Larry Schweiger

Helping Wildlfe and People

By Larry J. Schweiger From an interview I gave this morning with Fox Boston, here are some powerful, tragic images of pelicans impacted by the BP oil spill.  To help hold … Read more

So many clean energy opportunities at our doorstep

By Larry J. Schweiger I’m speaking this morning to a number of media outlets on how we need to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline project that will cross six states and … Read more

Tar Sands Report – Why Dirty Fuels Don’t Make Sense for America

By Larry J. Schweiger Download NWF_TarSands_final_pages Today National Wildlife Federation is releasing a new report Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands are a Bad Bet for … Read more

BP Out of Compliance with Worker Safety Laws

By Larry J. Schweiger Download OSHAmemotoAdmAllen Here is last week’s “Smoking Gun” memo from a senior official of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Admiral Thad Allen, the National … Read more

30 Acres…An Insult

By Larry J. Schweiger After touring the extensive area of wetlands already impacted by the BP oil spill, and seeing that hundreds if not thousands of acres are already affected, I … Read more

News from Coastal Louisiana

By Larry J. Schweiger My colleague Senior Wildlife Biologist Doug Inkley at National Wildlife Federation and I have spent the past two days in Louisiana.  Doug shares some information on … Read more

You Can’t Rewind an Oil Spill

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

“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

Testimony Before Congress: Why the BP Oil Disaster is a Crime Scene

By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week on why the BP oil disaster is a … Read more

Why the BP Oil Spill is a Crime Scene

By Larry J. Schweiger I had the opportunity to join Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC today to talk about the BP oil spill and why the spill is a crime scene. Read more