Weekly News Roundup: Anxiety, Tony Hayward and Lack of Transparency

Our weekly roundup of noteworthy news and stories related to the Gulf Coast.

Final oil well sealing is small comfort to suffering, anxious Gulf residents – Via Times Picayune

“I’m dealing with anxiety,” said fishing guide Mike Helmer. “It affects your quality of life, your property values. There’s just so many ways this affected us but nobody is talking about that.”

Hello Electric, Goodbye Oil — Hello Electric put a down payment on an electric card for Tony Hayward, and they’re looking to get 25,000 people to sign his “goodbye from BP” card and encourage him to be an advocate for the vehicles

Thousands of marine animals still in danger from hidden oil in Gulf

Domestic Spying: Environmentalists Considered Enemies of the State — a group protesting BP joins several other environmental groups that were tracked by the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security

The Feds’ Oil Spill Numbers Game — Via Mother Jones.

The continued lack of transparency about how much oil was spilled, where it went, and what the government knew about both those figures over the course of the disaster has alarmed a number of environmental advocates. “There is no scientifically, peer-reviewed data or studies on how much oil was spilled or how much oil is left,” said Bill Snape, senior counsel at the Center for Biological Diversity. “We still have no idea. We’re guessing.”