More than five weeks after a massive fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caused the rig to sink to the ocean floor the the resulting oil spill continues more or less unabated. Initial estimates put the amount of oil spewing out of the damaged oil well at somewhere around 210,000 gallons per day. However revised estimates have placed that number much higher, somewhere between 500,000 and over a million gallons per day. The oil has already washed up on large areas of the Louisiana coastline and barrier islands, threatening wildlife and Gulf resident's livelihoods. BP has tried a number of tactics to solve the problem but none of them have been successful, including a  combination "top kill" and "junk shot" method targeted at halting the flow of oil from the well. The "top kill" method which failed was initiated last week and entailed pumping large amounts of "drilling mud" into the well with enough pressure to stop the upward flow of oil. In addition to pumping in the mud, BP also using a "junk shot" in an attempt to clog the well by inserting debris such as golf balls and used tires.

Check out the Gulf Restoration Network's  video series, Gulf Tides: Monitoring BP's Oil Drilling Disaster, that is focusingon the impacts to the Gulf coast and communities as this slow-motion disaster unfolds.  Hollywood actorTim Robbins narrates this video to narrate these two outstanding videos. You can find both videos through the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/healthygulf1

Once you've seen the video, please share it with friends and take action to defend the Gulf.

Also please check out these oil spill related shirts. All the proceeds from t-shirt sales will be given to Clean Water Network member Gulf Restoration Network that is working on the front lines to deal with the Gulf catastrophe.

For much more information and updates on the Gulf Oil Disaster click on the link below or alternatively click on Issues and Actions above and click on Gulf Oil Spill.

http://www.cleanwaternetwork.org/node/582