OOGEEP:Current events
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[edit] Ohio Energy Proud
Celebrating 150 Years of Ohio Energy Production, Ohio Energy Proud can answer some important questions:
- How is energy produced in Ohio?
- What are the benefits to Ohioans?
- How does this contribute to Ohio?
[edit] What is being done to examine the natural resource damage in Gulf?
Interesting 5 minute video showing impact of Deep Water Horizon Spill with comments from local environmental experts.
A video report from the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
[edit] Gulf of Mexico Response from BP
Update from BP - The scale of the response program is unprecedented. Our response efforts have grown from 2,000 people, during the initial weeks of the response, to over 45,000 at its peak in July. We have coordinated strategic deployment of people and resources from command centers and staging areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Unified Area Command and BP confirmed the MC252 well was killed Sunday, Sept. 19. Planning and implementation is underway to plug and abandon the two relief wells and the MC252 well in accordance with regulatory standards
[edit] Drilling for Certainty, Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks
"In the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the political debate has fallen into predictably partisan and often puerile categories...but the real issue has to do with risk assessment--the crossroads where complex technical systems meet human psychology."
[edit] A Big Decision: When the Price of Energy Becomes Apparent, by Adam Frank
"With the Deepwater Horizon Rig pouring 200,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico everyday, we have, once again, been reminded that our magic, almost-Jetson lifestyles are predicated on industrial scale energy extraction technologies that create a lot of waste...from gulf oil to Cape Cod wind farms, from nuclear power plants to giant electric panel grids, we are going to have to face a dizzying array of choices very soon if we want to keep the lights on..."
[edit] Five Myths About Green Energy by Robert Bryce
"Yes, 'green' energy has great emotional and political appeal. Butbefore we wrap all our hopes--and subsidies--in it, let's take a hard look at some common misconceptions about what 'green' means."
Washington Post April 25, 2010
[edit] News About the Oil & Gas Industry from Around Ohio
News from around the state highlighting energy and Ohio's economics, how natural gas fuels Ohio, and other articles of interest. This page is regularly updated.