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Gulf Oil Spill : Toxic Popsicle or Extinction Event?
A speckled crab — and an American flag — are encased in a thick layer of oil just offshore from the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Photo from BP Slick.Methane in the Gulf:Is the oil spill a toxic popsicle Or … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Gulf Coast, Nature, Oil Spill
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View From Texas Coast : Stop the Drilling Now
In better days: Brown Pelican off the Texas Coast. Photo from Amber Coakley / Birders Lounge.BP oil disaster demonstratesNeed to end offshore drilling …our love for the abundant life [on the Gulf Coast] is so woven into our lives that … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Habitat, Lamar W. Hankins, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Texas
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Harvey Wasserman : Corporate Apocalypse Cometh
Coming your way soon: Horsemen of the corporate apocalypse. Image from TheDailyBite.Survival means change now:Stop the corporate apocalypse By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 BP’s apocalyptic Gulf gusher has put our ability to survive in … Continue reading
Jordan Flaherty : Cultural Extinction and the Deepwater Spill
Photo of Bayou Pointe-au-Chien from a backyard in the Louisiana Indian community. Photo by Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog.Cultural extinction and the Deepwater spill Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster. By Jordan Flaherty … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon, Ecology, Economics, Environment, Jordan Flaherty, Louisiana, Oil Spill
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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’
Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading
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Tagged Biloxi, British Petroleum, Catholic Church, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Ritual
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : New Atlantis and Banglateche
“Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn…” Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming (1905) for “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” tr. Edward Fitzgerald / Wikimedia Commons. New Atlantis and Banglateche By Houma Cayenne Here beside my breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Piltz, Literature, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Poetry
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Worse or Worser? : Barrier Grief in Louisiana
An oil soaked brown pelican attempts to takes flight on Louisiana coast. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP.Worse or worser?Gulf grief, contractors, and media mania By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 29, 2010 Shock and awe, misdirection, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, Broadcast Media, Cable News, CNN, Ecology, Environment, Greg Moses, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Politics
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Medea Benjamin : Getting Naked in Houston to Expose BP
CodePink demonstrators at BP headquarters in Houston, May 24, 2010. Photo from CodePink / Flickr.Naked truth:Exposing BP’s criminal behavior By Medea Benjamin / May 28, 2010 See gallery of photos, Below. HOUSTON — Diane Wilson, a fourth generation shrimper from … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, British Petroleum, CodePink, Direct Action, Ecology, Environment, Houston, Medea Benjamin, Oil Spill, Social Protest
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Capping Corporate Liability : Who Pays the Piper?
Just the beginning: Oil hitting land along the Louisiana coastline May 20, 2010. Photo by David Mattingly / CNN.Who pays the piper?BP’s nuclear-powered liability cap By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2010 As BP destroys our … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power, Oil Spill
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From the Massey Blast to the BP Spill : Fossil Fuels are Killing Us
Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning before sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. Photo from U.S. Department of Energy / Leonard Doyle / Flickr.Global response emerging:Fossil fuels are killing us By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / May 11, 2010 … Continue reading
Ray Reece : Where’s the Outrage?
A dead Portuguese man-of-war floats on rust-colored oil off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Photo by Eric Gay / AP.Where’s the outrage?Just more ‘Happy Motoring’ Given the other threats currently menacing planet Earth and its so-called civilization, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Ray Reece, Sustainability
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Wanted in Rio : ‘Prophets of Ecology’
Landslide in Mangueira shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after a 17 hour downpour that ended on April 6, 2010, resulting in death and devastation. Photo by Marcelo Sayao / EPA.High water in Rio:‘Prophets of ecology’ would save lives By … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Ecology, Flooding, Leonardo Boff, Natural Disasters, Rio de Janeiro, Theology
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