An exhibit on evolution & climate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History that doesn’t even mention manmade climate pollution or the current impacts of global warming? As we … Read more
Conservation
This Just In: More Oil Ashore in Louisiana
According Bob Marshall of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a new wave of oil came ashore in Louisiana over the weekend, coating 16 miles of beaches: “It’s just suddenly came up … Read more
Department of Education to Make University Sustainability Grant Decisions
A “University Sustainablity Program (USP),” passed by Congress as part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) and authorized at the U.S. Department of Education, will distribute grants soon through … Read more
Polluter-Funded Evolution & Climate Exhibit at the Smithsonian
A “scientific” exhibit ignoring the threat of global warming at the taxpayer-funded Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC? Reports The New Yorker: The David H. Koch Hall of … Read more
Oil Pipeline Breaks Keep Coming
UPDATE 4:41pm: Reuters now reports the pipeline hasn’t stopped spilling & that the rate could be up to 25,000 gallons (600 barrels) of oil per hour. An oil pipeline owned … Read more
“Astroturf Is A Petroleum Product”
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A Night of Watching & A Day Of Hope
If you haven’t already, you should check out the blog of the National Wildlife Federation’s John Hammond, one of our front-line responders to the Gulf oil disaster. Here’s an excerpt … Read more
Big Oil Cuts Jobs Again, Even as They Sponsor Bogus Job Rallies
No lie is too big for Big Oil. Their tired refrain of late is that they’re job makers. On TV, radio, in print and at bogus Astroturf rallies happening this week. … Read more
North Dakota: The Spills Keep Coming (Video)
NWF’s Tim Warman made the point in a guest column in this week’s Newsweek Magazine, the BP spill is not an isolated incident. Last week a mix of crude and … Read more
Protecting Loggerhead Sea Turtles for Generations to Come
It’s hard protecting animals, as I’ve tried once myself. In July 2002, on Cocoa Beach, Florida, a morning workout with my mom turned into being crossing guards for a line … Read more
