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Likely much more oil has gushed out than official reports, and it is rapidly growing worse- C’mon, how big is the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, really? USA Today.
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“Certainly, if we want to supply some of our domestic energy needs, drilling is going to occur in places like this,” BLM spokesman Interior Department opening Colorado’s North Park to gas and oil drilling. By Bruce Finley. The Denver Post I can already see that “we” are going to get blamed for the Gulf of…
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Burmese pythons, an exotic invasive snake, is raising a ruckus in the Everglades- Pythons are just one of many exotics, mostly released pets, that are destroying the Everglades’ orginal ecosystem, but oddly, making it a weird and interesting place. Pythons in Florida Stalked by Hunters and Tourists Alike. By Damien Cave. New York Times.
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“Discovery just redefined obscenity on TV: Sarah Palin as an Alaska wildlife show host” . . . copy from anti-Palin ads- Defenders of Wildlife launches petition drive to stop Discovery Communications from launching a Palin-hosted wildlife show. I don’t know, maybe she could show us the way to clean oil off birds and turtles, or…
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Respected wildlife vet says reintroduced wolves had no tapeworms when they were brought down from Canada- The anti-wolf fringe is working 26-hours a day trying to scare people about wolves and tapeworms. The media has hardly bothered to cover them, so with each news release they get more extreme. They are having a rally at…
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The chemical dispersants BP is dumping in the Gulf of Mexico are a cosmetic solution only. And they’re toxic. By Joseph Romm. Salon Magazine. AND MORE MALFEASANCE U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer. The Department of Interior did not require an environmental impact…
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Lake at the base of Steens Mountain to be poisoned and restocked with trout- Goldfish invade Eastern Oregon trout lake. Associated Press
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Also, any impact on hurricane season? The oil gusher will last into the hurricane season, and at some point it is likely to drift into the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current which will take it out of the Gulf, onto Florida’s east cost and up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Story: Could oil…