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MMS split a start, but not a solution

May 11, 2010

Posted by Lisa Speer in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
gulfspill, MMS, OCS, offshoredrilling, oil, secretarysalazar

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today proposed the first of what we hope will be a long string of reforms aimed at strengthening the regulations of oil industry operations and curtailing the industry’s cozy relationship with the federal government agency responsible...

Oil & Dispersants Spell Trouble for Florida’s Coral Reefs

May 6, 2010

Posted by Lisa Speer in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
BP, cleanenergy, coral, dispersants, gulfofmexico, gulfspill, oceans, oil, oilspill, wildlife

When an oil spill happens, the first thing many people think of are the beaches, wetlands, birds and other life along the shore. And the impacts of oil on that life can be huge and devastating. While dispersing the oil...

Lisa Speer
Lisa Speer
Director of the International Oceans Program
New York
I direct the International Oceans Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental...
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