Scenes from the Spill #3

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“Water on oil fires is not only a waste of time, it is a dangerous activity because the burning oil now gets to ‘surf’ on the water, going to new places to find more fuel, oxygen and heat. The only way to put out an oil fire is with foam.”

– via The Oil Drum

Today, the Obama Administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf was rejected by a federal judge, who argued that it was “arbitrarily imposed after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion.” The White House is said to have plans to appeal.

Editor’s note: we will be posting an image from the Gulf oil spill every day (M-F) until the leak is fixed. Send pictures, links and tips to spill at ecosalon dot com.