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You Can’t Rewind an Oil Spill
By Larry J. Schweiger You can’t rewind an oil spill but you can put a pause to the next one. Arctic ocean drilling is a mistake for wildlife. Read more >
“A Blowout Scenario is Not Required”
By Larry J. Schweiger BP convinced the federal agency that oversees drilling safety, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), that a well blowout like what has now occurred at the Macondo well was so unlikely that “a blowout scenario…is not required… Read more >
Testimony Before Congress: Why the BP Oil Disaster is a Crime Scene
By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week on why the BP oil disaster is a crime scene. By some scientific estimates the spill is already… Read more >
Why the BP Oil Spill is a Crime Scene
By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to join Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC today to talk about the BP oil spill and why the spill is a crime scene. Read more >
By Larry J. Schweiger In a short while, at 10 am Eastern today, I’ll be giving remarks to the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on how the BP oil spill is impacting communities and wildlife. Watch live and see… Read more >
Carbon Free Girl Speaks for Wildlife
By Larry Schweiger Wildlife has a dedicated ally in Leilani Munter. I spent this past week touring the Gulf region with National Wildlife Federation ambassador and green race car driver Leilani Munter and saw her commitment first hand as she helped us… Read more >
Will the Oil Spill Become America’s Moment to Embrace a Clean Energy Future?
By Larry J. Schweiger As I head back from the Gulf coast today, where I saw firsthand some of the terrible impacts of the BP oil disaster, I read Al Gore’s excellent op-ed that ran in The New Republic today…. Read more >
On the Frontlines of the BP Oil Spill
By Larry J. Schweiger To keep updated on my trip to the Gulf Coast and the latest on National Wildlife Federation’s work on the ground responding to the BP oil disaster, visit On the Frontlines of the BP Oil Spill. Read more >
By Larry Schweiger I went out on the water with a CNN crew off the coast of Louisiana. The oil seemed to go on forever. We saw a sea turtle struggling in the red, muddy slick. Read more >
By Larry Schweiger Saudi-funded Fox News found this ad by Vote Vets“too confusing” to air. It’s hard to imagine what’s so confusing about Iran getting $100 million a day from our addiction to oil. Passing a national clean energy and… Read more >
