Here are 10 links found within my blog posts that I believe provide a wealth of information on my topic. All of these links include material on general overviews of the topic, as well as articles on the different issues in within the subject on more defined and narrow terms.
This is a blog, also located on my blog roll, which is managed by a resident of Louisiana. There are multiple links and a multitude of information, links, articles, pictures and so on about the Gulf Oil Spill. The availability of an abundance of materials provides readers with various sources and matters within the larger picture, such as environmental effects as seen in my personal blog.
This is the Greenpeace, an environmental organization, website. It has information on Greenpeace’s motivations and goals for a more eco-friendly environment. Although this site may be slightly biased as they strongly advocate for their causes, it is a well-known organization that shows the perspective of environmentalists in the argument of the Gulf Oil Spill.
This article presents the argument that the effects of the oil spill have been exaggerated, chiefly due to the media’s influence. Information and data opposing that of prevalent ideas about the spill are expressed. It challenges the public’s perception of the issue and exposes the other side of the debate and therefore opens up a new insight on the argument.
This link is to the Environmental Protection Agency’s webpage on the ways in which the EPA is responding to the Gulf Oil Spill. It includes the regulating the dispersants, monitoring and observing the effects on the environment, collecting samples on the shoreline, and so on. The EPA is a government organization and therefore shows how the government is involved through this agency.
This article reports President Obama’s six- month moratorium on all off-shore drilling was implemented. It discusses the resulting impact on the oil workers and the Gulf economy. This article is significant in that it reveals a political aspect of the issue in response to the oil spill.
This article discusses the “10 animals most at risk from Gulf Oil Spill”. It lists these species and describes how they are affected by the oil in the water; for example, habitat destruction, migration risks, breeding interference, etc. This information is important when relating it to how this disruption affects the ecosystem on a broader sense.
This article concerns the dispersants used to break up the oil in the Gulf by BP and the EPA’s involvement in the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency mandated that they change this dispersant to a less toxic one to avoid further long-term effects on the environment and wildlife.
This article talks about how the entire marine food chain is threatened by the oil. It describes how the primary producers are at risk for being killed by the oil or consuming the oil to pass it along within the food chain.
This article tells how the Gulf Oil Spill has created an opportunity for scientist to conduct research in the Gulf as more than half a billion dollars have become available. The research is focused on where the oil spread and how it has affected the ecosystem and how much BP is to pay for reconstruction resulting from the damaged assessed by the NRDA.
This article entails an overview of what has happened since the oil spill began up until the beginning of June. It includes scientific inferences, sequence of events, and President Obama’s response to the issue.
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