[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIA_sL4cSlo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]Yesterday, the Washington Post wrote about how National Wildlife Federation staffers have dropped everything to respond to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I’ve been working 60+ … Read more
Miles Grant
Miles Grant is director of communications for National Wildlife Federation, coordinating communications across NWF’s programs to protect wildlife and wild places, connect Americans with nature, and confront climate change. He lives in Fairhaven, MA with his wife and daughter.
“We’ve Dropped Everything … To Be The Voice Of Wildlife”
“We’ve dropped everything, family plans, work plans to spend time down there to be the voice of wildlife …. It’s like seeing your kids in harm’s way. It’s hard to focus on anything but making sure we’re doing everything we can,” said NWF’s Jeremy Symons.
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NWF Scientist: Oil Ashore So Far “The Tip Of The Iceberg”
Dr. Inkley joined Kiran Chetry on CNN’s American Morning, saying he doesn’t know how any wildlife could survive under the Gulf of Mexico’s thick blanket of oil.
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NWF Flyover Shows Acre After Acre of Oiled Wetlands
NWF staffers investigate BP’s claim that only 30 acres of Louisiana wetlands have been coated in oil.
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Breaking: Massive New Oil Plume Found Lurking in Gulf
We’re learning new details about the effects of dispersants on the massive BP oil disaster, now estimated on the low end to be 19 million gallons. University of South Florida … 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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“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
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
NWF Team to Gulf & BP’s Campaign Cash: Watch NWF’s Climate Capsule
In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule video, lessons we didn’t learn from the Exxon Valdez, NWF’s call to revoke newly-issued deep water drilling permits & BP’s donation to one of its most prominent defenders.
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BP Still Stonewalling EPA on Dispersant Chemicals
BP is still refusing to reveal exactly what’s in that dispersant. Like so many aspects of BP’s oil spill response, the redacted passages would be comical if the disaster wasn’t so serious.
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