Crist appoints former BP lobbyist to spearhead Florida’s legal response to BP oil spill

News Press Excerpts:

Gov. Charlie Crist appointed the political odd couple - Democrat Bob Butterworth and ... Read more >>

Oil Forecast: Spill drifting toward Florida’s West Coast; 120 miles from Tampa Bay

WFSFCS West Florida Continental Shelf forecast of surface trajectories for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

120-hour ... Read more >>

It’s Clear… Finder of Undersea Plume: ‘Petroleum has extracted itself from the crude and is now incorporated into the waters with solvents’

Excerpts from BP oil spill: death and devastation and it's just the start, The Guardian:

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BP Disaster Plan: Blowout could spew 250,000 barrels a day into Gulf

BP Plc said in permit applications for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico... filed with ... Read more >>

Research vessel: Clear water from invisible plume has ‘oil sheen’ and smells ‘strongly of petroleum’

By Samantha Joye, published May 31, 2010 at 12:38am:

The main plume extends from about 1100m ... Read more >>

BP lost control of well one month before blowout

BusinessWeek:

BP Plc told regulators six weeks before its well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded ... Read more >>

Professor: Deep sea camera deployed tonight to study underwater plume

Professor Samantha Joye, University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences: We are [to begin] using underwater ... Read more >>

New Florida law: $50 million cap on what state can pay private attorneys

Palm Beach Post excerpt:

[A] battle will unfold if Florida decides to sue BP. Florida Attorney ... Read more >>

Florida to be devastated by oil plumes not “broken down by sunlight”

AP reports some tragic news for Florida, regarding the sub-sea currents in the Gulf:

Larry McKinney, ... Read more >>

Sea Turtles swim ‘all over the world’ then ‘come back to their natal beach to lay their own eggs’; Tar balls in stomach

Though they are highly migratory, floating and swimming and foraging literally all over the world, ... Read more >>

Hatchling turtles ‘act like little pieces of floating debris’

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-05-29/story/there-are-subtle-oil-dangers-too-sea-turtles

Currents moving up the East Coast - in Northeast Florida, they're about 50 miles offshore ... Read more >>

Attorney: ‘Keys economy could be in peril’

An excerpt from the Florida Keys Keynoter:

"This is terrible. I feel so bad for these ... Read more >>

Massive undersea oil plume heading “toward an underwater canyon whose currents would ferry it straight to Florida’s West Coast”

Scientists: Subsurface oil from Gulf gusher may be heading toward Florida coast, Palm Beach Post, ... Read more >>

ALERT: NASA satellite shows oil 20 miles from Florida Keys

On May 27, the first filament from the BP oil spill is seen approaching the ... Read more >>

Expert: “Major concern” that oil beneath surface to be drawn into storm

Tampa Tribune:

University of Miami professor Nick Shay had seen footage of the Gulf of Mexico ... Read more >>

$8/hour to clean up hazardous waste from BP oil spill

Excerpt from the Alabama Press-Register:

More than 200 prisoners are among the people hired for work ... Read more >>

EPA consultant: Public “falling ill after exposure to tiny airborne particles of crude”

The Guardian:

Wilma Subra, a chemist who has served as a consultant to the Environmental Protection ... Read more >>

New York Times: Effort to cap leak with top kill has so far “failed”

The technician said that engineers had come up with a variety of theories about why ... Read more >>

Washington Post: 20 mile plume ‘east of leak’; ‘Has not reached Florida’

"In the discovery described Thursday, scientists aboard a University of South Florida research vessel found ... Read more >>

Scientist wonder if underwater plumes to surface

Warning! Latest informati0n on the discovery of undersea plumes:

Excerpts from the Miami Herald:

Nick Shay, a ... Read more >>

State of Florida directs Gulf County to “terminate” oil spill litigation agreement with law firm

Excerpts from the Walton Sun:

Gulf County has rescinded its oil spill litigation agreement with a ... Read more >>

Miami Herald: Charter-boat company sues BP, contending perception of oil caused lost business

Captain Duck is suing British Petroleum, saying the oil company giant is responsible for his ... Read more >>

Seattle Times: Dangers lurk deep for all ocean creatures from oil

Excerpts:

The millions of gallons of oil moving about under water have the potential to spark ... Read more >>

Miami Herald: BP seeks oil-tested judge on lawsuits

Excerpts from the Miami Herald:

Facing some 100 lawsuits after its Gulf of Mexico oil spill ... Read more >>

FIT Professor: America’s most diverse estuary “at risk” if oil reaches Florida’s East Coast

The Indian River Lagoon, "the most biologically diverse estuary in North America,” straddles 156 ... Read more >>

Indirect hit from hurricane could bring oil into Florida’s estuaries and lagoons

Today, Jeff Masters, a founder of Weather Underground and former hurricane hunter, shared his research ... Read more >>

CNN: Gulf’s $234 billion economy at risk

Excerpts from CNN Money:

Tourism is the second largest industry in the Gulf, and it ranks ... Read more >>

AP: Oil Plume Significantly Darker; Expert Says That Means Heavier, More-polluting Oil

CBS News:

The underwater plume [is] getting significantly darker. A top oil engineering expert says that ... Read more >>

Keys fishing crew reports tar-coated shrimp, gear

The Naples Daily News reported May 24, 2010, "About 12 miles north of Dry Tortugas, ... Read more >>