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Each Year, 75,000 Homes Waste As Much Energy As Contained in Entire BP Gulf Spill

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Energy Savvy Despite the fact that the BP Gulf spill continues, with no clear end in sight, many have already concerned themselves with the task of putting the event into the perspective of US energy consumption in general. Case in point: this graphic, which points out that the energy wasted by 75,000 homes a year equals the energy contained in the biggest oil spill in US history. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"The World’s Most Expensive Oil Painting"

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: The Big Caption BP Gulf Oil Spill Art Many of you probably already know The Big Picture , a photo-journalism section on Boston.com. They put together great galleries for most big events, including the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (you can see one of those

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To Kill or Not to Kill Oiled Birds?

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via National Geographic Earlier this week, I reported that certain oil spill experts say crude-covered birds be killed rather than cleaned , because so few actually survive. Evidently and unsurprisingly, the article sparked something of a furor amongst animal lovers, who claimed I didn’t fairly represent the views of those scientists who supported cleaning oil-coated birds. So what’s the verdict? Should we clean every oil-covered bird we can, or put them out of their mise… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Official Gulf Spill Estimate Doubled: There’s Been an Exxon Valdez-Sized Spill Every 8 Days

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via NASA The latest estimate from the federal government for the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf every day has just been doubled — up from 12,000 – 19,000 barrels to 25,000 – 30,000. These new numbers, which many scientists still feel low ball the true amount, mean that a spill the size of the entire Exxon Valdez tragedy has occurred every 8-10 days since the leak first began. And yes, seeing as how we’re nearly two months into this spill, that means the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues from BP: The Onion on the Spill

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: The Onion Apparently it’s not just BP failing f***ing booming school we have to worry about anymore. Nor the terrible effect that the oil spill is having on UK pensions (I hope someone told the sea turtles!). If The Onion is to believed, there’s an even more menacing threat. Bullshit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Louisiana Senator: Crank Up The Offshore Drilling Rigs Now! (Video)

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr Sen. Mary Landrieu went on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today to advocate for lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, this despite the fact that worst oil spill in American history continues. Landrieu, who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry over her career, said that the oil companies “employ, directly, hundreds of people and indirectly thousands.” The BP oil rig disaster killed 11 rig workers…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What Happens When BP Spills Coffee? (Video)

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“Don’t worry, it’s a small spill on a very large table” Okay, I don’t want to spoil this one, so the less said, the better. All I can say is that it’s pretty hilarious (unlike the actual spill in the Gulf of Mexico). Nice work, Upright Citizens Briga… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Overfishing Pushing Argentine Hake Fishery to Collapse

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Procsilas Moscas via flickr Overfishing is a problem not limited by national boundary or species, as an interesting piece in Tierramérica illustrates: The Argentine Hake (known in Latin as Marluccius hubbsi and in Spanish as merluza ) is the preferred fish in an otherwise meat-loving nation, but due to indiscriminate fishing and a growing export market the fishery is on the brink of collapse–meaning that while there will still be hake in the sea, it won’t be commerciall… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Majority of Americans Think BP Should Face Criminal Charges

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Twilight Earth It should come as no surprise that BP’s public image is in the midst of a meltdown: Between the gaffe-a-day CEO Tony Hayward creating a heartless public face for the company, a near-complete lack of transparency on how much oil has really been gushing from the Gulf, and the fact that the disaster is still going on, it’s no wonder that the vast majority of Americans view the company unfavorably . But a recent pol… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Less Than 1% of Oil-Soaked Birds Survive

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Boston “Kill, don’t clean” oiled birds No, that’s not the opinion of the most heartless oil spill expert ever, or BP CEO Tony Hayward letting fly another tactless gaffe . It’s the actual recommendation of one oil spill expert and animal biologist who says that once birds are thoroughly oiled, the best course of action is to put them out of their misery. Even if all the crude is scrubbed from their feathers, she says, oiled bir… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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