More from Port Fourchon news conference…..

VIDEO: BP Gives Kevin Costner’s Machine the Green Light - Meg Gatto reports - ABC26 News – Kevin Costner has dreamed about this day for 17 years. “It’s a fight worth fighting,” Costner says.
http://www.abc26.com/news/local/wgno-news-costneridea,0,1040718.story?track=rss


See the five pictures: “BP Gives Kevin Costner’s Machine the Green Light” at the following link:
http://www.abc26.com/news/local/wgno-picture-bp-doug-suttles,0,4252199.photogallery

VIDEO: Costner to supply 32 machines to cleanup effort by Paul Murphy, at the following link:
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Costner-to-supply-32-machines-to-cleanup-effort-96701009.html


See the article entitled: Averticle catastrophe by Lawrence Solomon, about what the Dutch do in regards to oil spills, at the following link:
http://www.financialpost.com/Avertible%20catastrophe/3203808/story.html

Excerpt from article entitled: Should the Oil Spill Be Left to Spill? By Bryan Walsh: Thanks to a determined policy of not investing in oil spill response—which has led Kevin Costner to somehow being hailed as a scientific hero—we don't really have many good ideas to try. (Maybe some hidden geniuses will come out of the woodwork and win the new $10 million XPrize on oil response, but I'm skeptical.) As it happened today BP and the Coast Guard announced that rough seas from Tropical Storm Alex had forced a halt to skimming operations on the water. At the following link:
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/06/29/should-the-oil-spill-be-left-to-spill/?xid=rss-topstories

More about Kevin’s solution…..

Excerpt from article by Michael Cantellano: Good job Costner, you’ll definitely be going down in history along with your brother for saving us from a major oil disaster. At the following link:
http://whatisnew.tv/kevin-costner-solution-to-oil-spill/

See video and article entitled: Gulf Cleanup Generating Jobs in Northern Nevada by Ed Pearce, at the following link:
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/97353544.html

Excerpt from comment by Edward Heller: I'll give you all a head start on containment: Step One: Stop using dispersant to hide the spill underwater where they can't get at the oil to clean it up. It's just making the problem worse. Step Two: Get as many empty supertankers over to the gulf ASAP and fit them with several of Kevin Costner's oil separator machines to process and collect the oil. Step Three: Repeat Step Two until you've emptied the well, or until the relief wells are drilled to finish the job. At the following link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/28/x-prize-competition-for-o_n_628390.html　

Excerpt from article by Matt Robare: Meanwhile, unlike McCartney, O'Donnell and Redford who urge political action, Kevin Costner has funded the development of machines which can aid tremendously in the clean up, using centrifuges to separate up to 99 percent of oil from water, despite prohibitive federal regulations preventing them from being developed. Costner has contributed money to Al Gore's past campaigns and campaigned for Obama in Colorado. At least one celebrity is doing something useful regarding the spill. At the following link:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-robare/2010/06/28/robert-redford-obama-should-use-gulf-spill-push-decent-energy-policy

Excerpt from comment by SirDude: American's, when challenged, have proven to be the most innovative and creative people on earth. I'm glad to see Obama finally listening and trying some of the things that American inventors have been submitting to the crisis in the Gulf, such as Kevin Costner's device. Just sad that it took so long.
http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/8069942/article-AP-Analysis--Lack-of-jobs-could-undercut-Obama-win

Excerpt from blog by Libby Spencer: Oil on the water as far as the eye can see along the Mississippi shoreline, but not a single oil skimmer in sight. People laughed when Kevin Costner came forward, but trial runs proved his centrifuges work and BP ordered 32 of them. Good to see Costner finally get some respect and a return on his 20 years of investment. And this is pretty shocking. The dispersants appear to be the wild card in the clean up operations. They were used in Alaska on the Exxon Valdez spill and nearly everyone who worked on the that clean up is dead. Average age of death was 51 years old. At the following link:
http://theimpolitic.blogspot.com/2010/06/tales-from-gulf.html

Three items…..

Three pictures of KC @ Palacio de Deportes Madrid 2010 by Frederic Le Rouzo, at the following link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredericlerouzo/

See blog entitled: Another Dances With Wolves veteran tells his story in “Dakota Epic” by Chad Coppess, about Bill Markley of Pierre, South Dakota, at the following link:
http://cinemasouthdakota.blogspot.com/2010/06/another-dances-with-wolves-veteran.html

See the article entitled: Kevin Costner: Actor, Dane Cook killer, savior of planet Posted by Natty, at the following link:
http://specialkindofstupid.com/2010/06/24/kevin-costner-actor-dane-cook-killer-savior-of-planet/

The latest finds…..

Another picture of Kevin at the House testimony, at the following link:
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/06/28/story19.html

Pictures of Kevin coming out of the CNN Building and signing autographs, June 22, 2010, at the following link:
http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/news/kevin-costner-sings/image/9187252?term=kevin+costner

Kevin is on the list of TIME’s ‘Top 10 Celebrity Do-Gooders’ – Unfortunately they got some of the facts wrong! At the following link:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2000036,00.html

See the article entitled: Kevin Costner, Hero of the Gulf Oil Leak Disaster by Mark Whittington, at the following link:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5527538/kevin_costner_hero_of_the_gulf_oil.html

NWF tweeted: As of June 26th, #oilspill fatality count: 1,117 dead birds, 406 dead sea turtles and 50 dead mammals have been recovered in the gulf
The_Maharajah tweeted: BP stocks plummeting....Kevin Costner's Networth Soaring.....Ha ! #IBelieveTheAmericanDream
AlyzabethM tweeted: Now that Kevin Costner is helping clean up that giant oil spill isn't everyone ashamed of what they said about Waterworld now?! #lastlaugh
stevejagler tweeted: wow. Kevin Costner's oil spill cleaner upper actually works.
leslie tweeted: It appeals to my sense of irony that Kevin Costner may be able to handle the oil spill where others haven't
musicmanson @Alyssa_Milano tweeted: Those R good news, K Costner always one of my fav actors, smart man
ttall1 tweeted: So cool, that the answer to clean up came from a ordinary person. Costner is a great man.

See article entitled: Costner-BP skimming operations still slowed by EPA regulations, posted by MataHarley, at the following link:
http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/06/27/costner-bp-skimming-operations-still-slowed-by-epa-regulations/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

More about the oil spill disaster, if interested…

See article entitled: Giant Oil Slick Headed For Grand Isle by Rick Leventhal, at the following link:
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/27/giant-oil-slick-headed-for-grand-isle/

VIDEO: Large Oil Slick Threatens Grand Isle Massive oil slick headed toward Grand Isle, Louisiana, at the following link:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4260724/large-oil-slick-threatens-grand-isle

VIDEO: BP Oil Spill: Kindra Arnesen Venice LA Needs to Evacuate Posted by FluxRostrum Uploaded June 22, 2010 This Venice LA local has been granted full security clearance... has seen the disaster from every possible angle and is NOT impressed. Hear the horrors of the front lines and behind scenes workings of the BP Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe. At the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYJDI8pK9Y&feature=youtu.be
Gulf Emergency Summit website:
http://GulfEmergencySummit.org

VIDEO: Fish Gasping For Air In The BP Gulf Oil Spill Waters - Marine Life Doomed Posted by AFAskygoddess Uploaded May 23, 2010, at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVShXDsGD0I

See article entitled: Disaster in the Gulf: 69 Days and Counting...at the following link:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/28/disaster-gulf-days-counting/