Posts Tagged ‘fauna’

Oil spill panel: BP missed systemic hazards, lax on overall safety

by Associated Press Published: July 24,2012

Tags: accident, animals, death, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fauna, Flora, food, hospitality, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil drilling, oil exploration, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, plants, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, vacationing, visitor, wildlife, workplace safety

WASHINGTON — BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and wasn’t as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other companies that they hired, a government safety panel concludes. Eleven workers were killed [...] [...]

Agencies re-stock river as part of post-spill recovery efforts

by MBJ Staff Published: June 14,2012

Tags: angling, catfish, environment, fauna, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, natrual resources, Nature, outdoors, pollution, release, restock, spill, state agency, water, wildlife

PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Approximately 14,000 pounds of harvestable-sized blue catfish will be released into the Pearl River near Picayune (Walkiah Bluff) as part of a continued recovery effort by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The catfish, donated by a Mississippi catfish producer, [...] [...]

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