July 2010
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“It’s time to give Ken Salazar his walking papers.”
– WildEarth Guardians’ Nicole Rosmarino, quoted in the Washington Post. Rosmarino is one of dozens of environment leaders calling on President Obama to sack Interior Department secretary Ken Salazar. Many of the signatories warned Obama months ago not to appoint Salazar, a known associate and...
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HOW TO HELP - Gulf Oil Spill resources
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www.crisiscommons.org – Uniting communities and cultivating innovation in the use of technology for mobility and efficiency during crisis. www.gnof.org – Helping local communities and habitats effected by the oil spill. www.crcl.org – Hard at work restoring a sustainable, healthy ecosystem along the Louisiana coast. www.audubon.org – Helping save and preserve bird species effected by...
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“We’re certain it’s oil.”
– Ernst B. Peebles, University of South Florida oceanographer and chief scientist on the Weatherbird II research vessel, which has been conducting tests on the plumes of oil in the Gulf. Reported in “Lab Tests Confirm Underwater Layers of Oil,” from the Associated Press, June 4, 2010.
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“I am not at all in denial.”
– NOAA director Jane Lubchenco, redefining plumes of oil in the Gulf of Mexico as “anomalies.” The oleaginous behavior of Lubchenco and her partner in environmental crime, Ken Salazar, is the subject of Dan Froomkin’s Huffington Post article, “NOAA Director Toes BP Line;...
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“BP is a convicted serial environmental criminal.”
– Scott West, former special agent-in-charge at the E.P.A.’s Criminal Investigation Division, quoted in the article I referred to a few days ago, “Why Isn’t BP under Criminal Investigation?” by Jason Leopold, posted at TruthOut.org and Alternet. It’s referenced again today in Andrew...
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