Pelicans covered in oil
Posted by Staff (06/05/2010 @ 6:25 pm)
Some of the other photos out there are much worse, but it’s heartbreaking to see these pelicans covered in oil.
Meanwhile, oil spill protests are heating up against BP.
We’ve added more depressing photos after the jump.
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Posted in: Conservation, Energy Independence
Tags: animals covered in oil, BP, BP disaster, BP oil spill, brown pelicans, Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center, Louisiana, oil pollution, oil spill, oil spill disaster, oil spill photos, pelican oil photos, pelicans covered in oil, pollution, Queen Bess Island Pelican Rookery, wildlife
Oil spill may result in ecological disaster
Posted by Staff (04/30/2010 @ 4:54 pm)
The photo above shows birds flying over a wildlife protected area, south of Venice, Louisiana. The United States scrambled on Friday to ward off an ecological disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge, spreading oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife and seafood areas.
Rescue crews are already rescuing the first bird coated with oil from the spill. Meanwhile, government officials have been criticizing BP, while the Obama administration said that any future drilling plans will be delayed pending an investigation of this disaster.
Posted in: Conservation
Tags: birds, BP oil spill, coastal areas, coastal Louisiana, drill baby drill, ecological disaster, Gulf oil spill, Louisiana, oil drilling, oil spill, pollution, Venice, wildlife, wildlife protected area
