Earlier this month, we posted how the North Carolina legislature is considering legislating limits to sea level projections, even though recent studies suggest that sea levels are rising faster on the US East Coast than they are in the rest of the world. That hasn’t stopped Virginia legislators from opposing the use of the phrases “climate change” and “sea level rise” in state documents. Instead, they refer to the issue of the rise in sea levels as “recurrent flooding.” One brain-dead legislator is quoted as saying that “sea level rise” is a “left-wing term.”
The constant ranting of the climate change deniers raises several questions. How long can we deny the obvious? What happens if we wait too long? Recently Roger Bradbury writing in the New York Times suggest that it is already too late for the world’s coral reefs. The frightening question is – what if he is right?
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s 5th Annual Chesapeake Folk Festival, this Saturday, July 28th, in St. Michaels, MD, celebrates the Bay’s people, arts, work, and bounty offers a full stage of live music all day long, regional foods, hands-on activities with regional craftspeople, small-craft paddling around the harbor, and more.
Two recent reports look at the actions and inaction of BP and its contractor Transocean before the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the consequences of the resulting spill on the environment. The explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 and injured 17 and resulted in the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history. A report issued Tuesday by the Chemical Safety Board faulted BP and Transocean for failing to focus on the larger issues of safety and serious accident prevention. The report found that many of the the same failures in safety analysis and planning which lead to a 2005 explosion at a BP Texas City oil refinery, killing 15 employees, contributed to the Deepwater Horzion catastrophe.
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The Smit 16,320-hp ocean going tug Fairmount Expedition has reportedly been successful in controlling the spread of the fire on the MSC Flaminia, the 6,732 TEU container ship which was abandoned in middle of the North Atlantic last Sunday after suffering a fire and an explosion. The Fairmount Expedition was joined last night by a second salvage tug, the 16,500-hp Anglian Sovereign. A third tug, the 10,880-hp Carlo Magno, is expected to arrive around mid-day Sunday to assist with the firefighting.
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