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BP Executive: Oil Spill “Impossible to Measure”
When you’re sitting in a stuffy Congressional hearing for up to eight hours, it can be hard to pinpoint the most critical moments. (OK, it can be hard to stay awake.) But the hard questioning of BP America’s president by… 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 >
Tar Balls Wash Ashore in Florida Keys
Two alarming new pieces of evidence that the BP oil spill is spreading well beyond the Gulf Coast. The first is this photo from NASA, showing a plume of oil being pulled far to the south, apparently by the Gulf’s… Read more >
BP Oil Spill Already Heading for Florida Keys?
Is the BP oil spill is already realizing one worst-case scenario? Citing computer models, satellite images & an eyewitness account, University of South Florida researchers say currents are picking up oil from the Deepwater Horizon well accident & carrying it… Read more >
BP Oil Spill: Monday News Roundup
A quick roundup of the latest news on the BP oil spill: According to the New York Times, scientists have found huge plumes of oil deep beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. BP managed to insert a tube… Read more >
Video: NWF’s Oil Spill Response Featured on PlanetForward.org
I joined PlanetForward.org this week to talk about my trip to the Gulf of Mexico to report on the BP oil spill: We need a new national energy policy — one that will cut our oil dependence & protect America’s… Read more >
Marine Life Confusing “Dispersed” Oil with Sea Habitat
Are you like me? Do you not think much about seaweed unless it gets caught in your bathing suit? Until my 10-hour boat trip across oil spill-impacted areas last week, I had no idea what a critical role sargassum, a… Read more >
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 >
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 >
