Note to CARB: Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez - oil does have environmental affects

[JohnWxy]

beyond the CO2 and CO emissions in automobile exhaust (that's why California Senators and Representatives fought to keep off-shore drilling away from California coast):




http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_bi_ge/us_louisiana_oil_rig_explosion

An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.

The spill was both bigger and closer than imagined — five times larger than first estimated, with the leading edge just three miles from the Louisiana shore. Authorities said it could reach the Mississippi River delta by Thursday night.

"It is of grave concern," David Kennedy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told The Associated Press. "I am frightened. This is a very, very big thing. And the efforts that are going to be required to do anything about it, especially if it continues on, are just mind-boggling."

The oil slick could become the nation's worst environmental disaster in decades, threatening hundreds of species of fish, birds and other wildlife along the Gulf Coast, one of the world's richest seafood grounds, teeming with shrimp, oysters and other marine life.

[Speck Tater]

1. Nit Pick: I'm sure you meant "environmental EFFECTS." I've never seen affectionate oil. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

2. There is no good news in this at all..It just keeps getting worse and worse.

[NNadir]

3. On the other hand, car CULTists who have been greenwashing gasoline with their ethanol line

of shit really have no business to complain about gasoline technology.

None at all.

[cilla4progress]

4. I wonder how many undocumented immigrants

are working to contain the spill?

[Nihil]

5. Tied together and thrown into the water around the edge of the slick?

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