NY Times: Seeking Answers on Oil Spill as Questions Mount
General overview.

Gambit Weekly:The Gulf Oil Disaster: Monitoring Air Quality - The Environmental Protection Agency has set up air sampling equipment in Lafourche, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes"Q: The distinct "oil scent" has frequently appeared in the city, miles away from the oil ( Read more... )

NY TimesOfficial estimate of oil gusher flow doubled again

Examiner: And that may still be a major lowballing of the true scope of the disaster

Examiner: Contingency plan to evacuate Tampa Bay ready (?!)

Meanwhile BP's ecological remediation efforts:

WWL: BP cleanup teams crush Brown Pelican nests, eggs, chicks. "The lack of urgency and general ( Read more... )

Young Froggy in two photos from my mother's collection

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BBC article: "Timmy the tortoise dies aged 160"The article has a curious sidebar timeline ( Read more... )