According Bob Marshall of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a new wave of oil came ashore in Louisiana over the weekend, coating 16 miles of beaches: “It’s just suddenly came up … Read more
Miles Grant’s Archive
Polluter-Funded Evolution & Climate Exhibit at the Smithsonian
A “scientific” exhibit ignoring the threat of global warming at the taxpayer-funded Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC? Reports The New Yorker: The David H. Koch Hall of … Read more
“Astroturf Is A Petroleum Product”
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A Night of Watching & A Day Of Hope
If you haven’t already, you should check out the blog of the National Wildlife Federation’s John Hammond, one of our front-line responders to the Gulf oil disaster. Here’s an excerpt … Read more
NWF’s Larry Schweiger: BP “Report” Just More Spin
BP has issued the results of its self-evaluation in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion. That disaster led to more than 200 million gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf … Read more
Protecting Loggerhead Sea Turtles for Generations to Come
It’s hard protecting animals, as I’ve tried once myself. In July 2002, on Cocoa Beach, Florida, a morning workout with my mom turned into being crossing guards for a line … Read more
Tuesday Gulf Oil Disaster Updates
A quick roundup of some Gulf oil disaster news items: Crews have raised the Deepwater Horizon’s massive blowout preventer to the surface, hoping it will provide clues in what caused … Read more
“When This Is All You Know, How Do You Move On?”
The Washington Post today has a must-read story on a group of Louisianans who recently visited Cordova & other Alaska communities devastated by the Exxon Valdez disaster: The group from … Read more
Your Mind Is The Scene Of The Climate: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
The National Wildlife Federation Climate Capsule team’s favorite summer movie was Inception. It got us to thinking, what if you could enter the dreams of Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Big … Read more
Breaking: New Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico
There’s been another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico: One person is missing after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, about 80 miles south of Vermilion … Read more
