Gulf of Mexico

BP Executive: Oil Spill “Impossible to Measure”

When you’re sitting in a stuffy Congressional hearing for up to eight hours, it can be hard to pinpoint the most critical moments. (OK, it can be hard to stay … Read more

By Larry J. Schweiger In a short while, at 10 am Eastern today,  I’ll be giving remarks to the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on how the BP oil … Read more

Tar Balls Wash Ashore in Florida Keys

Two alarming new pieces of evidence that the BP oil spill is spreading well beyond the Gulf Coast. The first is this photo from NASA, showing a plume of oil … Read more

BP Oil Spill Already Heading for Florida Keys?

Is the BP oil spill is already realizing one worst-case scenario? Citing computer models, satellite images & an eyewitness account, University of South Florida researchers say currents are picking up … Read more

Video: NWF’s Oil Spill Response Featured on PlanetForward.org

I joined PlanetForward.org this week to talk about my trip to the Gulf of Mexico to report on the BP oil spill: We need a new national energy policy — … Read more

Marine Life Confusing “Dispersed” Oil with Sea Habitat

Are you like me? Do you not think much about seaweed unless it gets caught in your bathing suit? Until my 10-hour boat trip across oil spill-impacted areas last week, … Read more

Carbon Free Girl Speaks for Wildlife

By Larry Schweiger Wildlife has a dedicated ally in Leilani Munter.  I spent this past week touring the Gulf region with National Wildlife Federation ambassador and green race car driver Leilani … Read more

Will the Oil Spill Become America’s Moment to Embrace a Clean Energy Future?

By Larry J. Schweiger As I head back from the Gulf coast today, where I saw firsthand some of the terrible impacts of the BP oil disaster, I read Al … Read more

On the Frontlines of the BP Oil Spill

By Larry J. Schweiger To keep updated on my trip to the Gulf Coast and the latest on National Wildlife Federation’s work on the ground responding to the BP oil disaster, … Read more

By Larry Schweiger I went out on the water with a CNN crew off the coast of Louisiana.  The oil seemed to go on forever. We saw a sea turtle … Read more