APRIL 20 MARKED TWO YEARS since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 men and initiating a three-month eruption of more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico before its well was capped. Yet a new NWF report reveals that, “This oil spill is far from over.” http://www... See More
READ MORE: http://bit.ly/ogx4Fm A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents the effect of BP oil on the Gulf killifish. The minnow-like wetlands resident, also known as bull minnow or cacahoe, is a critical part of the Gulf’s food chain and was chosen fo... See More
As of mid-July, researchers from Texas A&M University had measured the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico to be more than 3,300 square miles. Fertilizer runoff from farms combined with the historically higher waters in the Mississippi River could make it grow to more than 9,400 square miles, making it ... See More
It's been over a year since the Gulf oil spill disaster began – and Congress has yet to require that BP fines from the horrific spill actually go back toward restoring the Gulf of Mexico. Please help us and TAKE ACTION: http://bit.ly/mMbJ5s