Jindal: 'The Day That We've Been Fearing Is Upon Us'
A blanket of thick oil smothered Louisiana's life-giving wetlands as the BP oil spill finally moved ashore.
Source: AP, 05/20/2010
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"Climate Bill Could Be Harmed By Gulf Oil Spill"
"A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/03/2010
"Containment Booms No Help; Slick Oozes To Shore"
"Heavy winds continued to whip up high waves on the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, thwarting attempts to contain the growing slick that's washing ashore in southern Louisiana and threatening the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. Rough waves rolled over containment booms, pushing oil-slicked water closer to shore, where wetlands and other fragile ecosystems stand at risk."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2010
Suppressed EPA Studies Reveal High Cost of Sea Level Rise
A comprehensive peer-reviewed EPA study of how man-made climate change is making East Coast beaches vanish was suppressed by the Bush administration. The Obama administration is following Bush' lead in keeping it unpublished.
Source: Climate Desk, 04/28/2010
Enviros Seek Protection for 404 Aquatic Plants, Animals in Southeast
"Environmental groups have petitioned the Obama administration to add 404 species from rivers in the southeastern United States to the Endangered Species List."
Source: Greenwire, 04/23/2010
Local Group Proposes 10-Year Plan for Cleaning Baltimore Harbor
"Baltimore's revitalized waterfront draws millions of visitors a year, but could it ever be a place where people actually take a dip? Or catch fish? That's the vision of a local group that wants to make Baltimore's harbor swimmable and fishable within a decade."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 04/19/2010
"160-Square-Mile Oil Spill Fouls Mississippi Delta Wildlife Refuge"
"An 18,000 gallon spill of crude oil from a pipeline into the Delta National Wildlife Refuge has personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, the state of Louisiana, and the Cypress Pipe Line Company scrambling to contain the spreading mess."
Source: ENS, 04/12/2010
"Laughing Gas Threatens Arctic"
"Nitrous oxide stemming from thawing permafrost poses a more serious global warming threat than previously realized, according to a new study published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience."
Source: Post Carbon, 04/06/2010
"NASA Slated To Receive Billions To Study Earth"
"NASA, the agency known for exploring space, will be spending a lot more time studying Earth in the next few years. The Obama administration has proposed a budget for NASA that includes billions of dollars for satellites and other tools to help scientists investigate Earth-bound problems, especially climate change."
Source: NPR, 04/06/2010
"Deal to Save Everglades May Help Sugar Firm"
Florida GOP Governor Charlie Crist's $1.75 billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar, is turning out two years later to be a plan to save U.S. Sugar. The Everglades? -- not so much.
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2010
