A Sea in Flames - Carl Safina [156]
45 Oil leaked totals between 18 and 39 million gallons T. Raum and Jennifer Loven, “Fixing Oil Spill My Responsibility, Obama Says,” Associated Press, May 28, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10766709.
46 Obama suspends exploratory drilling in the Arctic M. Daly, “Salazar Delays Arctic Ocean Drilling,” Associated Press, May 27, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10755614.
47 “This event was set in motion years ago” R. Simon, “Gulf Oil Spill: Companies Were ‘Rushing to Make Money Faster,’ Survivor Says,” Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2010; http://latimesblogs.latimes.eom/greenspace/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-companies-were-rushing-to-make-money-faster-survivor-says.html.
48 Workers taken ill and arguments over what their problems are E. Cohen, “Fisherman Files Restraining Order Against BP,” CNN, May 31, 2010; http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-31/health/oil.spill.order_1_bp-oil-rig-oil-spill?_s=PM:HEALTH.
49 A fisherman’s wife, and BP spokesman comment that air monitoring shows no health threats E. Cohen, “Fisherman’s Wife Breaks the Silence,” CNN, June 3, 2010; http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-03/health/gulf.fishermans.wife_1_shrimping-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-cell-phone?_s=PM:HEALTH.
50 “It’s hard to understand if nausea” F. Tasker and Laura Figueroa, “How Dangerous Is Oil to Human Health?,” St. Petersburg Times, June 27, 2010.
51 There’s another reason workers aren’t using respirators Elana Schor, “OSHA Chief to Face Hot Seat over Cleanup-Worker Health,” Environment and Energy Daily, June 21, 2010.
52 Who else can’t breathe? “Dauphin Island Sea Lab Scientists Report Drop in Oxygen on Alabama Shelf,” June 9, 2010; http://press.disl.org/6_9_10oxygenBP.htm.
53 A federal panel of fifty experts N. Schwartz, “Panel Recommends Continued Use of Oil Dispersant,” Associated Press, June 5, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10828517.
54 If we don’t get as clean a cut” “Gulf Oil Closes in on Florida, Containment Efforts Hit Snag,” Agence France-Presse, June 3, 2010; http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Gulf-oil-closes-in-on-Florida-containment-efforts-hit-snag/articleshow/6007598.cms.
55 “Engineer’s nightmare,” and a tiny cap on a fire hydrant G. Bluestein and B. Skoloff, “Oil Closes in on Fla. as BP Tries Risky Cap Move,” Associated Press, June 2, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10802853.
56 Congress has certainly played a role, and Congress approved budgets reducing regulatory staff, and a 2004 Coast Guard study warned D. S. Abraham, “A Disaster Congress Voted For,” New York Times, July 13, 2010, p. A27.
57 Other nations charge more J. Wardell and Robert Barr, “BP Not Spearheading Oil Industry Move Back in Gulf,” Associated Press, November 2, 2010.
58 It was actually the Vice President’s National Energy Policy Development Group, Reliable, Affordable, and Environmentally Sound Energy for America’s Future: National Energy Policy Report. Washington: GPO, 2001.
59 Congress approved budgets reducing regulatory staff, and a 2004 Coast Guard study warned D. S. Abraham, “A Disaster Congress Voted For,” New York Times, July 13, 2010, p. A27.
EARLY JUNE
1 Dead dolphin, surreptitious tour, and news crews escorted from public places M. Lysiak and Helen Kennedy, “The Hidden Death in the Gulf,” Daily News, June 2, 2010; http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/
02/2010-06-02_the_hidden_death_in_the_gulf.html.
2 BP tries again to cover the leak C. Krauss, “BP Tries Again to Divert Oil Leak with Dome,” New York Times, May 31, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/us/01spill.html?th&emc=th.
3 Allen’s garden hose analogy H. Mohr and John Flesher, “Gulf Containment Cap Closely Watched in 2nd Day,” Associated Press, June 7, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/06/national/
main6553587.shtml.
4 “A positive step but not a solution” G. Bluestein, “Cap Placed atop Gulf Well; Oil Still Spewing,