Dr. Craig R. McClain, Assistant Director of Science at the National Evolutionary Syntheis Center, Durham North Carolina, Deep Sea News, BP spokesman Mark Proegler
Dr. Craig McClain of McClain Laboratories is using his blog, Deep Sea News, to inform the public about the science of the BP oil disaster. Others have been doing same, as terrifying picture emerges about present and future damage.
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Deep Sea News Marine Biologists, Dr. Craig McClain, Kevin Zelnio and Miriam Goldstein
Clips: Dr. Samantha Joye holds weekly conferences via telephone on Tuesdays, and uses her blog, gulfoilblog.org to educate the public. She has been testing the plumes rising near the Deep Water Horizon and notes oil and methane gas as dangers, they are now in the water column. See also, Oceanographer John Kessler of Texas A&M
PBS NewsHour, American Petroleum Institute confirmed what their spokesperson said, Rayola Dougher said the 33 wells the White House wants a moratorium on in the Gulf of Mexico would produce some 80,000 to 100,000 barrels per day combined. We asked BP about the numbers, their internal documents showed that their blown pipe would be expected to release about 100,000 of barrels per day. Thats just 1 well.