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NWF Flyover Shows Acre After Acre of Oiled Wetlands

,  |  May 28, 2010

NWF staffers investigate BP’s claim that only 30 acres of Louisiana wetlands have been coated in oil.
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Gulf Coast Region Holds Collective Breath as Hurricane Season Starts

,  |  May 27, 2010

Just what we needed in the Gulf Coast. Hurricane season starts formally next Tuesday. In the midst of a man made catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf Coast, the region must … Read more

Breaking: Massive New Oil Plume Found Lurking in Gulf

,  |  May 27, 2010

We’re learning new details about the effects of dispersants on the massive BP oil disaster, now estimated on the low end to be 19 million gallons. University of South Florida … Read more

Lessons from Exxon Valdez: Turning Anger to Action

,  |  May 27, 2010

The effects of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound are still being felt 20 years later. Alaskan citizens impacted by the spill turned their anger into energy to take action and keep this from happening again. We need to do the same for the Gulf Coast and prevent another dirty energy disaster.
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Summer of Tears – A Commercial Fisherman Tours the Devastated Louisiana Coast

,  |  May 26, 2010

Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the front lines assessing the impact of the BP Oil Spill to wildlife The following is an account from commercial … Read more

Administration’s Rush to Dirty Fuels Puts More Wildlife at Risk

,  |  May 26, 2010

As ugly images emerge from the Gulf Coast of wildlife oiled and dying from BP’s gigantic spill, the Obama Administration is rushing to build a pipeline to funnel an even … Read more

NWF Scientist Visits Nesting Grounds Hit Hard By BP Oil Spill

,  |  May 26, 2010

Doug described seeing a brown pelican with its wings dirtied by heavy brown oil. The bird was preening in an attempt to clean itself off.
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“Angered” NWF President Blasts Lax Drilling Oversight

 |  May 26, 2010

Federal regulators weren’t concerned about the risk of a catastrophic blowout & spill at the Deepwater Horizon site, according to a report in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: BP estimated that … Read more

Become Informed, Speak Out and Take Action: Join NWF’s Oil Spill Tele-Townhall Thursday

 |  May 25, 2010

The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the April 20, 2010 explosion of a BP-owned offshore oil rig has put local economies, wildlife and the Gulf’s … Read more

BP Still Stonewalling EPA on Dispersant Chemicals

 |  May 24, 2010

BP is still refusing to reveal exactly what’s in that dispersant. Like so many aspects of BP’s oil spill response, the redacted passages would be comical if the disaster wasn’t so serious.
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