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The Well is Dry
Lack of initial funding for conducting scientific research after the Gulf oil disaster, and the impact on scientists’ ability to collect important baseline data. On September 15th, 149 days – that’s 4 months and 27 days – after the Gulf… Read more >
Dr. Ian MacDonald: Over 50% of BP Oil Remains in Gulf
Dr. Ian MacDonald of Florida State University is scheduled to testify at today’s meeting of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Testifying on a panel entitled “The Fate of the Oil,” Dr. MacDonald… Read more >
NWF’s Larry Schweiger: BP “Report” Just More Spin
BP has issued the results of its self-evaluation in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion. That disaster led to more than 200 million gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. As Mother Jones reports: While investigation into what… Read more >
Breaking: New Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico
There’s been another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico: One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Rescue crews from New… Read more >
NWF, NRDC Remind Attorney General to Count Gusher’s Oil AND Gas
The National Wildlife Federation has been a leader in pressing the federal government to hold BP & other parties fully accountable for the Gulf disaster. While attention has been focused on the oil spilled, NWF joined NRDC today in writing… Read more >
Turtle Toll Tops a Thousand as Oil Disaster Impacts Multiply
Since the Gulf oil gusher was capped, wildlife impacts have actually gotten significantly worse. That seems counter-intuitive. But it’s exactly what wildlife officials are finding along the Gulf Coast: [W]ildlife officials are rounding up more oiled birds than ever as… Read more >
As Oil Spills Spread, Big Oil Tries To Bully Senators
Unbelievable. Even after Senate Democrats postponed action on clean energy & climate legislation in favor of a much smaller package of BP oil disaster response measures, Big Oil says it’s still too much. In fact, American Petroleum Institute President &… Read more >
“Please keep me anonymous”
This post was written by Amanda Moore, NWF’s Coastal Louisiana Organizer in New Orleans. I never get used to the “Please keep me anonymous,” sign-off on emails from my fisherman friend who, since the oil spill, works for BP 7… Read more >
