Featured Spill Could Soon Threaten Texas Beaches, Says Marine Expert (Guidry News). Winds and currents in the Gulf of Mexico are prone to change quickly. As a result, the oil spill could change directions and hit the Texas beaches. Most of the toxic components and volume will have evaporated by the time it gets here, but it could still harm…
Featured 1. Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins Again on the Texas Coast (Guidry News) The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle population is continuing to rise as the nesting season began this year on March 15. In 1995, there were only four turtles, whereas there were 197 recorded in 2009. Volunteer organizations have played a major role in the survival of this…
Featured 1. Crews fear oil rig will spill 336,000 gallons of crude a day (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle) A drilling rig that burned for more than a day before sinking Thursday has fouled Gulf of Mexico waters with a potentially major spill of crude oil, officials said. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6969765.html 2. Has the Clean Air Act outlived its usefulness? (Matthew Tresaugue…