Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Gulf Of Mexico-Three Years Later



THREE YEARS LATER and they are still lying.



My God, how can anyone look at this and not cry over what WE HAVE LOST!

But hey, BP is still turning a profit because people keep BUYING THEIR GAS!

We all did this.

This world is not just about us. This is beyond heartbreaking and CRIMINAL.

By all means keep eating the seafood there too because they told you it was safe and living in denial of what you are also doing to your body and future generations.

After all, it's all about living in the now and the quick pleasure fix, isn't it?

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The Gulf Of Mexico, Three Years After BP

When an undersea oil well blew out 50 miles off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010 and caused an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig above it (killing 11 workers), no one knew that an even bigger disaster was yet to come. Over the next three months, 4.9 million gallons of crude poured into the water before BP could get the wellhead capped to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

According to BP, which has already spent $14 billion on clean-up and restoration, the Gulf is returning to baseline conditions prior to the disaster. “No company has done more, faster to respond to an industrial accident than BP did in response to the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010,” reports the company.

But not everybody sees the situation that way. Many environmentalists are concerned that, while BP has done a thorough job removing visible oil from the water column and surface, little has been done to repair damage to marine life and ecosystems.

“Three years after the initial explosion, the impacts of the disaster continue to unfold,” says Doug Inkley, senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). A recent report by the group found that the three-year-old spill is still having a serious negative effect on wildlife populations in the Gulf. For one, dolphin deaths in the region have remained above average every single month since the disaster. In the first two months of 2013, infant dolphins were found dead at six times pre-spill average rates. Says Inkley: “These ongoing deaths—particularly in an apex predator like the dolphin—are a strong indication that there is something amiss with the Gulf ecosystem.”

Gulf dolphins aren’t the only ones suffering. NWF found that more than 1,700 sea turtles were stranded in coastal areas of the Gulf between May 2010 and November 2012—almost three times the pre-spill rate for the animals. Researchers have also detected changes in the cellular function of Gulf killifish, a common bait fish at the base of the food chain. And a coral colony seven miles from the offending wellhead struggles due to oil and dispersants compromising its ability to rebuild itself. “The oil disaster highlighted the gaps in our understanding of the Gulf of Mexico,” says Florida State University oceanographer Ian MacDonald. “What frustrates me is how little has changed over the past three years. In many cases, funding for critical research has even been even been cut, limiting our understanding of the disaster’s impacts.”

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BP=GUILTY.

Also see:

Gulf Deformities Alarm Scientists

Sick Children In The Gulf

The Perfect Genetic Storm

BP Ecocide: Oil Flows Freely

Corexit Is Killing The Gulf

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Amman Imman- Bringing Water And Hope To The People Of The Azawak

Amman Imman

I have had the pleasure of following the good work of this organization for several years now. I wanted to report on their current work because it is so very important in the fight for clean and accessible water for all in places that are forgotten. This is the most recent news received from Amman Imman regarding their work with the Azawak in Niger:





Amman Imman's New Borehole In Couloubade

"Dear Friends of the Azawak,

Denis, Fassely, Soriya, and I returned from Niger mid-April 2013 after five rewarding months. With the support of the Vibrant Village Foundation and our ever-devoted student Heroes of Compassion, we accomplished all of our planned projects despite the outbreak of war in neighboring Mali, and ongoing terrorist threats. I am particularly grateful to Denis and Momine (project coordinator), who braved the risks of being taken hostage to pursue our life saving and enhancing work for our communities in the Azawak. I am also ever thankful to Amman Imman’s associate director, Debbie, for successfully coordinating Amman Imman’s Wells of Love activities, and organizing a powerful Walk for Water 2013. We are particularly proud to have a positive influence on the hearts and minds of students worldwide meanwhile improving lives in Niger!

OUR NEWEST BOREHOLE IN COULOUBADE!

The bulk of our efforts in Niger went towards building our most recent borehole for the Fulani community of Couloubade -- which includes the village of Couloubade and 17 surrounding smaller communities. Prior to the construction of their borehole, the community had to walk between 10 and 25 km a day to fetch water for their families. Today, the 4000 people from the Couloubade community will directly use the borehole on a regular/year-round basis. Up to 20,000 passing nomads and their animals have been using the borehole during this dry season.

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FOOD, TREES, AND EDUCATION FOR THE AZAWAK IN 2012 In 2012 we provided food assistance, and set up community run cereal banks in Ebagueye, Tangarwashane and Chinwagari in order to help temper the threat of famine. These cereal banks are still helping our communities’ meet their food needs. We also helped establish a community garden, and donated tools and seeds to Tangarwashane. We continued to provide food assistance and gardening training in Tangarwashane this year. Thanks to the tender care of children and parents alike, vegetables and fruits are now sprouting year-round from the once parched earth. In addition to water and food assistance, we planted 40 mango and shade trees and donated school books and materials to Tangarwashane, Kijigari, Ebagueye and to ten additional schools in rural Azawak."

End of excerpt. You can read the rest of this report and so much more at their link.

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This is a letter from the Azawak:

Water Is Hope-Letter From The Azawak

Website for Vibrant Village which supported the work of Amman Imman:

Vibrant Village

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It is wonderful to see an organization with such dedication and Amman Imman exemplifies a commitment to bringing water and hope to those who need it. I highly recommend you visit their site and donate to this worthy cause.

Water scarcity and lack of access bring with it food shortages, social unrest, economic stagnation, educational inequality and the killing of the soul. We must all stand up now especially in the face of more extreme climate, poiltical corruption, privatization and schemes to commodify this life giving resource for those most effected by them.

Thank you to Amman Imman for exemplifying humanity.

You can donate to this worthy cause here:

Your Gift Will Help Save Lives



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