{"id":404,"date":"2010-05-03T21:14:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T21:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/?p=404"},"modified":"2010-05-03T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T21:14:29","slug":"mother-nature-network-epa-launches-website-on-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/03\/mother-nature-network-epa-launches-website-on-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Nature Network: EPA launches website on oil spill"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/site\/2931\/<\/a>
\nMother Nature Network
\nMay 1, 2010<\/p>\n

special thanks to Richard Charter<\/p>\n

\u00a0http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/green-tech\/computers\/blogs\/epa-launches-website-on-oil-spill<\/a><\/p>\n

The Deepwater Horizon incident is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security are providing breaking updates and resources online.<\/p>\n

The entire world is now looking to the EPA for guidance, explanations and emergency resources for Gulf residents who are bracing for what experts predict will be the worst oil spill in U.S. history. In hasty response, the EPA just put up a “damage control” web page which provides breaking updates and resources for those living in the affected areas.
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\nLisa Jackson, the EPA administrator, just flew over the area a few hours ago (you can follow her updates on Twitter @lisapjackson) and has dispatched two Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzers or TAGA’s to test the impacts on air quality as toxic vapors threaten several densely populated areas, including New Orleans. Here’s what Lisa Jackson has to say:<\/p>\n

We are taking every possible step to protect the health of the residents and mitigate the environmental impacts of this spill. For several days, EPA has been on the ground evaluating air and water concerns and coordinating with other responding agencies. We are also here to address community members\u00a0 the people who know these waters and wetlands best. They will be essential to the work ahead.<\/p>\n

The EPA site casts a little light on information about water testing and what is being done to curtail the oil slick as it impacts protected wildlife reserves and coastal towns on the Gulf, but an adjunct website called DeepwaterHorizonRepsonse.com
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\nhas a great photo gallery of tactics being used to capture oil before it hits land\u00a0 like oil-absorbent pads and underwater booms. It provides recent reports from the Coast Guard, NOAA, the Department of Homeland Security and BP.
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\nThe Deepwater website also has some great video, but unfortunately the U.S. government doesn’t do YouTube, so video can only be viewed if you have a special plugin which doesn’t work on a Mac. Still a great resource though … check it out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/site\/2931\/ Mother Nature Network May 1, 2010 special thanks to Richard Charter \u00a0http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/green-tech\/computers\/blogs\/epa-launches-website-on-oil-spill The Deepwater Horizon incident is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security are providing breaking updates and resources online. The entire world is now … Continue reading Mother Nature Network: EPA launches website on oil spill<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}