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BP Oil Spill Update: Birds, Barrel Bickering & Betty White
The latest news from the Gulf Coast: The first two birds rescued from the spill have been returned to the wild Officials are pumping more fresh river water into the Louisiana wetlands to try to push the oil offshore Teams… Read more >
Dropping Dome Doesn’t Work, So BP Trying Trash
“There’s no way that dome is going to work,” one Venice, LA fishing boat captain told me last week. “It’s just a distraction to make it look like BP is doing something while they drill the relief well, which is… Read more >
What You Wish You Didn’t Know About Oil Spills
A few facts gathered by the National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Scientist, Doug Inkley… According to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, about 3 million gallons of oil and refined oil are spill in U.S. waters every… Read more >
A Video Report from BP Oil Spill’s Surface
I finished this wind-blown clip just seconds before our boat captain hit the engines for home, worried a dispersant plane might fly over us.
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Young Turtle Turned Red By BP Oil Spill
I hitched a ride out of the Mississippi River Delta town of Venice, LA yesterday with a local fishing boat captain concerned about the BP Oil Spill’s impact on wildlife. We found a ribbon of oil turned a rusty red… Read more >
NWF Staffers Spot Turtle Struggling in Oil Slick
The National Wildlife Federation took another boat trip today, gauging the impacts of the oil spill on Gulf Coast wildlife. This time, NWF’s Larry Schweiger and Karla Raettig spotted a turtle struggling in the oil slick: We alerted local wildlife… Read more >
NWF President Visits Louisiana Bird Rescue Center
Larry Schweiger, president & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, visited the bird rescue center in Fort Jackson today: Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the front lines helping wildlife >> For all the latest… Read more >
Louisiana Fishing Boat Captain Reels in Spilled Oil
This is one of the fishing boat captains we’d chartered yesterday to provide tours of critical Gulf Coast wildlife habitats guided by National Wildlife Federation staffers. Today, he went out about 14 miles off Venice, LA and found the oil… Read more >
NWF President Talks to Rachel Maddow About BP Oil Spill
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow broadcast her show live last night from the Mississippi River Delta town of Venice, LA. Larry Schweiger, president & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, joined her to discuss the ongoing BP oil spill: Visit msnbc.com for… Read more >
NWF President Visits Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Larry Schweiger, president & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, is leading a team of NWF staffers to the areas impacted by the Gulf Coast oil spill. Oil continues to pour out of the Gulf floor just south of critical… Read more >
