#Hurricanes Have Left Their Mark on #Louisiana’s #Wetlands

2023

Excerpt: "Oil and gas exploration, oil spills, rising sea levels, and subsidence also contribute to land loss in the region. Potter found that, in addition to tropical storms, oil pollution left behind from the #DeepwaterHorizon spill in 2010 contributed to wetland degradation in Barataria Basin. The presence of oil likely damaged the marsh’s vegetation above and below the ground, reducing the stability of the surrounding soil and making the marsh more vulnerable to erosion. Heavily oiled wetlands experienced more loss than those that were less polluted, according to Potter. He noted that oil residues were still present in the basin in 2023."

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152778/hurricanes-have-left-their-mark-on-louisianas-wetlands

#BP #Environment #WaterIsLife #BPLied #BPIsNotSorry #BPKnew #BigOilAndGas
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ThanksBigOil #Oiligarchy #Louisiana #GulfStates #CleanUpYourMessBP #ClimateChange

The Oil Company Behind the #DeepwaterHorizon Spill Wants to Do a Massive, Risky Drilling Project in the Gulf

July 11, 2025

"What’s happening: #BP, the company behind the worst #OilSpill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, #UltraDeepwater project in the #GulfOfMexico.

"Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf shoreline. It wiped out horrific amounts of marine life, cratered local economies, and left Gulf communities burdened with everything from health issues to unemployment.

"The conditions around BP’s new proposed project, #Kaskida, could make it even more dangerous than the Deepwater Horizon. Kaskida would be in greater depths, where equipment would have to withstand higher pressures and temperatures.

"BP lacks experience operating this type of well and had not met required qualifications for using this drilling technology at the time of its application. It also vastly underestimates the impacts of another oil spill. We’re telling the government not to give BP another chance to contaminate the Gulf and disrupt coastal communities."

#Environment #WaterIsLife #BPLied #BPIsNotSorry #BPKnew #BigOilAndGas
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ThanksBigOil #Oiligarchy
#Louisiana #GulfStates
#CleanUpYourMessBP

Fifteen years after the #DeepwaterHorizon #OilSpill, the #environmental impact is still felt along the #GulfCoast. #Settlement money is also nearing an end, leaving states like Louisiana searching for alternative funding sources for their #CoastalRestoration projects.

Published 12:07 AM EDT, April 20, 2025

Video: https://apnews.com/video/fifteen-years-after-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-environmental-impact-is-still-felt-along-the-gulf-coast-02667c10b1d04e3c8936a9679bcc8f41

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'Planet Wreckers': 4 Rich Nations Plotting Nearly 70% of New Oil and Gas Over Next Decade | Common Dreams

This is not just hypocrisy," said one climate campaigner. "It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis."

Brett Wilkins
Jun 16, 2025

"Four wealthy nations—the #UnitedStates, #Canada, #Norway, and #Australia—account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade, according to new data published by #OilChangeInternational on Monday, the first day of the #BonnClimateChangeConference in Germany.

"Oil Change's analysis, titled #PlanetWreckers, notes that if those four #GlobalNorth nations stopped their planned new oil and gas extraction, 32 billion tons of carbon pollution would stay in the ground instead of being burned and released into the atmosphere, where they fuel planetary heating. That's the equivalent of three times the annual global emissions created by burning coal.

" 'A handful of the world's richest nations remain intent on leading us into disaster. This is not just hypocrisy. It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis,' Oil Change International global policy lead Romain Ioualalen said in a statement Monday.

"It is sickening that countries with the highest incomes and outsized historical responsibility for causing the climate crisis are planning massive oil and gas expansion with no regard for the lives and livelihoods at stake," Ioualalen added."

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-change-report-planet-wreckers

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BP is NOT SORRY!

"BP has announced it will cut its renewable energy investments and instead focus on increasing oil and gas production.

"The energy giant revealed the shift in strategy on Wednesday following pressure from some investors unhappy its profits and share price have been lower than its rivals.

"BP said it would increase its investments in oil and gas by about 20% to $10bn (£7.9bn) a year, while decreasing previously planned funding for renewables by more than $5bn (£3.9bn).

"The move comes as rivals #Shell and Norwegian company #Equinor have also scaled back plans to invest in green energy and US President Donald Trump's '#DrillBabyDrill' comments have encouraged investment in #FossilFuels."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3374ekd11po
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