Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The boat ride from Cypress Cove in Venice, La., took about an hour over choppy water and being stopped by the Coast Guard and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. We faced a southwesterly wind before we making landfall at an...
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I’ll be the first to admit it wasn’t my brightest idea, but after finding oil for the first time on land at South Pass, my reaction was to reach out and touch it. It’s not that I didn’t believe the...
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday was the first day I got a chance to see the now infamous BP oil disaster up close and as expected. We found oil a few miles from shore, several miles closer than where the NRDC team had seen...
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution
I’ve made the drive to Venice, Louisiana a couple times now and continue to be amazed by the fragility and uniqueness of the region known as the Bayou. I’m not going to pretend to know the intricacies of the ecosystem...
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
I landed today in New Orleans not knowing exactly what I was walking into. I’ve been reading and studying up on the spill, the anticipated trajectory, the looming devastation it will have on the coastal economy and also the people...
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
Is it really a choice to breathe clean air? A recent study announces that in addition to exercise and diet, clean air gains since the 1980s can add about two and a half years to the average American's life expectancy....
Posted by Jessica Lass in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
You know the winded feeling you get after exerting yourself a bit too much for too long? For me, that feeling usually happens with running, mainly since it isn't my favorite form of exercise and I don't find myself sprinting...
