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Environmental Call for All: Marine Life struggling due to Oil Spill in Gulf

Code Pink activist marched down the BP PLC (British Petroleum-Public Limited Company) corporate headquarters in Houston last Monday, May 24, calling the BP executives to clean up the oil rig explosion in Gulf Mexico.

Protesters are becoming more aware of the environmental disadvantages of the BP Oil Spill or Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout. This April 20 oil explosion and fire on the drilling rig of the deepwater horizon owned by Transocean Ltd. leased by BP PLC with eleven killed and 17 injured awakens the environmental sensitivity of about 100 protesters. Most of these activists are the women from code pink who demonstrated the reality of environmental hazards caused by the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico. They also wore costumes and brought banners to air out their grievances towards this oil spill incident.

Currently, the spill’s impact on shore now stretches across 150 miles, from Dauphin Island, Alabama to Grand Isle, Louisiana. Oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at a rate of at least 210,000 gallons per day. Some of the natural inhabitants and ecosystem in the affected areas are gradually damage and deteriorating. With oil pushing at least 12 miles into marshes of Louisiana – two major pelican rookeries are now coated in crude. Pelicans are especially vulnerable to oil because they dive into the water to feed. Oil has also reached a 1,150-acre oyster ground. Eventually, this year’s crop young oysters will perish. There are 264 birds, sea turtles and dolphins had been found dead or stranded on shore that may have been affected by the oil spill. There are also reports that the phytoplankton and fishes are continuously struggling with the lack of sufficient oxygen brought about the oil spill.

With the continuous call of the environmentalist groups, the BP plc announced that they are willing to utilize any less toxic and environmental friendly chemicals to lessen the environmental risks and damages as they removed the spill from the affected coastlines and marshes. THE BP PLC is also open to switch to any alternative equipments or chemicals as long as it is readily available. Meanwhile, BP is still using a contentious chemical dispersant to fight the oil, despite orders from federal regulators to use something less toxic.

Just like any other living organism existing in this world, we all share vulnerability especially when we encounter disasters. This oil spill incident threatens the ecosystem of the living creatures of affected areas. Eventually, we can suffer its consequences in the long run. Despite the progressing innovations and technology, the lives of the fragile living marine creatures are placed in an untoward difficulty and higher risks. Humans and other living organism in this world live in a continuous interconnected system making us work as one giant working community sharing each other’s resources but with this man-made disaster happens, we are somewhat overlooking the minority of the system making them suffer and perish. As part of this system, we should awaken our inner sensitivity towards the environment and rebuild the system that had been damage.

Resources:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/05/24/general-energy-us-gulf-oil-spill_7632217.html?feed=rss_asia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100524/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_today_2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

May 28, 2010 - Posted by FreeBreakingNews.org | News | environmental damage, gulf of mexico, marine life, oil spill