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 [...]
Posted in Birds, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Environmental pollution, Human behavior, Wildlife, Wildlife survival on May 3rd, 2010
This post is now on Google News. Also on Basilandspice.com which is partnered with Newstex, TOPIX, EIN McClatchy-Tribune News Service and other media outlets. On Thursday April 29, the slick from the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico covered about 1,150 miles. By the end of the next day, the size of the oil [...]
