Is oil leaking in the Gulf from the BP spill site? By Mark Guarino | Published Fri, Sep 2 2011 9:03

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By Mark Guarino | Published Fri, Sep 2 2011 9:03 am
Reports of oil surfacing near the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion are raising questions about its source and whether it is related to last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. A patch of oil was documented last week about a quarter-mile northeast of the Macondo wellhead leased by BP. That site was plugged in July 2010 after about 4.9 million barrels (206 million gallons) of oil leaked into the Gulf.

On Wednesday, reporters from the Mobile, Ala., Press-Register published photographs and video of their discovery on the news organization’s website, which was in response to surveillance flights conducted the week before by two environmental groups – the Gulf Restoration Network and On Wings of Care. The Press-Register reported witnessing “blobs of oil rise to the surface and bloom into iridescent yellow patches” that later “expanded into rainbow sheens 4 to 5 feet across.”
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There’s still a ton of questions out there regarding where is from, and it’s on the Coast Guard to figure it out and to let the public know,” says Dan Favre, communications director for the Gulf Restoration Network. Professor Bea says it is difficult for independent investigators to verify assertions the leak did not originate on the seafloor or at the wellhead because BP, the Coast Guard, and BOEMRE are not releasing their evidence to the public. “Purportedly, sea floor videos at and in the vicinity of the Macondo well have been gathered, not provided. Only ‘summary statements’ have been provided that have not given any definitive information on the sources of the oil escaping to the surface,” he wrote.

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There are Rumors that they are spraying again to coverup the latest oil sheen's. (Comments section on the overflight video)

When will they just declare the Gulf Dead and turn it into the Toxic waste dump it has become?

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1. There's also a big spill in the Mobile river.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1858654&mesg_id=1858654

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2. So this government is going to force BP to pay for it right?

:rofl:

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3. Morning Kick!

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4. Toons tell the tale