Oil Spills And Troubled Waters

Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 13:30 in Earth & Climate

Oil Spills And Troubled Waters The ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has much of the anti-environmentalist bloggersphere ducking its collective head beneath the parapet.  Suddenly, America is aware that offshore oil drilling has the potential to wipe out the livelihoods of entire coastal communities.  Perhaps, now, proposals to drill for oil in the Arctic will be examined more closely, and the views of indigenous populations considered more adequately.  If disaster mitigation in the Gulf is difficult, imagine how much more difficult it would be in Arctic waters. Latest news and updates read more

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