tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43824843114039095102011-08-01T12:07:12.043-07:00Oil Spill Blog is an informal blog where you can find the most up to date an relevant information on oil spills around the world. This blog is a designed to be also be a source for information about how you can assist in the efforts to clean up the oil spills and discuss solutions with other environmentally conscious people like yourself. Right now we're focusing on the oil spill in the Gulf Coast.Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774049997787484698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382484311403909510.post-44843304476821560132010-05-05T00:42:00.000-07:002010-05-05T00:43:27.450-07:002010-05-05T00:43:27.450-07:00Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774049997787484698noreply@blogger.com0I've put a list together of some of the places you can go to to assist in the clean up and stabilization efforts for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.  Below you will find various organizations that are looking for volunteers or donations to assist in not only the clean up but also the assistance of the affected communities. The National Audubon Society is looking volunteers to help save “ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FwmqrUWy2RVpY2I759SkBON6_0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FwmqrUWy2RVpY2I759SkBON6_0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FwmqrUWy2RVpY2I759SkBON6_0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3FwmqrUWy2RVpY2I759SkBON6_0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OilSpillBlog/~4/VkWllMBMhYE" height="1" width="1"/>http://oilspillblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382484311403909510.post-27360081911741189332010-05-04T06:08:00.000-07:002010-05-04T06:08:46.912-07:002010-05-04T06:08:46.912-07:00Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774049997787484698noreply@blogger.com0 oil spill - leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water. Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration on the continental shelf and the use of supertankers capable of transporting more than 450,000 metric tons (500,000 tons) of oil. Thousands of minor and several major oil spills related <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ciDKLaH9CeUpOh6iQQt4MvsJ09w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ciDKLaH9CeUpOh6iQQt4MvsJ09w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ciDKLaH9CeUpOh6iQQt4MvsJ09w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ciDKLaH9CeUpOh6iQQt4MvsJ09w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OilSpillBlog/~4/M376qpPuR-Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://oilspillblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/oil-spill-defined.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382484311403909510.post-23838532884329070322010-05-02T12:54:00.000-07:002010-05-02T12:54:06.764-07:002010-05-02T12:54:06.764-07:00Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774049997787484698noreply@blogger.com0Okay I'm sure you've already seen this on the news but let me briefly go over the details of the Gulf Coast oil spill.  On April 22, 2010 a an explosion occurred on a Deep Horizon oil rig killing 11 workers and and spilling what experts believe to be approximately 210,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico daily. Now reports are coming out saying the slick is expected to make landfall at any <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v5y0qScR3hrJCZxMwzPELtqZAY4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v5y0qScR3hrJCZxMwzPELtqZAY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v5y0qScR3hrJCZxMwzPELtqZAY4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/v5y0qScR3hrJCZxMwzPELtqZAY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OilSpillBlog/~4/Lrbii-Wzc5g" height="1" width="1"/>http://oilspillblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/oil-spill-gulf-coast-oil-spill.html