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As the BP oil spill moves from being a short and bloody battle to a long and drawn out war, frustrating news surfaced this week: 1) In an Alabama wildlife refuge affected by the spill, even possessing a camera is prohibited (video, after the jump); 2) BP apparently won’t use peat moss to help clean [...]

As the BP oil spill moves from being a short and bloody battle to a long and drawn out war, I’ve personally have moved to from anger to trying to think more constructively, but here are two pieces of news which drag me right back to frustration: 1) In an Alabama wild…Read the full story [...]

As the BP oil spill moves from being a short and bloody battle to a long and drawn out war, I’ve personally have moved to from anger to trying to think more constructively, but here are two pieces of news which drag me right back to frustration: 1) In an Alabama wild…Read the full story [...]

Alexandra and Philippe Cousteau inspect tarballs that have washed up on a beach in Alabama. Image courtesy of Philippe Cousteau I got word last night on the way to Alabama that Larry King is doing a two-hour special telethon and that they want me to be a special field correspondent to film and host all [...]

MOBILE, Alabama, June 23, 2010 (ENS) – An Alabama boat captain working the BP oil spill response died this morning from a gunshot wound that may have been self-inflicted. William Allen “Rookie”… Visit ecofactory.com to read the full eco news story.

Volunteers produced a lot of boom at Felix’ Fish Camp, Mobile Alabama, to absorb oil. Photos courtesy of Matters of Trust Since the Top Kill method has failed, cleaning up the continuously leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico is clearly a nonstop effort until the gusher is somehow capped. Marine toxicologist and author Riki [...]

Image credit:FamilyHomeSecurity.com British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as “dispersed” beneath the ocean’s surface, stretching from the wellhead, to Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron: “The thick plume was detected just beneath the surface down to about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), and is more than 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) wide, [...]

Photos by Brian Merchant I recently got back from a 10 day stint covering the Gulf oil spill for TreeHugger. The scenes I came across in impacted regions throughout Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi were tense, chaotic, devastating and often downright sad. A disaster of such a magnitude is capable of taking you by surprise on [...]

“Mobile Bay is Alabama’s central estuary system and provides a transitional zone, where the river’s freshwater meets tidally influenced marine waters.” Image and caption credit:MobileBayKeeper.org A most painful demonstration of Murphy’s Law – that which can go wrong will go wrong in a emergency – is holding true across the Gulf. The Alabama Press-Register is [...]

Photos by Brian Merchant Dauphin Island, right off the coast of Alabama, was one of the first places to report oil making landfall on its shores. The oil hit Dauphin’s beach in the form of small tar balls — similar to those I found washing up on the shore of Louisiana. Now, just a few [...]