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May, 2010
A Cajun Call for Clean Energy
This past weekend, about 200 residents from the New Orleans area signed a huge banner with bold personal messages to express deep concern over America’s continuing addiction to oil. Read more
6 Ways to Use Technology to Help Wildlife Impacted by the Gulf Oil Spill
The National Wildlife Federation is working hard to help wildlife impacted by the BP Oil Spill–recruiting volunteers, coordinating restoration efforts, educating the public, and advocating for clean energy policies. We … Read more
Video: “Dispersing” Spilled Oil with Formula 409
Last week, I hitched a ride on a boat that ultimately got within about 10 miles of the Deepwater Horizon disaster site. While we were bobbing on the surface of … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read more
Will the Oil Spill Become America’s Moment to Embrace a Clean Energy Future?
By Larry J. Schweiger As I head back from the Gulf coast today, where I saw firsthand some of the terrible impacts of the BP oil disaster, I read Al … Read more
