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Regarding Sen. Lee and democracy.
Unholy, pp. 237-38:
Unholy, pp. 237-38:
The throughline of Unholy is that the Christian Right, white nationalists, the GOP, and the rest of Trump’s base share a hostility to democracy, its institutions, and its values like a free press, independent judiciary, and human rights and dignity.
That’s how high the stakes are for this election.
For this week’s #dwhstories I want to share some thoughts and resources about impacts to the marine environmental as a result of the #dwhoilspill. Key point: out of sight isn’t out of mind. We can't forget the marine environment when it comes to offshore oil spills.
134 million gallons of oil was discharged from the wellhead over a period of 87 days in 2010. The evidence of devastation was apparent on the coast as well as on the surface of the Gulf--who can forget the sight of orange-brown crude roiling in on waves all summer?
This large volume of oil severely impacted the resources and habitats of the marine ecosystem. Thousands of sea turtles and marine mammals (among many other resources) were impacted, which you can read about here int-res.com/abstracts/esr/…
#DWHStories How does one actually go about determine the environmental impacts of the #DWHOilSpill? The blowout happened a mile beneath the surface of the ocean, affecting the habitats and wildlife in the sea, but also impacted our coastal resources as well.
This week we will peak under the hood of how the impacts were quantified. The Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA, pronounced NERD-A) is a legal process used by the federal government, states and Tribes to evaluate the impacts of oil spills.
In the NRDA process, these entities, known as Trustees, evaluate the extent of damage to natural resources as well as the impact the oil spill had on humans’ use and enjoyment of those resources.
In this week’s #DWHStories, we cover the #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill response. Next week I will spend some time on the role of volunteers in the response, both official and unofficial. #oilspill #gulfofmexico #dwhoilspill Thread 1/
The coast was largely quiet in the week following the rig explosion. Initial official reports indicated that only a small amount of oil was leaking, and that the well would be contained in a short period of time, before causing extensive environmental damage.
The Coast Guard sent a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to the wellhead site to try to cap the well & determine whether the wellhead and/or the broken pipes were still leaking oil. Initial discharge estimates indicated that the well could be leaking approximately 1000 barrels a day.
