In modern days we’ve got modern ways to get involved, and we’re happy to see that many people are making sites to help address the needs arising from the spill. Some of the new sites that are sprouting up: Sea Grant Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill site: good general overview and links to information on […]
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Oil Spill Volunteer Coordination Website Up
Not much on the site yet, but there’s a new website up designed to help coordinate people who want to help with the clean up from the oil spill. There’s a very simple form to fill out on-line, and they take it from there. OilSpillVolunteers.com (photo: qnr)
Oil Slick Nears Gulf Coast
This doesn’t look like it’s going to be pretty. NOAA’s models show the slick hitting the Louisiana coast late Thursday (reports are just coming in that it’s already arrived) and proceeding into Breton Sound and Chandeleur Sound on Saturday. The rest of the Gulf Coast appears to be at risk, too. You can see the […]
Legal Seminar on Post-Katrina Insurance
From our friends at the Gulf of Mexico News: The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program will sponsor “Post-Katrina Insurance Developments and Other Legal Issues,” a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar for Mississippi attorneys and other interested people, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Mississippi State University Coastal Research and […]