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At the risk of becoming the Oil Spill news web site instead of the Red Tide Florida Web site, I have to throw one more quick article up about the BP Oil Leak.  There is a criminal investigation going on against Haliburton (recognize that name?) , Transocean, Cameron International and British Petroleum for what has [...]

I watch the news every day, I also read the news online every day.  I didn’t know until recently that there has been an outright rash of oil spills since the famous BP Oil Leak.  Here’s some: June 13th, The Chevron Utah oil spill July 26th, Canadian’s Enbridge Energy Michigan Kalamazoo July 28th, An abandoned [...]

There been lots of information coning out over the internet that alleges some pretty awful things about BP. Worse, it seems that the coast guard has been aiding them in these alleged criminal acts. Several of them are tied to their overuse of chemical dispersants and the several massive wildlife kills they allegedly caused. The [...]

Congress has discovered, just as we reported earlier, BP has been using more than the allowed amounts of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico.  Further more, just as we reported, this has been done with the approval of the US Coast Guard, and perhaps even their assistance.  Furthermore this is direct violation of at [...]

If this doesn’t alarm you, you just can’t be alarmed.  Since the 1950′s the amount of plankton in our oceans has dropped by 40%.  The decline has been ongoing for at least a century according the Nature Journal. Just in case you didn’t know, phytoplankton are a microscopic algae that is the bottom tier of [...]

Charlie Crist asked for more money from BP. They said no. And this just might be a good thing. Let me explain. Governor Crist recently said he asked for $25 million to purchase adverts promoting tourism, in Florida. They said yes and he promptly spent the money on some ineffective advertising. Tourism dropped. New jobs [...]