By Larry J. Schweiger To keep updated on my trip to the Gulf Coast and the latest on National Wildlife Federation’s work on the ground responding to the BP oil disaster, … Read more
May, 2010
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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The Truth About Dispersed Oil
On a trip to the Chandeleur Islands, NWF’s Senior Vice President, Jeremy Symons, takes a closer look at the dispersed oil off Gulf coast. It increasingly looks like the dispersants … Read more
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. … Read more
By Larry Schweiger I went out on the water with a CNN crew off the coast of Louisiana. The oil seemed to go on forever. We saw a sea turtle … Read more
By Larry Schweiger Saudi-funded Fox News found this ad by Vote Vets“too confusing” to air. It’s hard to imagine what’s so confusing about Iran getting $100 million a day from … Read more
My Visit to Fort Jackson Bird Rescue Center
By Larry J. Schweiger I visited the bird rescue center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana today. They are preparing to receive wildlife injured from the BP oil disaster. Many will not recover. 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 … 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 … 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 … Read more
