Leading Ocean Scientists Issue Consensus Statement to End Dispersant Use in Gulf

Chemical dispersants being released near Houma, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico (USCG photo)

Leading ocean researchers and conservation leaders have issued a joint Consensus Statement calling for the immediate halt of the use of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has used nearly two million gallons of Corexit chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the cleanup effort with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The massive volume of dispersants and the way they have been applied—both on the surface and one mile below the surface —is unprecedented. Once oil is dispersed in deep water, it cannot be recovered. Read the story »

Subscribe to the 1planet1ocean RSS feed.

Cuba Could Be Impacted by Gulf Oil Spill

Cuba's Northwestern Coast Along the Gulf of Mexico

For the most up-to-date information on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s potential impacts on Cuba, please visit our special “Cuba at Risk” page.

Since its discovery of oil and natural gas reserves in the Florida straits, Cuba’s preparations for full-scale offshore oil and gas development has raised alarm in the United States, particularly in Florida where it is estimated that much of a catastrophic spill originating in Cuba would be swept by Gulf currents.  Ironically, it is now Cuba that faces the threat of a massive oil spill by the United States. The disastrous oil spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon now threatens Cuba, the largest and most biologically diverse island in the Caribbean, due to those same Gulf currents. To make matters worse, the economic embargo imposed upon Cuba by the United States decades ago makes collaboration and coordination exceedingly difficult during this crisis. Read the story »

Event: Discovering Our Humanity at the Bottom of the Sea

Join "Ocean Doctor" David E. Guggenheim in Philadelphia on Friday, March 26, 2010

At Philadelphia’s historic Congregation Rodeph Shalom synagogue, the Dr. Bernard & Rose Susan Hirschhorn Behrend Lecture presents Dr. David E. Guggenheim, president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation. Dr. Guggenheim, the “Ocean Doctor,” an ocean explorer, sub pilot and conservationist,will share his firsthand experiences from Alaska’s Bering Sea to Cuba’s tropical depths, providing a glimpse into a world seldom seen and reflections on our own humanity from the unique perspective beneath the sea. Read the story »

Do You Eat Salmon? Then This is a Must-See: “Farmed Salmon Exposed”

This week marks the global launch of the new documentary film,  Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry, produced by the Pure Salmon Campaign. The 20-minute film illustrates the major environmental problems and impact of global salmon farming industry operations in Canada, Chile, Ireland, Norway, and Scotland. 1planet1ocean is pleased to host the film in its entirety below. Read the story »