Deepwater Horizon Response: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response

This website served as the focal point for the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, a group of organizations that had involvement with the British Petroleum (BP) explosion and oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. The website includes news feeds and information about health concerns, volunteer opportunities, contact information, and ongoing plans for the area. Various maps of the event and other resources are also available, chronicling the problem and the steps taken by the member organizations to deal with the effects.
Date: September 10, 2010
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states (open access)

Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Moseley, Brandon; Wynn, Garlin & Lewis, Carol Abel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Mississippi (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Mississippi

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mississippi: Mississippi's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure) (open access)

Mississippi: Mississippi's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure)

This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Mississippi.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Climate Change Means for Mississippi (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Mississippi

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Mississippi.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Mississippi (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Mississippi

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Mississippi.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Deepwater Horizon Response and Trial Websites]

Websites related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, recovery efforts, and trial. It includes sites established to document corporate and governmental actions to clean up the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill in 2010, and ongoing efforts to restore ecosystems in the region as well as documentation related to the civil action filed against BP and the subsequent trial.
Date: 2010/2017
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mississippi Court Halts Enforcement of New Abortion Law (open access)

Mississippi Court Halts Enforcement of New Abortion Law

This report discusses a federal district court's decision to halt a new Mississippi law that banned abortions after 15 weeks unless the the life of the mother was in danger.
Date: April 10, 2018
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project - Historical

This website provides historical information about the Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project to identify and clean up debris around the Gulf coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Date: 2018-09-19~
Creator: Marine Debris Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library