Yellowstone River latest victim of oil spill…

Last Saturday, news broke of an oil spill in the Yellowstone River in Montana. While impact was downplayed (especially in comparison to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf)…it has quickly developed into another toxic mess for the environment as Exxon closes ranks. 42,000 gallons have been released.

It’s the economy stupid!

Jobs…money…debt… Enough partisan talk in Washington. Make it work!

It Couldn’t Happen Here?

As the nuclear plants in Japan shuddered from tsunami flood waters and an earthquake, we watched in horror. How could it happen?
More to the point…how could it not? Nothing is foolproof.
Now, the airspace over Nebraska’s Fort Calhoun nuclear plant is closed while flood waters from the Missouri river surge adjacent to the plant.

Take action. Tell congress it’s time to pass legislation that will put procedures in place to reform off-shore oil & gas drilling.

“Stories from the Gulf” — April 23, 2011

The Times Are Not A-Changing…

One year after what has been widely acknowledged to be the worst environmental disaster in the US, congress can point to a proud record of having passed zero bills to prevent similar accidents in the future.

B.P. Oil Spill — Fish & Wildlife Impact

Nearly 7000 dead from the tragic B.P. Oil Spill (really…can’t we do better than the word “spill”) in the Gulf. What’s the tipping point for relentless vigiliance of our waters?

B.P. Oil Spill 1Year Anniversary

Could complacency be the biggest problem facing the Gulf since the B.P. Oil Spill in April 2010. Not necessarily, but front page headlines have disappeared and, with them, the urgency around what has been called “the largest spill in U.S. history” and “the biggest ever accidental release of oil into an ocean.”

A spill is just a spill

Is it possible that Donald Trump understands the world on a much deeper level than the rest of us? In a recent quote, the real-estate tycoon-presidential-hopeful commented, “A spill is going to happen…” but one trip to the Gulf and you’d know that this is not the attitude of someone who understands the human impact of such an event.

New Oil Detected in Gulf

Is it possible that more oil is leaking into the Gulf? In the face of all that’s going on the world today, the BP oil spill is resurfacing.