Lots of controversy surrounding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plan to allow drilling for natural gas on top of the stunning Roan Plateau in western Colorado. The governor asked for extra time to review the plan, and sportsmen’s groups have taken a stand against drilling. Even surrounding towns have adopted resolutions against drilling the […]
Wow, what the heck is goin’ on in our oceans? This has been an awful two months for oil spills, starting in late October with the Pemex oil platform accident and continuing crude-oil spill in the southern Gulf of Mexico; a huge oil tanker spill in the Black Sea; the comparatively small, yet still quite […]
Speaking of oil spills, SkyTruth images revealed significant spills covering a large area of the northern Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. At the time, nobody was talking about what had happened to the 4,000 offshore oil platforms – and 34,000 miles of pipeline on the seafloor – when […]
On November 7 a transoceanic container ship called the Cosco Busan hit one of the supports for the SF – Oakland Bay Bridge, tearing a big gash in the side of the vessel and spilling 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the Bay. At first the Coast Guard seriously underestimated the size of the […]
Welcome to the new SkyTruth blog. We’ll use this space to keep you up to date on what we’re doing. And once in a while, to ask for your help when we run into problems we can’t solve, or great project ideas that we’re too maxed out to tackle. What is SkyTruth? We’re a non-profit, […]
Roan Plateau, Colorado – Drill It, Too?
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosLots of controversy surrounding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plan to allow drilling for natural gas on top of the stunning Roan Plateau in western Colorado. The governor asked for extra time to review the plan, and sportsmen’s groups have taken a stand against drilling. Even surrounding towns have adopted resolutions against drilling the […]
Oil Spill Season
/1 Comment/in Gulf of Mexico, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosWow, what the heck is goin’ on in our oceans? This has been an awful two months for oil spills, starting in late October with the Pemex oil platform accident and continuing crude-oil spill in the southern Gulf of Mexico; a huge oil tanker spill in the Black Sea; the comparatively small, yet still quite […]
Hurricane Katrina – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills
/9 Comments/in Oil Spill /by John AmosSpeaking of oil spills, SkyTruth images revealed significant spills covering a large area of the northern Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. At the time, nobody was talking about what had happened to the 4,000 offshore oil platforms – and 34,000 miles of pipeline on the seafloor – when […]
San Francisco Bay – Cosco Busan Oil Spill
/in Oil Spill /by John AmosOn November 7 a transoceanic container ship called the Cosco Busan hit one of the supports for the SF – Oakland Bay Bridge, tearing a big gash in the side of the vessel and spilling 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the Bay. At first the Coast Guard seriously underestimated the size of the […]
Welcome to SkyTruth!
/in General /by John AmosWelcome to the new SkyTruth blog. We’ll use this space to keep you up to date on what we’re doing. And once in a while, to ask for your help when we run into problems we can’t solve, or great project ideas that we’re too maxed out to tackle. What is SkyTruth? We’re a non-profit, […]