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Lucy Lawless Breaks the Law

First, you should know that actress Lucy Lawless’ real name is Lucille Frances Ryan. But, she lived up to the “Lawless” part of her stage name this past week. Lawless and six members of the environmental organization Greenpeace boarded the drilling ship Noble Discoverer off the western shore of New Zealand last Thursday. The only problem was that Lawless, a New Zealand native, and the Greenpeacers did it illegally. They boarded the ship, leased to Shell Oil, to protest the drilling. After sneaking on board, they climbed up to the 174-foot drilling tower and displayed a sign which read, “Stop … Continue reading →

World Oceans Day

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Ironically enough, today is World Oceans Day. Given the BP situation in the Gulf, it seems that we are more aware of the ocean than ever before, but that doesn’t make it a good thing, World Oceans Day was proposed by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Countries celebrated June 8th as World Oceans Day, but it wasn’t until last year when the United Nations finally made it official. Each year, the World Ocean Network, a worldwide organization to promote ocean sustainability, and The Ocean Project, a network of organizations to promote ocean education, … Continue reading →

Statistics for the Gulf Oil Spill

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The other day, I noted that most of the Hollywood elite are ignoring the oil spill in the Gulf. Here are a few statistics about the oil spill that might surprise you: How many men died in the explosion that started this leak? Eleven and lest they be forgotten, here are their names: Jason C. Anderson, Aaron Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Ray Curtis, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl D. Kleppinger Jr., Gordon L. Jones, Keith Blair Manuel, Dewey A. Revette, Shane M. Roshto, and Adam Weise. All but three were fathers. (USA Today) How much oil is leaking each day? … Continue reading →

Possible Gulf Coast Cleanup Solution Comes from…Kevin Costner?

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The oil is still spewing out of the broken rig in the Gulf Coast almost a month after the accident. And, it is not like BP has not been receiving ideas on what to do to stop it. Approximately 10,000 ideas have come in from the public. While some are not feasible, BP has said that they are looking at around 700 of the solutions. However, a fix of how to clean up the oil may come from an unlikely source. When what was formerly the worst U.S. oil spill, the Exxon Valdez incident, occurred in 1989, actor Kevin Costner … Continue reading →

BP Tries to Stop Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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As you probably know, the Gulf of Mexico is a mess. An offshore drilling rig exploded on April 20th, killing eleven workers and spilling oil into the sea, to the tune of an estimated 5,000 barrels a day. Regardless that some say the oil leakage is actually more, there is still the issue of how to clean it up the over 4 million gallons of oil. BP, the majority owner of the rig, has reportedly been spending about $7 million a day to try to contain the oil spill. But, the company’s efforts have still been criticized by many, including … Continue reading →