GREEN LIVING, GREEN TRAVELING
Posted in Oil spill on Jun 15th, 2010
This post written by Sadie Kneidel Could a touch of foresight have prevented the BP oil spill? Recently released internal BP documents suggest that a little discretion could have staved off what has been described as the largest environmental disaster in history. The House Energy and Commerce Committee made public a series of BP emails [...]
Posted in Ecosystems, Environmental pollution, Oil spill, Overconsumption, Resources, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat on May 29th, 2010
by Ken Kneidel, PhD We’re discovering a lot of money, not a lot of oil The oil under the Gulf is not being extracted to extend our ability to live in an oil-driven economy, nor to provide energy independence from the Middle East. BP is drilling in the Gulf solely because the corporation can make [...]
Posted in Climate change, Environmental footprint, Environmental pollution, Oil spill, Sustainable Living, Wildlife on May 10th, 2010
This post now on BasilandSpice.com. After my post a few days ago about the oil spill and its consequences to wildlife, I got a few interesting messages from friends and acquaintances. My friend Sonia, the director of a land conservancy in the Southwest U.S., sent me this note on Facebook: “This whole situation is just [...]
