Nesting season over, oil cleanup ramping up on islands
by Associated Press Published: August 20,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, eclosystem, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fish, natural gas, Nature, offshore dsrilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — With nesting season ending on the barrier islands, the BP oil disaster cleanup will ramp up starting today. BP spokesman Ray Melick tells the Sun Herald the work hadn’t been completely shut down, but was curtailed to permit sea birds to occupy the islands from April until about mid-August. A Gulf [...] [...]
