Sunday, BP announced that they were releasing birds that were found covered in oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico; a northern gannet and brown pelicans that were rescued, cleaned and flown by military aircraft to a bird refuge in Tampa Bay, Florida.
With as many as 19,000 barrels of oil per day leaking into the ocean many more birds and animals are being found alive that have been covered in oil along the Louisiana coast. And most of the dead birds are not covered in oil, according to the Miami Herald.
Sunday, Carol Browner, the assistant to President Obama on energy and climate change said that this oil spill is "probably the biggest environmental disaster we've ever faced in this country."
Most likely the full effects of the oil spill are not even known, and it may take years until they are completely known.
Sunday morning, BP announced that the top kill procedure failed to stop the flow of oil that is leaking from the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico, and they were moving on to the next plan of building a custom-built cap. For more on that story, click here.
To see photos taken last weekend of the oil spill along the Louisiana coastline and the wildlife it has affected, click here.
A week ago, BP approved 6 machines from Kevin Costner that they will test that recycle water and separate the oil from the ocean. For more on that story, click here.
Earlier this week, a new video of the gushing oil had many of the investigative teams calling BP untrustworthy because more oil was leaking from the well then they originally claimed. For more on that story, click here.
Researchers from the University of Utah have tested several ways to separate oil from the water, and several have discovered that making the separation in a small container may be easy, but trying it on a larger scale is much more difficult. They also stated that because the ocean water is constantly moving it makes the process even more difficult, according to a recent news report from KSL.
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Sources: CNN and the New York Times
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Comments
Nuclear power plant next ?
They can't control OIL . How will they contain a NUCLEAR power plant disaster ? Oh thats right "accidents never happen" Except Vermont plant is leaking as we speak. Indian point plant in NY is leaking . Both radioactive CANCER causing nuclear radiation into the water. The Republicans who are owned by OIL,GAS,NUCLEAR energy companies are pushing hard to build more. Means more $ a month for them.They just got 58 billion in loan guarantees from the taxpayers. We are funding our own CANCER. What a scam. Very sad. But the important thing is they keep making their billions. Thats all that really matters.
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