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
May, 2010
Summer of Tears – A Commercial Fisherman Tours the Devastated Louisiana Coast
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
Fines, Civil Fines, and Statistics around the BP Oil Spill
Just how much oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico daily? Who’s gonna foot the bill? What, exactly, will they be paying for, and how much? It seems like … Read more
Administration’s Rush to Dirty Fuels Puts More Wildlife at Risk
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
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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“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 … Read more
“Angered” NWF President Blasts Lax Drilling Oversight
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
Electric Eels and Oil Spills
Electric eels are native to the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America, and fortunately are not one of the species that will be impacted by the BP Oil … Read more
You Can’t Rewind an Oil Spill
The National Wildlife Federation is one of several conservation organizations sponsoring this new ad: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqvj3rI6ajI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Tell Interior Secretary Ken Salazar: No more oil spills, especially in critical polar bear habitat. Read more
Join Us for a Tele-Townhall — BP Oil Spill’s Impacts to Wildlife
It’s easy to feel disheartened while viewing the coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NWF has been at the scene of the disaster, leading reporters to … Read more
