95-Mile-Long Slick in the Gulf of Mexico?
This report on SkyTruth’s handy pollution Alerts system caught my eye yesterday afternoon: SUSPECTED SLICK IS SEEN AS LONG NARROW PLUME APPROXIMATELY 95 MILES LONG AND 1 MILE OR LESS WIDE. That sounds like bilge-dumping from a passing vessel — an activity that is illegal in US waters (and much of the rest of the […]