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
President Obama arrives in New Orleans as BP tries to contain the spill
Posted by Staff (06/04/2010 @ 3:31 pm)
President Barack Obama is greeted by Florida Governor Charlie Crist, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, upon Obama’s arrival in New Orleans this afternoon. Obama traveled to the Louisiana gulf coast to further assess damage from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Meanwhile, BP is still working on an effort to capture the oil spewing from the sea floor.
Posted in: Energy Independence
Tags: Admiral Thad Allen, BP, Charlie Crist, Deepwater Horizon, gulf coast, Lisa Jackson, New Orleans, oil, oil pollution, oil spill, President Barack Obama
