Many of the oil-fouled beaches along the Gulf coast and barrier islands have been scoured, scraped, raked and filtered clean. Tourist beaches and beaches in front of high-rise condominiums along the … Read more
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Louisiana Uses Discarded Christmas Trees to Fight Wetland Loss
“When you deploy these things, they create a sediment trap and really help the shorelines with erosion protection.” Read more
5 Mass Wildlife Deaths to Really be Worried About
In the last week, we heard news report after news report of mass wildlife die-off events, making it seem like the Apocalypse was drawing near. Birds dropped out of the … Read more
Breaking: New Tar Balls Reported Ashore in Louisiana
This just in from WDSU in Louisiana: Oil is beginning to wash ashore at Grand Isle. The mayor’s office said tar balls are coming ashore on Elmer’s Island and sand … Read more
Gulf Oil Disaster “Might Well Recur” Absent Reform, Says Commission
Someone’s leaked a chapter of the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling. This morning, media coverage is focused mostly on … Read more
Gulf Coast Birds–And Ours–Doing Alright (for now)
On a recent chilly morning in southwestern Louisiana’s White Lake Wetland Conservation Area, Kim Trahan, a rice farmer who leases land in the state-owned area, surveyed the scene around him … Read more
Reflections: Inspiration and Oil
As a stereotypical type A, I’ve been reflecting on 2010. Why wait till New Year’s? I am thankful for NWF supporters who have played an important role in helping NWF … Read more
Big Oil Money Working to Rewrite History of Gulf Oil Disaster
The same groups who denied the link between cancer and smoking and deny the link between carbon pollution and global warming are now being enlisted to deny the impacts of the Gulf oil disaster. Read more
