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Who should you be following for oil spill news?

Posted on May 28, 2010May 30, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 11 Comments on Who should you be following for oil spill news?
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11 thoughts on “Who should you be following for oil spill news?”

  1. Sam says:
    May 29, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    I think I’ll be coming back to these in the coming days, thanks.

    To paraphrase, “No ecosystem can stand against oil-power of that magnitude!”

  2. Coturnix says:
    May 30, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    @Oceana

    Also, how do you rate Grist and TreeHugger coverage?

  3. Coturnix says:
    May 30, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Also, several blogs on Scienceblogs.com are doing a good job, especially Speakeasy Science and Pump Handle.

  4. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    May 30, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    I haven’t been following much of Grist or Treehugger, so they don’t pass the “is Andrew going to them for news test”. Beyond that, they’re providing good news coverage and a few smart editorials, but not the kind of in depth discussions that I’m finding at sites like the Oil Drum or Deep Sea News – which have a more thorough news coverage or Jen-Michel and The Spill, which have much more thorough discussions of the environmental impact.

    @Oceana is great, but I’m trying to keep the twitter list as short as possible. My goal is to have a list where, if you follow them, you’ll get 100% of the news and 90% of the commentary without tons of repetition.

    I did just find The Gulf Oil Blog, which is pretty exceptional – http://gulfblog.uga.edu/

    If you have any one off articles that are absolutely must reads, I’d love to see them.

  5. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    May 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    I’m adding Chris Rowan’s must read on the geology.

    I can’t believed I missed the Pump Handle! Forgot to update my reader feed for them.

  6. Sharl says:
    May 31, 2010 at 8:53 pm

    Another suggestion for your list of who to follow on the oil spill: Mother Jones’ human rights reporter* Mac McClelland is back in the Gulf area, for the moment at least, tweeting on the plight of the fishing community, BP’s lock-out of media from damaged shore and wetlands, and the miserable situation in general. One plus (maybe a coping mechanism) – she can be pretty damn funny.

    *MM’s last big thing was covering the human rights atrocities in Burma – see a short interview with Harper’s here – so she’s somewhat battle-hardened in some respects, though probably not immune to toxins. Hope she (and everyone else down there) takes care.

  7. Mark Ferrulo says:
    June 1, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    You might want to check out http://SpillBabySpill.com – The BP disaster in the Gulf unfiltered.

    The News Feed updates every 15 minutes with the latest news and commentary.

  8. Ocean Lover says:
    June 1, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Call me a shameless self-promoter, but to keep up on the policy response to the disaster, the Natural Resources Defense Council’s team has a comprehensive blog page: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/gulfspill.php

  9. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    June 1, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    Added, thanks.

  10. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    June 1, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    Shameless self promotion is the best kind of self-promotion. Added.

  11. Marita Schuckman says:
    June 23, 2010 at 12:24 am

    This whole oil issue is a tragedy. I wish BP gave a crap about the disaster.

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