Damage from Shell oil spill in Gulf of Mexico still unclear; U.S. considers more offshore leases
The leak happened about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, and was stopped after wells that flow into the pipeline were sealed. But Scott Eustis, a coastal wetlands specialist with Gulf Restoration Network, thinks 88,000 gallons might be an underestimate and the environmental impact still is unknown. He says only three of the seven available skimmer vessels were even deployed to vacuum the oil off the surface.
“Although the Coast Guard says there’s no environmental impact, we know from the BP disaster, and all the studies done on the effects of oil in the deep environment, and the surface of the Gulf in the springtime, that there are a lot of impacts: the corals in the deep, dolphins, whales, tuna, whale sharks,” Eustis explains. “So, even though the Coast Guard says that, they don’t have biologists so they shouldn’t be making that kind of statement.”
Eustis said that during flights above the skimmer vessels, environmentalists didn’t see spraying of dispersants as was done six years ago during the BP oil disaster. Storms in the gulf dispersed much of the oil from the surface, so the giant slick can no longer be seen.
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The leak happened about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, and was stopped after wells that flow into the pipeline were sealed. But Scott Eustis, a coastal wetlands specialist with Gulf Restoration Network, thinks 88,000 gallons might be an underestimate and the environmental impact still is unknown. He says only three of the seven available skimmer vessels were even deployed to vacuum the oil off the surface.
“Although the Coast Guard says there’s no environmental impact, we know from the BP disaster, and all the studies done on the effects of oil in the deep environment, and the surface of the Gulf in the springtime, that there are a lot of impacts: the corals in the deep, dolphins, whales, tuna, whale sharks,” Eustis explains. “So, even though the Coast Guard says that, they don’t have biologists so they shouldn’t be making that kind of statement.”
Eustis said that during flights above the skimmer vessels, environmentalists didn’t see spraying of dispersants as was done six years ago during the BP oil disaster. Storms in the gulf dispersed much of the oil from the surface, so the giant slick can no longer be seen.
read on :
https://fsrn.org/2016/05/damage-from-shell-oil-spill-in-gulf-of-mexico-still-unclear-u-s-considers-more-offshore-leases/Love Always
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