Wednesday, April 01, 2009

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:


Local Time: 2:07 AM AKDT (GMT -08)

Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Elevation :: 33 ft

Temperature :: 32 °F

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 93%

Dew Point :: 30F

Wind :: Calm

Windchill :: 32F

Pressure :: 29.80 inches Falling

Visibility :: 10.0 miles

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Mostly Cloudy 4200 ft
Overcast 4800 ft
(Above Ground Level)


State, Feds sue BP over 2006 spills (click title to entry - thank you)
Alaska Dispatch
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:58
Mar 31, 2009

By Tony Hopfinger and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The Alaska unit of
BP Plc, Europe's second-largest oil company, was accused in a Justice Department lawsuit of violating federal clean air and water laws in the leak of more than 200,000 gallons of oil in 2006 at Prudhoe Bay.
Alaska filed a separate complaint in state court in Anchorage today seeking reimbursement of lost revenue over the Prudhoe Bay spills. The state also is seeking damages for violation of state environmental protection laws and injuries to land and mineral resources, according to the complaint.
The U.S. complaint, filed today in federal court in Anchorage, said BP failed to prevent spills and improperly removed asbestos-containing material from pipelines in 2006. The complaint covers two spills, one in March 2006 of more than 200,000 gallons and a smaller leak in August of that year....