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This oil spill is poised to become one of the biggest environmental disasters in the US

Sun, 2018-10-28 23:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

An aerial image of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, taken on April 28, 2018.  (Handout photo by Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Water Mapping, LLC)

circa.com - by Julia Boccagno and The Associated Press - October 24, 2018

Millions of gallons of oil have been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years, forming what is poised to become one of the worst environmental disasters in the United States, according the Gulf Restoration Network, which has been tracking the chronic leak.

"There has been an uptrend of the areas of the slick during the last two years," wrote Oscar Pineda-Garcia, who runs a company that maps oil spills and is an adjunct professor at Florida State University.

Environmental leaders suggest that the Taylor Energy Co. oil spill has dumped anywhere between 10,000 to 30,000 gallons of oil a day since 2004, when its platform collapsed during Hurricane Ivan.

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Red Tide Confirmed in Miami-Dade, and Some Beaches Have Been Closed

Thu, 2018-10-04 17:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Red Tide has caused scores of dead sea-life to wash up on beaches in Southwest Florida. Footage shows scenes from Boca Grande beach on July 28 - by Jeremy Judkins via Storyful

miamiherald.com - BY DAVID J. NEAL, DOUGLAS HANKS AND JENNY STALETOVICH - October 4, 2018

A red tide that has sloshed up and down the Gulf Coast for nearly a year, leaving a wake of dead sea life, murky water and stinky beaches, has now landed on the state’s most crowded shores with the toxic algae confirmed Thursday in Miami-Dade County.

While far more milder than what’s appeared on the west coast — algae levels that cause blooms have not climbed above moderate so far — the spread raises concerns about a deepening crisis in a state already battling a summerlong blue green algae in Lake Okeechobee.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Florida confirms toxic red tide spreading along Atlantic coast

 

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NASA Captures Polluted Carolina Rivers Spilling Into the Ocean After Hurricane Florence

Thu, 2018-09-27 09:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

NASA - September 19, 2018

CLICK HERE - NASA - A Broad View of Flooding in the Carolinas

time.com - by ELI MEIXLER - September 26, 2018

Flooding from Hurricane Florence, which battered the Carolinas this month, is so severe that NASA was able to spot darkened, contaminated rivers flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.

Nearly 8 trillion gallons of rain fell on North Carolina during the storm, according to the National Weather Service in Raleigh. That deluge took a devastating toll, swelling rivers and inundating homes.

NASA satellite images released this week reveal just how engorged, and polluted the rivers and other waterways became.

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CLICK HERE - Wash your hands if you touch the ocean in NC – and forget swimming, experts warn

 

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Texas, Refineries Urged to Plan Storm Shutdowns to Cut Pollution

Thu, 2018-08-16 09:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Shell Deer Park Manufacturing Complex is seen in Deer Park, Texas, U.S. August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo

CLICK HERE - REPORT - Preparing for the Next Storm (33 page .PDF report)

reuters.com - by Timothy Gardner - August 16, 2018

Texas environment regulators should coordinate shutdowns of oil refineries and other petrochemical plants during major storms to avoid big releases of air pollution like during last year’s Hurricane Harvey, a report said on Thursday.

A year ago Harvey dumped more than 60 inches (1.5 meters) of rain on southeastern Texas, halting refineries that produce a quarter of U.S. fuel and damaging infrastructure.

Texas industry, including refineries and petrochemical plants, released an extra 8.3 million pounds (3.8 million kg) of air pollutants including cancer-causing benzene, during Harvey, said the report . . . 

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Worst "Red Tide" Toxic Algae Bloom in Years Killing Turtles, Manatees in Florida

Fri, 2018-08-03 22:58 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

cbsnews.com - by Manuel Bojorquez - August 2, 2018

Thousands of fish, eels and turtles are dying, sometimes as far as the eye can see, in parts of southwest Florida . . . The suspected culprit is a toxic algae bloom known as "red tide."

 . . . The toxins can also be harmful to humans, causing respiratory illnesses for some beachgoers.

 . . . Warmer waters and runoff from lakes and streams can fuel the problem.

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Red Tide Algae Bloom Killing Marine Life Off Florida Coast

Fri, 2018-08-03 22:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cbsnews.com - August 3, 2018

Dead marine life is washing up on the west coast of Florida. The culprit is a massive red tide algae bloom. The algae can also cause respiratory problems in humans. WPEC-TV meteorologist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN with more on what's causing the bloom and what is being done to clean it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPO84amiZY

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Earth's Carbon Dioxide Levels Continue to Soar, at Highest Point in 800,000 Years

Sat, 2018-05-05 09:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                   

(Photo: Getty Images)

CLICK HERE - Scripps Institute of Oceanography - CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH MONTHLY AVERAGE

usatoday.com - by Doyle Rice - May 4, 2018

Carbon dioxide — the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming — reached its highest level in recorded history last month, at 410 parts per million.

This amount is highest in at least the past 800,000 years, according to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Prior to the onset of the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide levels had fluctuated over the millennia but had never exceeded 300 parts per million.

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A Shockingly Small Number of Earth's Population Still Have Access to Unpolluted Air

Sat, 2018-04-21 09:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

(Daniel Stein/iStock)

You're probably not amongst the lucky few.

CLICK HERE - REPORT - State of Global Air 2018

sciencealert.com - by David Nield - April 19, 2018

How's the air in your neighbourhood today? A new State of Global Air report suggests more than 95 percent of the planet's population currently have to breathe polluted air – air containing fine particle levels that exceed the global air quality guidelines.

What's more, the burden of bad air quality is affecting the poorest communities the most. According to the US Health Effects Institute (HEI), which carried out the study, the gap between the most polluted and least polluted countries is steadily growing bigger.

This is having a real effect on health, too – an estimated 6.1 million deaths across the world in 2016 could be attributed to air pollution, the HEI reports. Strokes, heart attacks, lung cancer, and chronic lung disease were some of the health issues to blame.

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Seabed Mining Can Decide the Fate of the Deep Ocean

Tue, 2018-04-17 23:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

An artist’s rendering of a deep-sea vehicle designed by Dutch company IHC to harvest polymetallic nodules from the seabed.  Royal IHC

greenbiz.com - by Todd Woody - September 28, 2017

At the International Seabed Authority’s ocean-side headquarters, delegates from dozens of countries strolled through breezeways adorned with the works of Jamaican artists as the United Nations-chartered organization’s annual meeting began its second week. No one, however, was entering a conference room where the seabed authority’s Legal and Technical Commission (LTC) was in session and men in dark suits stood watch. A sign advised that the meeting was "closed."

Behind heavy wood doors, the 30 members of the commission convened in secret to discuss, among other things, confidential contracts issued to corporations and state-backed companies to explore and potentially mine vast, barely explored deep-sea habitats that scientists believe play a key role in the global ecosystem.

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Miami Waterkeeper - FPL Turkey Point

Sun, 2018-04-15 16:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

miamiwaterkeeper.org

In the first week of March 2016, the Division of Environmental Resource Management (DERM) of Miami-Dade County released a report showing that water from the cooling canals at FPL’s nuclear power plant, located at Turkey Point, is contaminating Biscayne Bay. The canals are also contaminating the Biscayne Aquifer, which is an underground water storage area that is the sole source of drinking water for millions of South Florida residents. Hypersaline (super salty) water laden with tritium (a radioactive isotope), phosphorous, and ammonia is passing through our porous limestone geology and into our water both above and below ground.

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http://southflorida.resiliencesystem.org/fpl-nuclear-plant-canals-leaking-biscayne-bay-study-confirms

 

 

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