WDSU:'People Are Getting Sick,' Cleanup Worker Says, Had No Protective Gear"The work to cleanup the millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf can be hazardous, and one spill worker told WDSU that he has witnessed illness, injury and unsafe working conditions. Jarred Bourgeois is the engineer on a crew ship that carries personnel and supplies to ( Read more... )

Oil is apparently now leaking from both the new well cap and multiple places on the sea floor around it. There seems not to be consensus as to how serious this is.

Picayune:BP's Kent Wells: "We're in a good position to not have a catastrophic event"

Is that reassuring?

Picayune:Hearings: BP did not suspend drilling operations after report of ( Read more... )

Apparently oil and methane are now leaking from the ocean floor some distance away from the new well cap. The Sun Herald gives today's lesson on how to bury a lede:BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well"BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to ( Read more... )

Latest round up of news links in the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster.

Huffington Post:BP Oil Spill: 7 Secrets BP Doesn't Want You To Know (PHOTOS)

BP buys up Gulf scientists for legal defense, roiling academic community

Pro Publica: BP Texas Refinery Had Huge Toxic Release Just Before Gulf Blowout

S.F. Chronical:Did BP lobby Libya over Lockerbie ( Read more... )

Discovery News: Gulf's Artificial Islands Already Failing

Photos show sand berm island intended to be oil barriers eroding out rapidly, submerging a construction bulldozer. "the man who took these pictures wished to remain nameless, fearing retribution from the governor's [Bobby Jindal] office."

Remarkable account from Sports Illustrated (!): 7 ( Read more... )

WDSU: Slidell Resident Reports Dead Fish In Lake Pontchartrain

Similarly Times-Picayune: Lake Pontchartrain fish kill reported

Click2Houston.com:Tar Mats Discovered In Galveston

"There are two big, black globs of tar scattered along the sand dunes on the west end of Galveston"

Picayune:NOAA seafood assessors are key part of effort to keep ( Read more... )

CNN report with video: The oysters are dead

NY Times:Owner of Exploded Rig Is Known for Testing Rules Transocean not looking much better than BP.

Florida Oil Spill Law
Oil disaster blog with lots of interesting links

Detroit Free Press:BP gas station owners switching brands as customers boycott

YouTube video: LAB TESTED Gulf Coast Water ( Read more... )

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... )

AP: Pensacola Beach is closed after oil from Gulf spill washes ashore"Lifeguard Collin Cobia wore a red handkerchief over his nose and mouth to block the oil smell. "It's enough to knock you down," he said ( Read more... )

In case any of you still had any doubts that the corrupt Republican administration has no sense of shame, on Fox News an administration official just announced that to show they care, in response to Hurricane Katrina they are lowering the clean air standards for fuels ( Read more... )