BP announced on Friday that it is time to scale back clean up and focus on restoration. The Fed on Thursday expanded its open fishery areas. States are touting reopened beaches and fisheries. Ed Overton, a professor of environmental studies at Louisiana State University points to "Mother Nature's work" in breaking down the patchy oil. And it is … [Read more...]
Dear Commander-in-Chief, The Oil Spill Is Winning!
Dear Commander-in-Chief: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! It is day 81. The oil invasion is spreading. We will soon be surrounded by deadly water on two sides! Our food supplies are tainted. Our morale is low. Our information unreliable. Our front lines are falling to illness and fatigue. We are undermanned. The weather is working against … [Read more...]
The Oil Isn’t Just a Perception Problem
On the surface it may look like BP and the Obama administration are having some bad oil days. Rust-colored oil that fouled Louisiana’s ecologically sensitive marshes washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday. The oil slick now looms about 7 miles off the Florida coast and changing wind patterns are expected to drive … [Read more...]
More Oil, The Gulf Stream, Liability Caps and Environmental Exceptions
Have we created The Perfect Oil Storm? Don’t get me wrong, I’m an optimist by nature and a firm believer that ingenuity and determination can overcome almost any thing. While my environmental heart is broken, as someone geeky enough to enjoy watching the Robot Wars (though I’m not nearly geeky enough to build one) it is hard not to get caught up … [Read more...]
On FDR’s New Deal: The American People Sound Off
Back in 2008 & 2009 there were headlines, numbers, and analysis being thrown at FDR's New Deal almost daily. Obama Gives Us the Same Old New Deal. And, How Government Prolonged the Depression. Or, Stimulus: Can it work like Roosevelt’s New Deal? And Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ Resurfaces in US Economic Stimulus Debate. But all of these … [Read more...]
Celebrating a Nurturing Nature
Okay. When I think about it, it makes sense. They share the same habitat, so it why not be companionable about it. Still, I’ve never heard of a duck that feeds one fish, let alone multiple hungry, bigger than the duck sized fish. This video is from last year, but I love it because it gives me hope about us humans. It shows, that regardless of … [Read more...]
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