NWF staffers investigate BP’s claim that only 30 acres of Louisiana wetlands have been coated in oil.
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Gulf of Mexico
NWF Flyover Shows Acre After Acre of Oiled Wetlands
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
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
Summer of Tears – A Commercial Fisherman Tours the Devastated Louisiana Coast
Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the front lines assessing the impact of the BP Oil Spill to wildlife The following is an account from commercial … Read more
Fines, Civil Fines, and Statistics around the BP Oil Spill
Just how much oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico daily? Who’s gonna foot the bill? What, exactly, will they be paying for, and how much? It seems like … 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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“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
“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
Join Us for a Tele-Townhall — BP Oil Spill’s Impacts to Wildlife
It’s easy to feel disheartened while viewing the coverage of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NWF has been at the scene of the disaster, leading reporters to … 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
