf Coast continues to clean up from the largest accidental oil-spill on the planet, there are many important and sensitive ecosystems that have been damaged, or are...
View Article“Still leaking in Gulf” : Times-Picayune Reports on Perpetually Leaking...
SkyTruth – July 2, 2013 : Following a recent cluster of “conflicting reports” of oil-slicks observed around the wreckage of former Taylor Energy platform #23051, the Times – Picayune of New Orleans ran...
View ArticleCoast Guard Responding to Leaking Gas Well 44 miles from Louisiana Coast
Last Updated: 7/10/13 @ 2:32 PM EST July 10, 2013 – 12:54 pm: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced Tuesday they are responding to a loss of well...
View ArticleJudge Denies Taylor Energy Motion to Dismiss Clean Water Act Violations Suit
New Orleans, LA – Yesterday, the judge in a lawsuit (Apalachicola Riverkeeper v. Taylor Energy Co. LLC) brought against Taylor Energy for a leaking oil well issued an order denying most of Taylor...
View ArticleGas (and Oil?) Leaking from Hercules 265 Rig Blowout and Fire
UPDATED: July 24, 2013 @ 3:58 pm – Around midday yesterday, (Tuesday, July 23) a natural gas blowout occurred at a jackup drill rig, the Hercules 265, operating in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico...
View ArticleHercules 265 Drill Rig Post-Fire
SkyTruth – July 26, 2031: Yesterday, the runaway gas well at the Hercules 265 jackup drill rig in the Gulf “bridged over” – essentially choked itself with sand, rock and other debris - shutting off the...
View ArticleGulf Coast Coal and Petrochemical Facilities Still Not Storm Ready
On August 6, five environmental organizations comprising the Gulf Monitoring Consortium announced their findings from a review of pollution reported from petrochemical and fossil fuel processing...
View ArticleLessons From Hurricane Isaac – Will the Gulf Coast Fare Better in 2013?
In response to the Gulf Monitoring Consortium (GMC) report “Lessons from Hurricane Isaac: Gulf Coast Coal and Petrochemical Facilities Still Not Storm Ready,” an industry trade group issued a response...
View ArticlePublic Laboratory for Open Technology and Science Joins GMC
The Gulf Monitoring Consortium (GMC) welcomes the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Public Lab) as the newest partner in a collaborative effort to detect and respond to oil and...
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