Post-Gulf Disaster, More Support for Climate Legislation; Wildlife and Public Health Harmed; Dispersant Concerns, History of Oil Spills, Climate Legislation Will Encourage More Energy Efficiency

An NRDC poll on the BP oil spill and how it has increased support for climate legislation was the focus of a Reuters article... The Washington Post Post Carbon Blog explored the harm to wildlife in the Gulf from the BP oil spill, focusing on a blog from Michael Jasny about the particular threat to the Gulf sperm whale... USA Today’s GreenHouse Blog took an in depth look at previous oil spills and the health complications from them, borrowing heavily from Gina Solomon Switchboard post on the topic... A quote from Regan Nelson questioning the efficacy of using chemical dispersant was picked up Agencia EFE, the fourth largest new agency in the world, directly behind the Associated Press... Sarah Chasis spoke with the South Florida NPR show Radio Green Earth about where the current oil spill in the Gulf fits in the history of past oil spills...

David Doniger pointed out some of the background around challenges to the EPA’s greenhouse gas standard in an interview with Greenwire picked up by the New York Times... And in a Climatewire piece carried by New York Times, Lane Burt explained some of the complications around making energy efficiency more widespread...