Drought Reinforcing Drought in the U.S. Southern Plains. Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Health & Safety Overview. Calling all voices for clean energy + oil company accountability! Photo: flickr.com | EFFER LECEBE I know, I know… you’ve heard enough already about the oil spill blah blah blah. And maybe you share the same frustration about the Senate’s procrastination (until September) on an energy bill that won’t even limit global warming pollution. Yada yada yada. Don’t despair! If all of us speak up about what we believe in, we can make lots and LOTS of noise!
We just need to be consistent (make a point to take action daily or weekly), loud (spread action info to your friends, family via email, facebook, twitter, etc.) and clear. Done and done. Hold oil companies accountable and unleash our clean energy future! The Environmental Defense Fund is just one of many organizations that help us take action for our oceans, land, water, wildlife and health.
The Gulf oil disaster will take a long time to repair. Sorry. Vodpod videos no longer available. Together, we can make a difference. Like this: Like Loading... Antonia Juhasz: BP's "Missing Oil" Washes Up in St. Mary's Parish, LA. Environmental Activist Jerry Cope on "The Crime of the Century: What BP and US Government Don't Want You to Know"
Oil spill dispersant could damage coral populations - environment - 03 August 2010. By Sujata Gupta Coral populations in the Gulf of Mexico could fall because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster – from contact not with oil but with the dispersant that’s supposed to get rid of it. Laboratory tests suggest that Corexit 9500A, the dispersant used by BP to tackle the largest offshore oil spill in US history, stops coral larvae latching onto the surfaces where they usually mature. The larvae, often the size of a pinhead, float in the sea before latching onto surfaces such as rocks on the sea floor, cliff faces or old oil rigs. It takes hundreds of years for a mature colony to develop. Researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory in Summerland Key, Florida, studied how larvae of shallow-water Mustard Hill corals (Porites astreoides) settled onto cement discs in three different combinations of liquids: seawater and oil, seawater and Corexit 9500A, and a combination of all three.
Deeply risky In deep-sea leakages, oil normally rises to the surface, sparing the corals below. Breaking news - COREXIT fears destroying eco-system Being realized by MAINSTREAM NEWS!