Controlled burn of gulf of Mexico oil slick begins
Controlled burn of Gulf of Mexico oil slick begins
- From: AFP
- April 29, 2010
A NASA image shows the slick, below centre, near the Louisiana coast. Inset, oil gushes from a submerged rig pipe. Pictures: NASA/US Coast Guard Source: The Australian
EMERGENCY crews have begun controlled burns of a giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, but a cruel wind shift raised fears the spill could hit Louisiana’s fragile shores by the weekend.
The leading edge of the crude was about 26km off the Louisiana coast by this morning and winds were expected to strengthen and crucially change direction to start coming from the southeast.
Two skimming vessels dispatched by the US Coast Guard and energy giant BP swept the thickest concentrations of oil into a 150m fire-resistant boom.
They then towed it to a 8km “burn zone” set up inside the slick roughly 80km south of the mouth of the Mississippi where it was set alight a few hours before nightfall.
Voters want climate action now: Greens
Voters want climate action now: Greens
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Greens leader Bob Brown says a carbon levy is now the best option to tackle climate change. (AAP Image: Dean Lewins)
A new opinion poll released by the Greens shows the majority of voters support a carbon levy to cut emissions.
About 70 per cent of those surveyed want the Federal Government to negotiate with the Greens and other Senators to introduce a levy.
Greens leader Bob Brown says it is clear Australians want immediate action to tackle climate change.
He says a carbon levy is the best option following the Government’s decision to shelve its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
Absolute Political Cowardice
From: GetUp! Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:53 PMSubject: Absolute political cowardice **News: Kevin Rudd has betrayed his promise to take action on climate change. Click here to hold him to account.** Dear NEVILLE, “Absolute political cowardice… an absolute failure of leadership.”1 That’s what Kevin Rudd said just months ago about those who wanted Continue Reading →
US officials consider burning oil slick
US officials consider burning oil slick Posted 25 minutes ago Officials say they may set fire to a vast oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent what could become one of the worst ecological disasters in US history. A BP oil rig exploded and sank last week and the equivalent of at least Continue Reading →
Women Solar Entrepreneurs Transforming Bangladesh
Women Solar Entrepreneurs Transforming Bangladesh
Dipal Barua has a vision. He sees his homeland becoming one of the world’s first “solar nations”. He believes solar and other renewable energies can transform the lives of the 75 million Bangladeshis who have no access to electricity. To achieve this transformation, he wants to train 100,000 women entrepreneurs to set up their own renewable energy businesses by the year 2015. If Dipal Barua has his way, Bangladesh will, he says, “become a role model for 1.6 billion energy-starved people all over the world”.
Rudd must stop punishment of solar pensioners
27 April 2010 Rudd must stop punishment of solar pensioners Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown says he will move in theSenate to stop pensioners and small investors being penalised forselling solar power into the electricity grid. In New South Wales, pensioner Don Campbell, who invested$11,000 in solar panels has been told by the federal government Continue Reading →