2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill
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| Affected City/Cities | New Orleans, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Grand Isle, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Mobile, Dauphin Island, Pensacola, Jefferson County (TX), Galveston County (TX), Orange County (TX) |
|---|---|
| Affected State/States | Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida |
| Affected Country/Countries | USA |
| Type | Chemical spill or release |
| Start date | 2010/04/20 |
| Twitter hashtags | #oilspill |
- 2010GulfOilSpill.com (http://2010GulfOilSpill.com/)
- @MDEQ (http://twitter.com/MDEQ)
- Acadiana Red Cross (http://www.acadianaredcross.org/)
- Alabama State and Local Aid Agencies (http://www.crisiswiki.org/Alabama_State_and_Local_Aid_Agencies)
- BP Oil Spill Dashboard (http://news.geocommons.com/oilspill)
- Beaumont Red Cross (http://www.redcrossbeaumont.org/)
- CNN: Feds raise pressure on BP over oil spill (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/30/louisiana.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1)
- City of Biloxi official site (http://www.biloxi.ms.us/)
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection Deepwater Horizon Response (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm)
- GovLive - tracks official government news releases (http://www.govlive.com/)
- Guardian - Oil spill approaches Gulf coast - Apr 30, 2010 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/apr/30/gulf-oil-spill-conservation)
- Gulf of Mexico - Transocean Drilling Incident (http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/)
- Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs (http://gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/index.htm)
- Gulf of Mexico oil slick based on NASA satellite images - April (http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/14529)
- Larry Ferlazzo's list of Best Sites to Learn about the Gulf Oil Spill (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/04/29/the-best-sites-to-learn-about-the-gulf-oil-spill/)
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Oil Spill Response (http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/oilspill/)
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting Crisis in the Gulf (http://www.lpb.org/oilspill)
- Louisiana State and Local Aid Agencies (http://www.crisiswiki.org/Louisiana_State_and_Local_Aid_Agencies)
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Press Releases (http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Main_Newsroom?OpenDocument)
- Mississippi Department of Health Oil Spill Information (http://healthyms.com/msdhsite/_static/23%2C9689%2C195.html)
- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (http://www.msema.org/)
- Mississippi Governor Barbour (http://www.governorbarbour.com/index.html)
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting Oil Spill site (http://www.mpbonline.org/oilspill/index.htm)
- Mississippi State and Local Aid Agencies (http://www.crisiswiki.org/Mississippi_State_and_Local_Aid_Agencies)
- NOLA: 2 Air Force planes will spray chemicals over Gulf of Mexico oil spill (http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/2_air_force_planes_to_help_wit.html)
- NOLA: BP Must Do More in Gulf of Mexico oil spill fight, Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says (http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/homeland_security_secretary_ja.html)
- NOLA: Booms being readied to protect Lake Pontchartrain (http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/booms_to_be_used_to_protect_la.html)
- NOLA: EPA establishes website on BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill (http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/epa_establishes_website_on_bps.html)
- NOLA: Louisiana shuts down some oyster harvesting and fishing because of Gulf of Mexico oil spill (http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/louisiana_closes_oyster_ground.html)
- NY Times Apr 30 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01gulf.html?hp)
- NY Times: Fisherman Sign Up to Clean Oil (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01marsh.html?hp)
- NY Times: Oil Leaks Could Take Months To Stop (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/us/26rig.html)
- NY Times: Oil Spill's Blow to BP's Image May Eclipse Its Cost (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/business/30bp.html?scp=6&sq=oil%20spill&st=cse)
- NY Times: What the Spill Means for Offshore Drilling (http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/what-the-spill-means-for-offshore-drilling/?hp)
- National Library of Medicine Crude Oil Spills and Health (http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/oilspills.html)
- Natural Resources Defense Council (http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/tags/showtag.php?tag=BP)
- Oceana's Stop the Drill Petition (http://stopthedrill.org)
- OnEarth - Gulf Oil Spill Far Worse Than Officials Admit - April 29, 2010 (http://www.onearth.org/node/2084)
- Proposal to seal oil leak - Soviet style (http://trueslant.com/juliaioffe/2010/05/04/nuke-that-slick/)
- State of Louisiana's Emergency web site (http://emergency.louisiana.gov/)
- Stop the Leak - Save the Gulf - Ways to Help (http://www.usoildisaster.org/help.asp)
- SunHerald newspaper (http://www.sunherald.com/)
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Emergency site (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/site/emergency/)
- U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District External Affairs Flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscgd8/)
- WLOX - Coastal Crisis News (http://www.wlox.com/Global/category.asp?C=186625&nav=menu40_1_2)
- Wikipedia entry on Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_drilling_rig_explosion
- BP and the Federal Government have established hotlines for members of the public
- To report oiled or injured wildlife,
- please call 1-866-557-1401.
- To discuss spill related damage claims,
- please call 1-800-440-0858.
- To report oil on land, or for general Community and Volunteer Information,
- please call 1-866-448-5816.
