Freitag, April 30, 2010
NOAA: Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
Today the Deepwater Horizon incident declared a Spill of National Significance (SONS). A SONS is defined as, "a spill that, due to its severity, size, location, actual or potential impact on the public health and welfare or the environment, or the necessary response effort, is so complex that it requires extraordinary coordination of federal, state, local, and responsible party resources to contain and clean up the discharge" and allows greater federal involvement. Estimates of the release rate increased to 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day based on surface observations and reports of a newly discovered leak in the damaged piping on the sea floor. more...
The New York Times: As Greek Drama Plays Out, Where Is Europe?
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: April 29, 2010
WASHINGTON — With new European Union leaders practically invisible and some national leaders acting largely for domestic political reasons, the burden of shaping a rapid and credible restructuring program for Greece has fallen primarily to the International Monetary Fund — exactly where proud European Union leaders had insisted it should not be. more...
A look inside The New York Times newsroom and stories being covered Thursday. Today's topics include tensions over the oil spill cleanup, apartment envy on Broadway and more.
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Published: April 29, 2010
WASHINGTON — With new European Union leaders practically invisible and some national leaders acting largely for domestic political reasons, the burden of shaping a rapid and credible restructuring program for Greece has fallen primarily to the International Monetary Fund — exactly where proud European Union leaders had insisted it should not be. more...
A look inside The New York Times newsroom and stories being covered Thursday. Today's topics include tensions over the oil spill cleanup, apartment envy on Broadway and more.
TimeCast NyTimes
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