Photos of animals struggling in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill remind me that a great tip is to always note a major news event and then make a calendar item of FOIAing — one year after the date — any such photographic evidence. You never know…
Previously unreleased photographs from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico show boxes and bags full of oil-covered and dead endangered sea turtles and a group of sperm whales swimming through an oil sheen.
The photographs were obtained by the environmental group Greenpeace through a Freedom of Information Act request sent to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in July 2010.
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Filed under: 2. Doc state of mind, FOI At Work | Tagged: Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Greenpeace, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea turtle |
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