MIAMI HERALD MAY 2010 – May 2010

WATERBURY — What began as a Friday afternoon haircut for Linda Friez at her longtime beauty salon, Shears’ Gallery, turned into an unexpected act of recycling that could save Gulf Coast beaches and wildlife. The inch of pale blonde locks that salon owner...

Gulf spill unlikely to mar Georgia’s shores – May 2010

Thank dilution and the Gulf Stream for keeping oil away The oil that continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to wash up on Georgia’s shores, researchers at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography say. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

Gulf coast oil spill cleanup opportunities – May 2010

As of yesterday, May 7, 2010, the size of the oil spill was compared to the size of Puerto Rico which is roughly 3,850 square miles. Oil is leaking at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day and the first traces of oil on land were found on the uninhabited Free Mason islands,...

LOCKS FOR LOUISIANA – May 2010

Taking a bit off the top of Gulf oil spill  WATERBURY — What began as a Friday afternoon haircut for Linda Friez at her longtime beauty salon, Shears’ Gallery, turned into an unexpected act of recycling that could save Gulf Coast beaches and wildlife. The...

Calling all afros, beards and beehives – May 2010

POTSDAM — A hair salon owner on Maple Street in the village is looking for other area beauticians and barbers willing to collect customer trimmings as part of a national effort to use human hair to sop up the growing oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Sara J....