Government Sources by Subject: Oil Spill 2010

Starting Points

Deepwater BP Oil Spill, The White House
How this issue was addressed by the White House, the various agencies involved and how they responded, blog entries, and more. . .
EPA Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data on water, sediment, and waste generated by the cleanup operations; ongoing response and restoration efforts posted to RestoreTheGulf.gov.
ERMA (Environmental Response Management Application) Gulf Response - Application, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
An online mapping tool developed by NOAA which provides up-to-date information about the oil spill response effort in the Gulf of Mexico..

Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Projected Trajectory, State of Louisiana, Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Maps, current and archived; BP and Federal contact numbers
Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (GOSIC), University of South Florida
This is a guide to some of the information and data concerning the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the clean-up efforts. A digital library containing many more documents and sources is under development

Oil Spills
A sample catalog search in UW Libraries Search; look at LC Subject information for each entry to find further leads.

Satellite imagery showing the extent of the oil spill, May 17, 2010

Image courtesy of NASA, from Wikimedia Commons.