From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The Biden administration has released its proposal for future drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. More than 10 years after the biggest oil spill ever in U.S. waters, the Gulf of Mexico is still reeling from the … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Imagine: A thick, black, tarry substance flows into your home, coating your body and preventing you from keeping warm, causing you to slip into hypothermia. This is what life is like after an oil spill for a … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Trump administration is proposing a massive expansion of offshore oil drilling, potentially opening 90% of our country’s outer continental shelf to oil exploration. Speak out now against this devastating proposal at http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50836/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=24207. For … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/16/predicted-because-pipelines-are-bound-spill-existing-keystone-gushes-200k-gallons Published on Thursday, November 16, 2017 by Common Dreams ‘With their horrible safety record, today’s spill is just the latest tragedy caused by the irresponsible oil company TransCanada.’ By Jon Queally, staff writer Those who had warned … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Check out PennFuture’s new documentary film capturing the issue of pollution from oil trains. The film centers on Jeremy Griffin, a local resident, student and activist living within the oil train blast zone. More than 700,000 Philadelphia … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Twenty-eight years ago, the Exxon Valdez oil spill coated 1,300 miles of Alaska’s coastline, destroying lives and decimating populations of fish, marine mammals, and birds alike. Since then, we have seen several devastating spill disasters … Continued