Ren21 — a global renewable energy policy multi-stakeholder network that connects governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, industry associations, research institutes and universities, and members of civil society — recently conducted a massive, 75-page report on a large variety of potential renewable energy…
Top Environmental News Stories of the Next 5 Months (7 Green Bloggers)
What do you think will be the top environmental news story of the next 5 months? 7 green bloggers give their answers below. Last week, we got answers from 7 green bloggers on what they though was the biggest environmental…
Greenpeace Shuts Down Every BP Station in London
50 BP stations shut down in London by Greenpeace activists. Reason? BP is “moving beyond petroleum.” Who else could do it but Greenpeace? In a big statement to new “CEO elect” Bob Dudley, Greenpeace is bringing back BP’s “Beyond Petroleum”…
470+ Endangered Sea Turtles Killed by BP Oil Spill (so far)
470 endangered sea turtles and thousands of birds officiallykilled by BP oil spill so far. Many more covered in oil and on the brink of death. Well, BP has stopped burning endangered sea turtles alive and has apparently gotten the leak stopped, but…
BP Oil Spill Capped, Lessons Learned from this Oil Spill Disaster?
BP oil spill is capped, but have we learned our lessons? Finally! The BP oil spill is reportedly capped. Jeremy Bloom over on our sister site, FailDrill, has a good in-depth post on this story (BP Shuts Off the Oil,…
BP No Longer Burning Endangered Sea Turtles, They Say
Following up on a post I wrote a couple weeks ago about BP burning endangered sea turtles alive, the news is now that they have responded to the criticism (as if burning endangered sea turtles and blocking hired rescue crews from…
Crude Awakening: BP Oil Spill PSA by National Wildlife Federation [VIDEO]
This new National Wildlife Federation (NWF) PSA brings the agony of living in oil to our imagination a little more fully. Not a video to watch while eating. The birds, turtles and other forms of life that live in the…
Why Don’t We Care About Thousands of Other Oil Spills?
About 300 oils spills a year occur in the Niger Delta. In fact, a large one from an ExxonMobil pipe occurred on May 10th, 2010. Have you heard of it? You probably haven’t heard of it because there is practically…