While finger-pointing, apologies, and new plans abound regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, animal life in the Gulf continues to be put in danger as part of the accident’s long-ranging fallout.
Birds are possibly the most visible victims of an oil spill. They can be exposed to oil by floating on the water [...]
By Keeping These Tips in Mind, a Day at the Beach Can Be Enjoyable for You and Easy on the Ecosystem.
Walk Right In: The walkovers that exist at beaches are there for a reason. Use them to get to the beach instead of walking across sensitive dunes, which will help reduce erosion. Dunes protect land [...]
A rare and endangered species of sea turtle is being burned alive in BP’s controlled burns of the oil swirling around the Gulf of Mexico, and a boat captain tasked with saving them says the company has blocked rescue efforts.
Mike Ellis, a boat captain involved in a three-week effort to rescue as many sea turtles [...]
It could be at least July before BP has the tankers in place to capture most of the oil which is flowing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.
The US official in charge of the Government’s response, Thad Allen, says BP is still trying to get enough equipment in place to capture the [...]
Wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf of Mexico coast is fast becoming a reality. Pelicans are becoming trapped by the oil and dead birds and dolphins have been washing ashore, coated in the sludge. officials estimate that roughly 83 to 182 million litres of oil have leaked into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion.
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As a result of a United Nations General Assembly resolution passed in December 2008, World Oceans Day is now officially recognized by the UN as June 8th each year.
The concept for a “World Ocean Day” was first proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and it [...]